Via jwz, referencing http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126102247889095011.html:
Senior defense and intelligence officials said Iranian-backed insurgents intercepted the video feeds by taking advantage of an unprotected communications link in some of the remotely flown ( Read more... )

Noticed that the local McDonald's had a sign in the window: "McRib is Back." Now, I'd never had a McRib, but the description on the Wikipedia page -- a boneless pork patty shaped to resemble ribs -- piqued my curiosity, and I swore years ago to eat one someday should I find it readily available ( Read more... )

There never was such a goose. Bob said he didn't believe there ever was such a goose cooked. Its tenderness and flavour, size and cheapness, were the themes of universal admiration. Eked out by apple-sauce and mashed potatoes, it was a sufficient dinner for the whole family.
Beholden as always to my literary antecedents, I cooked a goose for ( Read more... )

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Spent my Sunday getting my printer working. And I did.


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Several thousand copies of the book got printed this week. Look for it at a store near you! (Also, we're having a release party in a few weeks at the Hacker Dojo in Mountain View. And by "party" I mean "excuse to drink heavily", which I really shouldn't even have to say anymore.) I guess that makes me a published author, which is, to be fair, ( Read more... )

Went to the optometrist today. Prescription's a little worse, but not as much as I thought. Apart from flirting with blindness, my eyes are in good shape ( Read more... )

Words you don't want your dentist to say: "Wow, are you sure that doesn't hurt?"

Truthfully, it went better than I expected.

Noted a chalk drawing of a penis on the road while biking home from work ( Read more... )

Wrote a sentence for the Bulwer-Lytton bad fiction contest:
It is generally reckoned an incontrovertible truth that hot dogs remain safe and wholesome in their packaging long past the sell-by date, but we four intrepid men and women -- Harry the brave, Jane the eloquent, Charles the indomitable, and myself of no particular qualities -- have set out ( Read more... )