Nicholas Pike

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Archive for January, 2009

I am a programmer, a scientist. I am NOT customer service.

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I really enjoy getting emails like the following, from users who don’t understand all the work it takes to give them something free to bash.

Well Connor.  Its people like you, that explains why I don’t bother wasting my time fixing bugs anymore.  Ungrateful and non-constructive emails like this ruin it for everyone else.

For those curious, my response to him was:

Hey Connor, just to let you know; constructive feedback helps me fix its problems.  Your email wasn’t very useful. Thanks

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January 29th, 2009 at 12:15 am

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Happy Jeep

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Last weekend was the first time out with the Wrangler off roading!  I went with TeamMudNuts (a local Rochester, NY 4×4 club) to Whispering Pines Hideaway in Lyons, NY.

My buddy Tom and I spent the previous evening hunting down and installing a CB into my Wrangler… which will be a post for another time (once the custom CB rack we fabricated has been finished).

I met some of the members of the club at 8am at a near-by Barnes & Noble, where we started our trip to the trails in an awesome Jeep convoy.

On the way the lead truck (towing a 1987 CJ-7) kind of hit a Plow Truck… but that is also another story for another time.  We met the rest of the club at the trail.

My Jeep looks a little inferior to the rest (in the middle).

It was a great time… lots of stories to tell, and even more pictures to show.  Got stuck a few times, but overall my stock TJ did quite well on the muddy and snowy trails.

Some more select pictures, see the Flickr photoset for the rest.

The Jeep being happy covered in mud

(See the rest of the dirty pictures)

Jeep being happy clean!

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January 18th, 2009 at 10:31 pm

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