-is apparently made of corn. Seriously, corn.

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I mean, it's kinda cool and all... but it also drives home the point that corn just ain't right. o.o

Grows almost anywhere, can be used to produce fuel (even if not efficiently), can be used to produce plastics, is killing many people slowly in its high-fructose syrup form, can result in a ( Read more... )

If you're running Windows and haven't already checked for this, you might want to.

Symantec writeup here.
Symantec removal tool here.

Apparently there's a pretty big breakout here at the U, much more than expected...

Merry Christmas, Happy Saturnalia, whichever way you tend. May you find time to reconnect with that which is of value and importance in your life ( Read more... )

After a bit of sleep (I had had about a half hour/hour sleep last night), a call to one of my helpers to verify that Sonny Strait made it to the airport okay means that I am officially DONE with guests for this year's Anime Banzai. It was a great experience overall, and if I do this again next year, can hopefully be even better with lessons I've ( Read more... )

-a maaaaaaad hooooouuuuuse ( Read more... )

-that just about figures ( Read more... )

(Posted on the 5th, because I got home at 5AM... :7 )

Watched fireworks at Murray Park with deviltenchi, which were pretty good. Lasted 27 minutes, with the crew finding unlaunched ones now and then for the following minute or two after the main display was finished (some companies still apparently go the old-fashioned way: person with a flare in hand). ( Read more... )

-has been sacked ( Read more... )

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ( Read more... )

An interesting piece of history I just picked up from a coworker. In the server room, where one of our clusters now sits... is where Node 4 of ARPANET once sat. The original 10.0.0.4... O.O