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AIM sucks
Anyone have tips on how to deal with the fact that someone has AGAIN hacked my AIM screen name and changed my password? There's apparently no way to get a human through AIM.
ETA: Apparently if you still have an AOL account, you can override it from there. Yay. -
Dr. Zweig rules
Stolen from iconoclam, a letter to the editor from today's New York Times:
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glam rock
I need a glam rocker costume for tomorrow night's climbing competition. And I have no ideas.
Scratch that. I have one idea: David Bowie-esque WTPs ("World's Tightest Pants") à la Labyrinth, with a contact juggling ball or something stuffed down the crotch. I've actually got some Polartec tights that I use as a winter baselayer... they're pretty ( Read more... ) -
dear LJ friends
Dear LJ friends (and this one, uncharacteristically, isn't friendslocked),
I miss you. How are you doing? What are you up to? Come say hi!
Love,
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Evolution of the lexicon
Velcro became velcro.
Generic Velcro hit the market, and was known as "hook and loop fastener".
I wonder if someone has now trademarked "hook and loop fastener", because the name I'm seeing most often lately is "rip and stick fastener".
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Stove efficiency
Oh dear lord. Someone has created an efficiency calculator for alcohol-fueled hiking stoves, with an obvious emphasis on homemade stoves. A new toy to play with!
Ahahaha... I am having so much fun! I wish I knew more (or could find someone who does know more) about flame physics, though. It's all trial and error at this point ( Read more... )
