- 10 years ago I had just started working at an Internet provider and was very glad they didn’t want me in the server room at midnight for Y2K.
- I just ordered tickets to Avatar in IMAX 3D. It actually *was* cheaper to see Xanadu on stage, even including parking!
- Made it into Avatar. Got surprisingly decent seats considering how long the line was. We’ll miss midnight, so Happy New Year!
- Overheard waiting for the movie: “If you lost an eye, would you get a glass eye or an eye patch?” “I’d get an eye patch and grow a beard!”
Tag: TODO: Split
Hazards of Keyless Ignition and Office Chairs.
- Today I learned that keyless ignition makes it easy to accidentally leave your car running. Good thing it was only 5 minutes. The fact that it idles silently (no need to run the motor unless it’s charging the battery) was probably a necessary factor too.
- Amusing: Apple has released Safari 4.0.4. Seems appropriate for a web browser.
- By Fox “The Cancelator” standards, waiting 4 episodes to cancel Dollhouse Season 2 is generous.
- WTF? I just tweaked my *other* shoulder doing nothing more exciting than reaching for my mouse. Nowhere near as badly, at least!
- Right shoulder seems OK. Left shoulder still recovering from whatever the heck I did to it yesterday. The dangers of…office chairs?
Galaxy and a Twist
Awesome, indeed! @BadAstronomer says:
Awesome awesome AWESOME pic of the Milky Way’s heart, by 3 magnificent observatories.
Meanwhile, in a brilliant move, I have just twisted my shoulder funny 5 minutes before driving home. At least it’s the left shoulder. Still: Ow!
GeoCities No More / Com & Line
GeoCities lingered for a day, but has shuffled off this mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. Over at Speed Force, I wrote a piece on GeoCities, RIP: Fandom’s Lost Pages.
Interesting typo seen on a mailing list: “com and line option.” (command line)
Audio, Social Worker Spam, & Prius Hatch
- Fedora 12 claims PulseAudio improvements. Here’s hoping sound will actually work after suspend+resume again.
- Also: iPod train wreck of the morning was the Cardcaptor Sakura theme followed by Garbage’s Supervixen.
- What’s with all the “Be a social worker!” spam lately? It’s a change from the usual porn, pills, watches & software, but out of left field.
- Future reference: Though there’s no lever to pop the hatch on the Prius, unlocking the doors allows someone else to open it from outside