The View from 58-inches High

I’m feeling remarkably productive today. I woke up early without an alarm and I’m coming hot off a great ride and getting a number of my Christmas cards done. While I could be taking on some long, slogging, difficult projects at work, I’m going to take a few moments to cross a ton of little things off my list. It just feels so good to make those check-marks.

So, when I find something cool at work, I usually just hide it away in a separate firefox group. That way it doesn’t weigh down my current view with too many tabs but I still have access to it in case I want to show somebody later. Well it’s time to close those tabs and, subsequently, share this awesomeness with all my loyal readers (that would be none as I have done a piss-poor job of defining this blog). So, without further adieu, stuff I like.
Interesting Stuff

• My trip into West Nile purgatory – I didn’t make a big deal about it, but back in late August I had west nile fever. No, not the neuroinvasive thing that turns people into vegetables just the worst fatique/fever/headache combination ever. I was out of work for a whole week and was barely functional during that time. The worst part was the lingering fatigue. I could not get over how tired I was all the time, for almost two months. For somebody as fit as myself, this was unheard of. It was impossible for me to explain to coworkers, who are used to me having more energy than their 8-yearold sons, that I could barely stay awake for 8-hours. Finally, I found this article and felt some peace that I wasn’t crazy.
  
• A Very European Breakup – A really funny video with a number of innuendos to the debt crisis in Greece.
• It’s a Small World animation – A silly animation that allows to to scroll and zoom through a 2-deminsional world. Along the way, there are all kinds of hidden nods to my  generation (starwars, mario brothers, and hitchhikers guide)