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Obama's Philadelphia Speech

bored2sleep Mar 19, 2008 16:48

I've read Obama's Philadelphia speech yesterday and thinking about it since then. While there are a few portions I disagree with, I think he's definitely a candidate that I could support. He isn't the perfect candidate, but I believe he is a step in the right direction. He is a step away from corporate interests, he is a step away from a state ( Read more... )

politics

Hooray!

bored2sleep Mar 12, 2008 12:55

My car is finally fixed. In the end it was something that seems totally logical, at least reflecting on the symptoms. The clues were: car seemed to lose power both under acceleration and at idle, the slight pop that seemed to be the engine backfiring, the "cylinder misfire" error code, then the "air intake too high" warning code, the "engine ( Read more... )

The car saga

bored2sleep Mar 04, 2008 03:50

So, for those who haven't been getting kept up to speed ;) the car saga continues.
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Memage, because I was asked :)

bored2sleep Feb 27, 2008 00:10

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Software is made of bricks

bored2sleep Oct 26, 2007 22:47

Preface: even I am not interested in the post any more, but it is so long I'd feel like it was an awful waste of time if I didn't post it anyway...

So, some time ago some guy blogged that software is not made of bricks, which I thought was pretty cool and insightful, although there was a commenter who pointed out that the author probably doesn't ( Read more... )

enviroblogging

bored2sleep Oct 15, 2007 23:45

Well, today is apparently some environmental blogging thing, so I figured I'd go ahead and make a post. We've already done a lot of work at our apartment for this, with lots of things like replacing all the incandescents with CFLs, getting low power computer equipment, and so on. Unfortunately we don't have any control over the heat situation (it ( Read more... )

down with DRM

bored2sleep Sep 26, 2007 20:40

I just found out there's a new Amazon MP3 store selling non-DRM audio files for $0.89 and full albums for $8.99, including some like the Smashing Pumpkins's double album "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness". Nine bucks is a pretty good deal for 28 songs. One irritating thing is that they have a special "downloader" application that only works ( Read more... )

Become invisible!! ;)

bored2sleep Sep 09, 2007 16:46

I just saw this Reddit post linking to an ebay auction that said roughly "Learn to become invisible for $24.95! No lies! Become 100% invisible! As a free bonus, you'll also get Powerful secrets guaranteed to bring women into your bedroom!" Somebody commented on the post "What is it? An application to join the Democratic Party?" It cracked me ( Read more... )

Mr. Neverpost awakens

bored2sleep Sep 09, 2007 00:30

So, I went to a charity cabaret show today that was pretty cool. Also, I realized that the place where they were having it is the same place that I once was on the Tech Crew (probably follow spot, but I can't remember exactly since I also did that for school) about a decade and a half ago. How strange that it never occurs to me to think about ( Read more... )

Mountain Ew

bored2sleep Aug 13, 2007 00:47

I just tried the new Mountain Dew "Game Fuel". I could only think of one word to describe it, and the sensation was so strong I can't understand how anyone wouldn't think the same thing. It must taste like other things to other people. Anyone else who's tasted it, let me know what you think it tastes like. I don't want to bias you all by ( Read more... )