Still watching Fractale. As of the third ep, we get a vivid demonstration that there's no such thing as a free lunch. Both for those within the Fractale system and those without, their way of life has a price tag.

Yes, I had my political economist hat on. It was that kind of episode. ^_^ \/

A new series called Fractale is very promising. Imagine a world where people are completely isolated, and generally only interact using "doppels". A teenage lad named Clain lives alone on a cliff overlooking the sea, with his parents' doppels visiting him. During the day, he goes to a swap meet with a friend, and on his way home he encounters a ( Read more... )

I was forced to stay home today, as my way out was blocked by at least two knee-to-waist-high snowdrifts. There were holes just large enough to be tempting, and just small and twisty enough that I knew I'd get stuck if I tried to force my way out. After a pause for the day, the storm started up again at dusk. I'll be stuck here until late tomorrow ( Read more... )

I went home from work early today; a ground blizzard does things like that. When I left work, I had about fourty feet of visibility, and it's become worse since. I'm supposed to work tomorrow morning, so I hope that it gets better soon.

Still, it's not every day that we have a hundred-car pileup that makes national news. :D

Take a red potato, half an onion, some garlic and some butter, cut them up, and wrap them in foil. (Note to self: seal the foil more tightly next time.) Set them on the grill after it's at temperature and turn occasionally ( Read more... )

Earlier today, the Red crested at 36.99 feet--flood stage is 18 feet. North of Fargo, the Sheyenne River has overflown its banks and partially flooded I-29. Traffic is still passing through the flooded area, but they've reduced speeds considerably--I'd want to avoid driving over that stretch of highway if it wasn't absolutely necessary ( Read more... )

It's been Musical Cubicle Month, and today was my turn. I have a much improved reference for what my data goes through when I defrag my hard drive, save that when I defrag I'm not trying to run any other programs...

Having been sans computer for the past ten days, I'm glad to be back online. It seems that something in my machine decided that it wasn't long for this world, and decided to take out Norton and the entire Internet access for my computer ( Read more... )

Bad news first: Grandma has been moved into the ward with more intensive supervision, since she still seems to have trouble with fire drills, and has been wandering the halls late at night in her night clothes. I knew she needed more care, but didn't realize that she needed this much ( Read more... )

My dad spent three hours digging out of this mess today, and my landlord needed two hours and a payloader to clear the parking lot this evening. It's not completely finished--the sidewalks aren't done--but at least I can drive out of the lot if I need to ( Read more... )