5-4-2000 Thursday Nite

Argh!  The Love Virus kicks my butt.  I received a few emails with the virus but didn't open them so my PC was not infected.  I was affected by it though because two of my coworkers did open their files and their PCs got infected.

And one computer that had some stored files that I was using got hit, so the files I needed were corrupted and I didn't want to touch them.  So bottom line, I didn't get any work done today.  Grrrrr.   I spent most of my day trying to get to McAfee's website to download the lastest DAT file for my Anti-Virus software.   The thing is, even after I put the DAT file in my McAfee directory with all the other DAT files, it still didn't seem to update the VirusScan with the latest update.   Weird.

Welp, needless to say, the updates to SF.SpotLife didn't happen today but hopefully early tomorrow I can get it done.  Sorry folks.

I did get a chance to grab two screen captures today before all the chaos broke loose.

I wore my "Red Dragon" shirt today...

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Here's a funny pic that my friend Gabe sent me the other day...

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For some reason, everyone left work early today.  At 8:30pm, Curt and I were looking at each other going, "Where is everyone?"   So Curt decided to call it a day and I reluctantly agreed to leave work since I don't like being the only one at work at night.    It was a frustrating day because I didn't get much done at all.  

One good thing about being so busy and tired from work, I don't have much time to think about other things like... "HIM".  Barely have time to talk to him really.   Could that be a good thing?

5-4-2000 Thursday Morning

Oh yeah, forgot to mention that yesterday morning at 6:45am, Doug the Neighbor of the SF.SpotLife house called to tell me someone had strewn toilet paper all over the front of the house.   Since I'm the producer, I'm responsible to make sure everyone is happy and that includes Doug the Neighbor. So I had to call the people in the house to ask them to clean it up.  I said I'd be by to help them in a little while but by the time I got out of the shower, I got a message that Robin and Jessica had cleaned it up already.

Thanks to Robin  and Jessica

for doing a great job and getting out of bed so early to take care of it!

5-3-2000 Wednesday

I'm on a roll, a journal roll that is...

Hard to believe especially with my 12 hour work days but for some reason, I'm motivated to write more.

I even took a couple of screen captures today.   I realize now I need to take these first thing in the morning because later on in the day I'll get way to busy to remember.

Why do I look so perturbed?   Dunno...

Bet you didn't know I was a contortionist... nah, but oddly enough, this is a comfortable position for me.  I'm actually pretty flexible.   Oh and yeah, there go those slippers... hee hee.

Another zealous fan wrote to me today:

What to do when she looks at you?

Not really waiting, just following the lines of her face. Enjoying
the merging and rolling shapes of her sweater and blouse as she
shifts, straightens, and leans.

Not really communicating, just watching without understanding her.
She talks, but it doesn't matter who. She laughs, but it doesn't
matter what.

Suddenly, she turns and looks at me. Her shoulders square as she
dedicates more of her resources. Is she talking? Can she see me? My hand stiffens over the mouse.

She leans forward, tilts her head, and rests on her hand and elbow.
Looking. And waiting for a response?

But not from me, one of the many strange, quiet odd guys.

Finally, she turns away and does not look back.

Her attention wasn't what I really wanted, but, now that it's gone,
and everything is as it was, I wonder why it doesn't seem the same.

I've been watching this afternoon.

Thank you.

c t nez

Hmm, is this a trend?  Are my viewers starting to get poetic here?

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So now in addition to managing all the computers, cameras, and people for SF.SpotLife, I'm now doing the HTML for the site.   Actually I'm pretty happy about this because now I have control over how quickly things get updated and the look and feel of the site.  I'm trying to make some major improvements there so it looks really awesome and it's compelling to the viewers.

Look for some cool updates to SF.SpotLife on Thursday.

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The temperature in the office is much more tolerable now, at least for me.  However, an alert viewer caught this screen capture of one of my coworkers blocking off another vent...

Guess I started a trend.

5-2-2000 Tuesday Nite

Yup, SpotLife has launched and now the Search for the New Roommate for SF.SpotLife is on!   If you or someone you know wants to be the 7th roommage at SF.SpotLife, check out the site and you can join:

We are only looking for serious applicants.  You must be willing to live your life ONLINE.  We have 10 live cameras with streaming video and audio. Come check out SF.SpotLife, it's LIVE now!

Here's part of the SpotLife Press Release:

SpotLife Launches Live Personal Broadcasting Service on the Internet

SpotLife Ushers in a New Era of Personal Communication and Entertainment By Making It Easy for Anyone to Broadcast Live Video and Audio on the Internet

SpotLife Software Is Now Integrated in Logitech QuickCams(TM) Sold Worldwide

SAN MATEO, Calif., May 2 /PRNewswire/ -- SpotLife, the first company to bring personal Internet broadcasting to the mainstream market, today launched a new service, putting the power of live Internet video and audio broadcasting in the hands of the average user. Now, through SpotLife, anyone with a PC, QuickCam Internet Video Camera and Internet connection can easily broadcast shows to friends, family or the world.

Click here for the full story

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So very, very tired.  Work is busy as usual but things are going really well.  I had to stop by the SF.SpotLife house tonight to fix the audio on one of the cams.  The traffic to that site is really picking up and I hear the people there have their regular "fans" now.

I'm really excited about the direction our company is going.   Lots going on.  And then next week we're moving yet again!  We were supposed to move this Friday but that's been pushed to next week.   So just a word of warning, some of my office cams may be down temporarily while we move and set up.  

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I'm trying to stick to this Low Carb/High Protein diet.   I barely eat rice, pasta or bread.  I try to eat a lot of meat, veggies and tofu.   I lost a couple pounds but I think I just have to keep it up for a couple of weeks.   

Steve emailed me yesterday after reading my journal about playing basketball this weekend, he wrote:

"Why didn't you mention that you scored more than half the points for your team?"

Well, that was only the first game, the other two games I didn't do as well.  I think I should stick to shooting from the outside.  

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I received this today from a very earnest fan, I guess he thought I had banned him from the MessageCam but I think the cam was just down temporarily...

**Sung to the tune of B.B. King's "The Thrill is Gone."

The thrill is gone, Baby,
Lorraine won't talk to me.
I said the thrill is gone, now, my Baby,
'Cuz Lorraine, she won't talk to me.
She let me view her Officecam,
But then she, but then she went and cut me free.

She set up an Office cam, now, Baby,
She said, "World, look at me!"
I said she set up an Officecam, my Baby,
Said, "World, won't you please, please look at me?"
Set up an LED display,
Let the world send her messages for free.

Loved to send her messages, Baby,
It was the highlight of my day.
You know I loved to send her messages, Baby,
'Cuz it was the highlight of my day.
Sometimes she responded,
When I tickled that hard, hard woman's fancy.

Loved to try to make her laugh, Baby,
Tried to cut through all that 'tude.
Loved to try to make her laugh, now, Baby,
Loved to cut through all that 'tude.
But then I went and said somethin',
Guess I Made that gal think I'z bein' rude.

Can't get to that message board, Baby,
'Cuz Lorraine won't let me in.
I said I can't to that message board, now, my Baby,
'Cuz Lorrain, she won't, she won't, she won't let me in.
Sometimes that girl's so mean and nasty,
You know I think it's just a sin.

The thrill is gone, Baby,
But why I cannot see.
I told you the thrill is gone, now, Baby,
But why I simply cannot see.
Maybe that's what I get for tryin' to talk to a woman,
Who can schill "How to Pick up Beautiful Women,"
While talkin' WYSIWYG.

Oh, yeah.....

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What else is going on? Well, I'm starting to wonder if HE might read my journal so maybe I better not say too much.   I am glad that we're talking and well, right now it's a good thing.   Stay tuned...

5-2-2000 Tuesday

SpotLife lauches!!  It's official, SpotLife.com has launched and now we're doing the big PR release.   Now our software is bundled with all Logitech QuickCam Express, Home and Pro cameras.   I heard that people are already spotting our signs and logos at the stores.   Fry's in particular.

We had a flyer designed which we gave out at Internet World.   You can't really tell from the image below but the boy's eyes are black and on the flyer they had this weird hazy look to them.  I told my coworkers that he looked like the demon child and I started calling him Damien.   Since we got back from Internet World, everyone's been calling him the demon child or Damien.   My boss hates that.   Every time I say Damien he glares at me and says "Birthday Boy, he's the Birthday Boy".   Yeah yeah yeah, he's still the Devil's spawn if you ask me.

Someone check that kid's scalp... there's a 666 in there somewhere, I know it.

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Speaking of evil incarnate...  what's going on with "HIM" is the question on everyone's mind.   Ok maybe it's not on everyone's mind but sometimes it's on mine.  Nothing new.  Haven't seen him lately. I'm just goin along, seeing what happens...

5-1-2000 Monday

I fixed it!   I fixed the freezing office problem!  At least in my area of the office.   I stood on top of the desks (I do that a lot around here actually) and I blocked off another air vent.

I had already blocked on off one a few weeks ago...

But it was still really, really cold.  But now that I blocked off both of them, it's much better.  Other people in the office are still freezing and they've been asking me to block off their vents for them.  Sheesh.   I said, hey there's some cardboard, here's some tape, block off your own vent dude!

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So I set up my Linksys Router and man does it rule!   It was soooo easy, only took me 5 minutes from the time I took it out of the box til the time I had it installed and up and running.  In 5 minutes I was able to get my PC and my laptop both using my DSL line with dynamically assigned IPs.  Woohoo!

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What did I do this weekend?   Not much really.  Saturday I worked all day.   Special project.   It was such a beautiful day too but I really wanted to finish it.   But I went out on Sunday and played basketball with Steve, Teddy, Jansen, King and Craig.   I've got to remember to bring my video camera next time so I can make some video clips of us playing hoops and post them up on SpotLife.

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I had a meeting at 8am this morning.  Aiya.   I actually got in at 7:30am.  Aren't you proud of me?

Big yawn.

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