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Ugh.

I’m wolfing down a turkey sandwich I had to abandon at 1pm (yeah, three hours ago) to rush into a meeting I almost forgot I had. Worse still, it’s a meeting above my pay grade that I was attending in lieu of my manager, so it looked really bad when I came in, a little out of breath, at 1:02.

And since then it’s been one thing after another — hassles getting my new teammate set up on the software, issues with the source control server, dealing with my stupid car — and so I’m just now sitting back down to my sandwich.

It’s warm.

Rhino has just relased the Transformers Season 1 DVD Boxed Set. “… including alternate sequences, outtakes, bumpers, an original script, and more. All episodes have been beautifully restored from original 35mm negatives. Also included are two limited-edition cels of Transformers characters.”

Miriam just brought in Krispy Kremes. I asked her what the occasion was, and she informed me that her rabbi just recently kashered (made kosher) the Mountain View franchise. Happy Kosher Donut Day!

As if ESPP weren’t problematic enough (“here, your personal financial position isn’t strongly enough invested in your employer; invest some more money!”), the IRS will soon start applying payroll taxes to ESPP gains.

Some light reading on Mars colonization economics for the lunch hour.

Apple releases the eMac.
A nice move to get back into the education market, but I also suspect that
Apple didn’t want to waste its investment in its 17″ flat-face CRT
manufacturing process. The same situation inspired SONY’s eVilla, a flat-face
CRT-based internet appliance that crashed and burned hideously.

It seems the eMac has something else in common with
the eVilla, as well:

Weight: 50 pounds (22.7kg)

The Economist has a stellar article on modern gerrymandering. (It’s happening right now!)