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anybody need a home soldering station?
my mom got thebroomecloset a sweet little weller WLC100 soldering station for christmas... and she accidentally ordered two of them, so we have a spare. i told her i'd try to sell it locally rather than go through the hassle of shipping it back. so - anybody want it? new in unopened box, $40.
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nut cups recipe
having made four batches this season, i've pretty much got my grandmother's nut cups ("pecan tassies" to the rest of the world) dialed in. since several people have expressed interest, here's ( the recipe... ) -
dark and lovely
baking is generally considered to be both an art and a science; i am neither an artist nor a scientist. while i'm a competent and occasionally inventive cook, the mysterious alchemy of butter, flour, sugar, and heat leaves me a craftsman at best and an anxious, nervous, recipe-following drone at worst.
but ( even a blind hog finds an acorn every now and then... ) -
bleah.
it's being this kind of day today:
bjork - army of me
cake - nugget
ben folds five - one angry dwarf
pixies - i've been tired
and i'm already out of songs for it. any suggestions? -
weekend haiku
laughing friends visit;
red leaves fall in quiet rain -
both make my heart glad. -
free olympus battery / storage card
i have an olympus li-10b battery (for camera compatibility, see this web page since olympus' website sucks) and a 64-mb xD card in a 6-card carrier. they don't work in any of our cameras[1], and i would love to give them away to someone who can actually use them. if you have an olympus camedia or stylus, this might be you!
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why i don't use facebook,
part 294384.
seriously, people. over two weeks to patch a security flaw that exposes private data?
(this could also be filed under "why i believe in responsible disclosure." raise your hand if you think facebook would have gotten around to fixing this in any kind of timely fashion had FBHive not made it public...) -
know thyself
thebroomecloset (talking about our relationship): it's like having my own tamagotchi!
me: yeah - a tamagotchi with AI, ADD, and a god complex. -
that's it...
obama is fired.
this? this is not change i can believe in. this is more of the same intolerant, intransigent, inexcusable bullshit we've been suffering through for the previous eight years.
made that much more infuriating by the fact that for once, i actually believed in a politician's potential - and intention - to change the game. -
treo peeps - can you get to google classic today?
those of you with treos - what happens if you go to http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&output=html from your phone?
as of some time this afternoon, google appears to have decided to think for me, and is redirecting that URL / the Classic link on their mobile page to http://www.google.com/m/ig. :( Do Not Want ( Read more... )