Well, I’m just going to keep piling features into this page until I crash my ISP’s server. (= Tonight, I’ve added a word-replacement feature that lets me quickly link to people, such as Justin, whose URLs are a pain in the ass to type. Talk about laziness.
I didn’t mean to post only scary things today. It just sort of worked out that way. Here’s a nifty thing that’s only scary in the usual geekish way. (=
Oh.
My.
Gawd.
There’s a “National Association for the Advancement of White People” (and no, I’m not going to link to them). I’m scared that this is not a joke. Although as Lauren (of soapboxgirls) said, they seem to be doing a great job keeping white folks from being oppressed… *sigh*
Control-G, F2. It’s a key combination I use all the time in Access. And, on my new keyboard, the keystroke pattern bears no small similarity to the “spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch” thing that kids learn by osmosis even if they know nothing else about Catholicism.
I’m not just programming. I’m genuflecting at [...]
An ad in this morning’s paper says:
Is your child TOO SHY?
Does he/she
Avoid social situations or public gatherings?
Become easily humiliated or embarrassed?
Blush or sweat when the focus of attention?
Appear to be very uncomfortable in front of others?
If so, your child may suffer from SOCIAL ANXIETY.
If your child is between the ages of 8 and 17, and [...]
Today’s theme song, naturally:
And I dress this way just to keep them at bay
cos Halloween is everyday
– “Everyday Is Halloween” by Ministry
News from the “Bread Not Bombs” department
I really don’t get why the whole “all your base are belong to us” thing is so funny. Unfortunately, I don’t think that makes me any less of a geek. I saw the following in Justin’s instant messenger status:
cats$ chown -R us:us yourbase/
I understood everything except the ‘cats$’ at the beginning, and still [...]
Two cute things from today’s SFGate “Day In Pictures”:
a real weiner dog
an interesting parking job
Donald Rumsfeld says:
“Let there be no doubt: Responsibility for every single casualty in this war, be they innocent Afghans or innocent Americans, rests at the feet of Taliban and al-Qaida.”
Right, Mister Rumsfeld. We believe you.
Except: What about the fatal typo? You know, that bomb that struck a house, killing four people, because [...]
Someone else shares one of my pet peeves: The apostrophe (”‘”) does not mean, “Warning! S approaching!”
Mmmmm. I love punkin seeds, toasted and salted and generally yummy in every way.
Found a few things via soapboxgirls:
A visual weblog by someone with *way* too much time on her hands
Vegan condoms — who knew?
Engrish! This week’s item is a loaf of bread which advertises “All of contents are no additional. It’s burned to a crisp with all our heart.”
Lauren and Emira are a treasure trove of [...]
Among other things, I’ve added a photos page so you can see me in all my goofy splendor. Enjoy!
I’m developing a case of car-lust for the Honda Insight. This review is not helping — perhaps it’s time for a cold shower. Make sure you check out the modifications on the 4th page. This particular one has had the side mirrors replaced with tiny cameras, and can be charged with wind [...]
I listen to Dead Can Dance pretty regularly — next to the Sisters of Mercy and Ani DiFranco, I have more CDs by them than by any other band in my collection (which, admittedly, is not very extensive). Anyway, there’s a song on “Spiritchaser” called “Song of the Disposessed” that I can only describe [...]
Friday, 29 October, 1999.
I’m walking down Market Street in San Francisco after work, heading for the Embarcadero Amtrak station so I can spend the weekend in Sacramento. Twenty feet in front of me is a man wearing the complete “space robot” getup: styrofoam backpack, silver body paint, random dryer-vent hoses here and there, [...]
I just found a way to make this blog (and probably any blog, for that matter!) an extra 33% funnier: Use Google to “translate” it from some other language back into English! Here’s this page as translated from French! German! Italian! You get the idea…
Are you now, or have you ever been, a terrorist?
I hope you all like government interception of all Internet traffic, secret searches and effectively unlimited wiretaps — because thanks to Congress, we’re about to get them, Fourth Amendment be damned.
My advice: get your copy of PGP while you still can.
My work received a letter from Network Associates, the current owners of PGP (use it!) informing us that they’re looking to sell off the PGP desktop product (which we use). It contained this lovely gem:
[...] we have decided to make some business decisions that will deliver greater value to your organization.
Now, aside from the [...]