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Sophie shown to Carleton College
A nice writeup on Bob’s presentation to the college: Read
Whoot! Firefly in HD!
Last month I heard that Universal HD was going to start broadcasting Firefly in High Definition. I called Comcast and requested that we get UHD. Now, as of Sept. 5, they dropped INHD2 and added UHD! This is great. it also shows that they probably have maxed out their HD bandwidth 🙂
Sophie takes 5th place at ESUG
Sophie got 5th place at the European Smalltalk Users Group for innovative applications. Considering we’re not shipping yet and nowhere near our desires for Sophie, I’m quite happy. Congrats to the team! ESUG
Perfect something that makes me laugh out loud
At the end of my ten thumbs typing tutor lesson: “Your best keys were: afk” haha. (afk is chat lingo for Away From Keyboard)
Slouching
I slouch. I always have. I’ve decided to start working on my core strength, so I am proactively trying to not slouch. Do you know how difficult this is? I know its working, as my lower back is sore. I’m also doing the stomach tightening gig. However when I am concentrating on work or WoW,… Continue reading Slouching
Respecting content
I’ve often talked about the need for societal respect of content copyright. For example, the RIAA would not have a leg to stand on if people didn’t think it was socially ok to steal music. After all, when you look at your mp3 collection and see music you never paid for, its really no difference… Continue reading Respecting content
It’s hot!
Just got back from Les Schwab – Car read 112 on the way home, avg 108. Here is my spreadsheet I’ve been tracking the last two days:
A quote to dwell on
“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Think about this as we give up right after right to the NSA, FBI, for “world safety” Who made this quote? Ben Franklin
A/C!
Since being forced to move my window A/C unit has been on the new deck, not having double hung window to fit into. So with the heat wave coming (92, 102, 102, 96) I said screw it and bought my first portable A/C unit, a Sharp CVP12LX for $650 from Frys. It does 11,500 BTU… Continue reading A/C!
Myspace ad pushes adware to millions of pcs
No macs of course – This is why I stopped using myspace – they don’t check any of the content put on their site. If you use windows, be wary of myspace content. People can upload anything they want, including ads that take advantage of windows security flaws, as millions of windows users found out:… Continue reading Myspace ad pushes adware to millions of pcs
Disneyland Day 4
Tuesday we rode Space Mountain, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Teacups, Mark Twain and did the ride around the park. After a dole whip and lots of water, we headed for my parents about quarter to 1. Hung out at the folks, had lunch, headed to the airport for our 7:05 flight, which left around… Continue reading Disneyland Day 4
Pics from Disneyland!
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Disneyland Day 3 – Happy 51st Birthday, Disneyland!
Today is Disneyland’s 51st birthday and it is much cooler. It was warm at the mouseplanet.com meet n greet. Met Newell (sp?) and Promoman, along with Adrienne and Andrew. I didn’t see Jo, so hopefully she was sleeping peacefully. We started the morning on the monorail, then autopia, then over to DCA where we learned… Continue reading Disneyland Day 3 – Happy 51st Birthday, Disneyland!
Disneyland Day 2
Today we hit Target at 8am for socks and goodies. Then to the park and ran into my brother who was finishing planning my 40th birthday surprise! He lives down here and put together a treasure hunt where we had to go around and find clues to prizes. Was very fun, a lot of work… Continue reading Disneyland Day 2
Disneyland Day 1
Ahoy Mates from ‘he happiest seas on earth! Let me tell ye, me and me wench be wishing we be on ‘he seas! We be wakin’ up at 5am to take that flying dutchman to ‘he park. Check into our cabin and get into ‘he park around 12:45pm. It be hot! 6 bottles of water… Continue reading Disneyland Day 1
I have one cool girlfriend
Tomorrow is a big day in the life of the project I am on. Elizabeth, knowing these last push days are hell, stopped by while I was out at PMUG last night and left me some gifts: A note on the door to look on my desk. A stressball there and a note to look… Continue reading I have one cool girlfriend
Open letter to ABC – Don’t disable my fast forward button
As noted on Slashdot, ABC wants to try and disable the fast forward buttons of DVRs for commercials. Dear ABC, Should you succeed in crippling my DVR, I will succeed in removing your programs on both ABC and ESPN channel groups from my viewing list. I don’t need your content, however you need my eyeballs.… Continue reading Open letter to ABC – Don’t disable my fast forward button
Much cooler today
Woke up to the heater on (sigh). It was 67 inside, nice and cool. Heater turned off. Went to Home Depot last night and bought reflectix, which is essentially aluminum paper bubble wrap. Didn’t pay attention to the R-values as there are many rules on the instruction sheet. So I took down one of the… Continue reading Much cooler today
Jiffylube, EZLube caught screwing customers
Buyer beware! Watch