As of about an hour ago, Beth is (finally) officially engaged.

Like. A lot.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 06, 2007 is: sprachgefuhl \SHPRAHKH-guh-fuel\ noun ( Read more... )

Anyone want a mannequin leg?

*blinks innocently*

It's from a male mannequin. This is only an important detail if you are looking to make a "Christmas Story Lamp", as you would then be making a cross-dressing lamp.

Anyone able to identify the artist of the artwork on this t-shirt? I've had it for quite some time and am curious... especially since I'm probably ditching the shirt.


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I am, as a matter of fact, trying my best to not involve myself in the Rise of Praxis.

On my way in to work, this morning, I had the pleasure of listening to an Open Source Radio show from February 2nd that discussed intellectual property and plagiarism. One of the featured speakers was Mark Hosler of Negativland. Sometimes, these shows are more interesting than others, and this one did catch my attention ( Read more... )

Samba is running, shares will mount, and files will transfer. VNC is up and running. SSH is up and running. And, most importantly, I can boot up, connect via SSH, connect via VNC, connect to mounts, and shut down the system... all headless ( Read more... )

I am feeling a whole lot of "meh" after finishing this last project for class. Part of it is that I'm unsure if it turned out all that well for the "draft" I'm labeling it as... and part of it is just that end of project burnout. Add to that an unhealthy dose of getting sick, on the rag, and extremely tired. "Meh" is about as creatively descriptive ( Read more... )

I just discovered that one of the cats has been eating my peacock feathers. I have a white one and one of the standard ones with the eye on it. Rather, I had. The colorful one has pretty much been mangled and mostly eaten; I found it on the floor when I just went to grab a flannel. The white one has had most of the lower feathery bits eaten off. I' ( Read more... )