(slightly belated)

Happy Deity Zombification Day!

In case my solstice post wasn't enough (and because everyone else is doing it),

1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before? Visit Canada.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I can't remember. I can't be bothered.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Not that I know of.
4. Did anyone ( Read more... )

I might get around to updating people on my year. Then again, maybe not.

Instead, some news-ish items that have been cluttering Safari, which has slowed to a crawl (as it tends to do):

• Tiny sensors powered by "abient" RF which record everything and send it over a mesh network. Somehow I don't think it's a good idea. WiFi is crap enough as it is, ( Read more... )

Lethargic Leapsecond!

I wrote about the solstice last year. Nothing much has changed - still in the same job, still don't have any free time, missed the sunset again, missed the sunrise (I suspect I did; there were clouds in the way so it was hard to tell ( Read more... )

Nope. Honest.

From a bunch of people (lost to my browser history), Gawker, Guanabee, and (apparently) Tor Myhren, more election posters. If you haven't seen it already.

And on the financial crisis...

I need christmas plans! Who shall I visit?

On Wednesday (September 17th), my diaphragm stopped being sore and complainy, so I went running again. 560+164+203+203+165+157+179+224=1855 in 152+55+70+75+54+52+60+77=595 (3.68, 2.99, 2.91, 2.71, 3.94, 2.98, 2.97, 2.93, average 3.11). Not too bad; it works out to be 1810 in 9:39, though it's generally slower than Sunday. I'm blaming jokergirl. On Friday ( Read more... )

How to have a shower:
On Sunday: Notice that the shower head seems to be coming apart. Notice that no amount of turning or squeezing seems to change this. Leave it and shower.
Today: Notice that the shower head has come apart further. Ignore this. Turn the shower off when it sprays water out the top and onto the ceiling. Turn shower head a bit more ( Read more... )

For various reasons, I'm trying to take up running again. The current goal is 1800m in 7 minutes (4.2 m/s), which is actually Quite Difficult. I managed 637+91+538m in about 162+29+202s before my diaphragm decided to give in, which works out at around 3.9,3.1,2.7 m/s (or "pretty crap"). I'm not sure how I managed ~1810 at 3.4 m/s last year ( Read more... )

Because I've had Umbrella (ella, ella) stuck in my head, in case you haven't seen these yet, go watch this, or even this.

NSFW, unless your employer has a sense of humour.