…my inbox today contained a link to this article on stress-testing the iPod nano. Apparently the little guys can take a shocking amount of abuse — including being run over by a car twice — before they’ll quit playing. (The LCD screen went pretty fast, but it was still operable until they threw [...]
I’m supposed to be in class right now. Instead, I’m at home cooking a quick lunch before I call someone’s insurance company about fixing or replacing my bike.
I’m (mostly) unhurt — I have the same number of perforations in my body that I started with, at least — though if my last such experience [...]
A couple of interesting things from ThinkGeek:
a portable speaker tube — notable for its transport mechanism (the satellite speakers attach to the main speaker; the entire thing is about the size of a big Thermos)
LED Light Bulbs — as in, the kind you can screw into a plain old light fixture. This is another [...]
…standing in the checkout line at REI, waiting to pay for a new pair of shoes, when I looked over and saw a display of doggie products nearly within impulse-buy range. What particularly caught my eye was a dog lock. “Protect your dog from theft,” it read.
Uh, what? Are dognappings really the [...]
Went to check my bank balance today, and there was the rest of my financial aid money. Thankfully, grants paid entirely for tuition this term, and books cost under $200, so this money, from subsidized loans, can all be used to pay off my older, unsubsidized loans, and save me a few bucks in [...]
My fall calendar is now online. May not include things like doctor’s appointments, etc., but for a general idea of where I am on a given day, use this.
From the “How is our civilization still here?” department comes this lovely tidbit o’ news: model Tyra Banks, looking to put to rest once and for all rumors that her breasts are siliconically enhanced, had an on-the-air sonogram on her new talk show.
Next week on the show: special surprise guests Death, Famine, War, [...]
Hey, if anyone reading this is remotely curious about why the social service system in this country is so screwed up, you might be interested to know that my dad’s written a few books on the topic. The first of them is now, finally, available online, in its entirety, for free, as a PDF [...]
There’s something very entertaining about writing code on one computer and listening to INSOC’s now-endearingly-cheezy song Mirrorshades via a laptop that’s set up right next to my primary monitor.
I couldn’t have even dreamed about this setup when this song was first written. Rock on.
The latest government to make another little step toward marriage equality is… Salt Lake City, Utah?
By LINDA ASHTON Associated Press Writer
September 21,2005 | SALT LAKE CITY — The mayor of Salt Lake City [Rocky Anderson] signed an executive order Wednesday granting domestic partner benefits to city workers, a decision that is likely to be challenged, [...]
This is only a test. Had this been an actual blog post, I would have spent some time writing it. Instead, you get a link, and a link to a link roundup. Both are from the always-interesting 43 Folders.
First, there’s this list of creative uses for a phone cam. I especially [...]
The Model/View/Controller pattern explained. Non-coders can probably skip this, but for the rest of you… uh, wait, that doesn’t really leave anyone, does it? Except maybe tshuma and GrigorPDX.
Anyway, one of the many things that’s been keeping me from giving Ruby on Rails (or Django) a proper look is that people keep saying, [...]
Photos of the SPAM Parade.
Finally got around to pasting and posting a few blog entries I’d written while offline in Sacramento. Enjoy!
Businesses located within a 5-minute walk of downtown and the OSF theatres:
- Puck’s Donuts
- All’s Well Vitamins
- Best Western Bard’s Inn
Also spotted in a small office building: Rogue Professional Counselors. Which seems rather a contradiction in terms, until one remembers that one is in the Rogue River Valley.
But far and away the most [...]
In ten words: Excellent production. Thought there would be more to the plot.
This production used just about every theatrical device available to a modern stage: flash paper, two separate elevators in the trap door, smoke machines, lighting, voice amplification (for Lucifer’s voice; he was well done, even if I did say, “Look, [...]
Much more in the plot department this time. The OSF offers prefaces for many (all?) of their plays, in which someone comes out and gives a 15-minute talk about the play. This was the one play we decided to go to the preface for, and it was highly worthwhile. It helped a [...]
For not really having any plot to speak of (I think “Clueless” had more action), this was still quite an enjoyable production. The director had chosen to go with a ’30s/’40s look, which made for some really cool costumes. The Spaniard was played with a somewhat French accent (and the actor, uh, could [...]
Bush Rules Out Tax Hike to Fund Recovery
By TERENCE HUNT AP White House Correspondent
September 16,2005 | WASHINGTON — President Bush on Friday ruled out raising taxes to pay the massive costs of Gulf Coast reconstruction, saying other government spending must be cut to pay for a recovery effort expected to swell the national debt by [...]
Platypus lets you turn shell scripts into Mac OS X applications. Nifty!
(link via Macworld magazine)