Archive for July, 2003

Mini Cooper S (JCW) Test Drive

Thursday, July 31st, 2003

I just test-drove the 2003 Mini Cooper S, with the 200-hp John Cooper Works supercharger. Very nice… Don’t know if or when I’ll be getting one, but I did enjoy it. Great handling; jumped off the line; I ran it from 0 to 70, without really pushing it, in no time flat and without [...]

I wanna Mini

Monday, July 28th, 2003

I think I want a Mini Cooper S. What a sweet little car!

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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2003

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My Dad’s New Web Site

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2003

My dad (and co-worker / fellow web designer) just launched his new website, at bob-cottrell.com. Check it out!
Thought of the moment: Follow not the null pointer, for that way madness lies. (From the 10 Commandments of Programming – this lesson has bitten me about 1,000 times today…)

Quotations! New feature on this site!

Monday, July 21st, 2003

I love quotes! So, as much for my own enjoyment as anybody else’s =), I added a complete Library of Quotations – some famous, some less so. In any case, there are already well over 200 quotations, with a rudimentary search feature, categories, and author look-ups. Contact me with any feedback! God bless.

New Look for Topsail’s Website, Misc.

Wednesday, July 16th, 2003

Well, I haven’t been on here in too long! I’ve been working on a new web page design for Topsail Consulting, learning to program in C/C++ for various projects, and a billion other things. Mostly, there just hasn’t been that much happening that was newsworthy…
One interesting thing is that I will probably be able to [...]

T3: Ahnold’s Back

Saturday, July 5th, 2003

Just saw “Rise of the Machines” (it’s not like there’s much to do in Fayetteville, anyway) – I was actually pleasantly surprised. I’d seen a number of bad reviews, so I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it was about in keeping with the other two movies. It’s not quite “Citizen Kane,” but it was [...]

Google? Me, a Googler?

Friday, July 4th, 2003

I just applied for a job with Google. Could be fascinating. We’ll see what happens. I’m going to bed.

Features galore!

Thursday, July 3rd, 2003

I decided to work on my site (and my company’s site) a bit, today. My site got a new navbar (text-based – the images were bothering me) and the EdBlog picked up a more full-featured archive. The archives can now be viewed by month. I’m adding a home-built search engine, soon, to both the company [...]