A poet does not so much have a license with language as a fast getaway car.
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Posted in Journal on Jul 31st, 2007
Well, that was disappointing. A quick Google search shows that the term Rampire used to describe background applications that leech away your available RAM, has already been used by someone. I thought I had a good one there. :-(
As a weak second, I offer FrankenSteins: The habit of people (particularly single guys) owning all [...]
Posted in Journal on Jul 31st, 2007
The barter system is alive and well on Craigslist Computer Gigs. Where else can businessmen get NetNanny disabled by “like minded” technical types all while embracing the barter system?
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/cpg/385929084.html
Might be a bit racy for some work place. YMMV. Copy of the post after the cut as well, because I suspect Craig’s may vote it down [...]
Posted in Journal on Jul 30th, 2007
I got this fortune cookie from our neighborhood Thai food place, Malaya. Good eats, but I think they are taking a page from the movie Moon Palace (thanks Pip) after reading my fortune…
… I mean how else could they know I’m a big old D&D geek? :-)
Posted in Bush on Jul 27th, 2007
(United Press International) Michael Thursday said the Bush administration has served him with a subpoena regarding his trip to Cuba during the making of his new film, “Sicko.” The Oscar-winning filmmaker, who appeared Thursday on NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” said he was notified about the subpoena at the network’s studios in Burbank, [...]
Posted in Journal on Jul 25th, 2007
Gas duster (also incorrectly referred to as canned air) is a product consisting of liquefied difluoroethane, trifluoroethane, or tetrafluoroethane in a spray can. Commonly used to clean intricate objects such as keyboards and camera equipment.
Bottled water is drinking water generally purified by mundane means and repackaged in such a ways as to demand a premium [...]
Posted in Dreams on Jul 24th, 2007
Last night I dreamt that I figured out you could lick a dead leaf from a tree, stick it to your forehead and relive the spring it grew in for a few minutes. So, after trying all the trees where I lived, I started a web site where people could trade leaves with people all [...]
(BBC News) Channel 4 is to investigate a claim that it misled viewers in a survival series, in the latest allegation of reality being manipulated on a TV show. Born Survivor featured British adventurer Bear Grylls dealing with “perilous situations” in the wild. But a crew member told the Sunday Times some nights were spent [...]
Posted in Squirrels on Jul 23rd, 2007
(Israel News) Iranian intelligence operatives recently detained over a dozen squirrels found within the nation’s borders, claiming the rodents were serving as spies for Western powers determined to undermine the Islamic Republic. “In recent weeks, intelligence operatives have arrested 14 squirrels within Iran’s borders,” state-sponsored news agency IRNA reported. “The squirrels were carrying spy [...]
Posted in News on Jul 23rd, 2007
Well, actually… I get Wired (subscription) and what vision of loveliness blesses its covers this month? None other than Martha Stewart, with a Wii shaped cake no less!
First Jenna Fletcher back in April, now this. From the bottom of my heart, thank you Wired. ;-)
Image after the cut.
Posted in Journal on Jul 22nd, 2007
I still have not read the new Harry Potter book. I still have not picked up a copy. I will get around to it soon enough though, promise. Before the end the year, probably. Almost certainly before it becomes a movie.
Daemon by Daniel Suarez
The Art of SEO: Mastering Search Engine Optimization by Eric Enge, Stephan Spencer, Rand Fishkin, Jessie Stricchiola
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham