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UPDATED in case anyone missed this on the last go-round.  If you've noticed the lack of me, read on..

I'm sure most of you are aware that all the entries posted to my livejournal are automatically cross-posted from my real website. Most of the time this works ok, but sometimes it doesn't and is a real hassle to fix when it breaks.

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Thinking about the cost of purchasing water yesterday got my mind heading into directions it hasn’t gone before. Like a cartoon lightbulb blinking alight above my head, an idea suddenly illuminated the dark empty parts of my brain as things suddenly became clear. (There are lots of those empty places, and they require lots of light, so this doesn ( Read more... )

On the way to work the other day I stopped at a convenience store to pick up a couple bottles each of Vault and water. Inexplicably, the 20oz bottles of Vault were $0.59, while same-sized bottles of water were a whopping $0.89, which is at least $0.10 more each. This seemed really strange to me, considering that Vault is like 95% water, meaning ( Read more... )

A couple days ago I was listening to Australia’s fine science show (which is aptly entitled “The Science Show”) when a snake expert dropped a bombshell. He casually mentioned that snakes have two penises (penii?). He also mentioned that in regard to the usage of penises (penii?), some snakes are apparently “left-handed”, others are “right-handed ( Read more... )

I’ve owned a PSP for a little over a year now, having decided at purchase time that it was the portable gaming system for me. I decided that for the following reasons:

1) Homebrew capability without the need for any ‘modchip’ or third-party add-on hardware.

2) Awesome games like “SOCOM” and “Grand Theft Auto”-none of the crap Nintendo has been ( Read more... )

I’ve been thinking a lot about Adobe/PDF since the recent flap between them and Microsoft. Particularly about how Adobe’s efforts to make PDF into a ubiquitous format have been largely defeated by the awfulness of every version of their Acrobat PDF viewing software. Seriously, Acrobat sucks.

This line of thinking got me thinking about the name “ ( Read more... )

I spend a lot of time sitting on stools. Whether it be reading the ingredients on the Cheerios box in my breakfast nook, suckin’ down cold ones at the bar or kissin’ Flo’s grits at the diner, nearly every free minute I have is spent sitting on stools.

That said, lately I’ve been finding that my posterior is, more often than not, rather tender. I’ ( Read more... )

This is only a test of posting to livejournal via Writely. If you want a writely invite, just let me know.

I recently installed the new fancy-schmancy Apple Quartz inspired XGL rendering system that you may have been hearing about on my Ubuntu laptop. Even more recently, I captured a little video showing off what all XGL is capable of, and I now share it with you.

Please ignore my cat’s incessant meowing, and my close-to-the-camera thumb that keeps ( Read more... )