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meeting Maggie (or: abusing dolphins for fun and profit)
During the first week in August, the family went to San Diego for one last vacation before deliriumdreams started her PhD program, K started high school, I started my new job, and the boys got back into schoool. I'll try to post a full description later; suffice to say that we wanted to try to hit all the places that we had come to know and love in SD, and we ( Read more... ) -
meat-o-rama
When I went shopping last week, I didn't realize that we wouldn't have the boys this weekend, and I bought way too much meat. So I spent a fair amount of time cooking it this weekend, so it wouldn't go bad -- and, hey, leftovers!
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BBC on Unix
While I'm trawling UK history, I was chuffed to see that the BBC published a pair of articles on Unix's 40th anniversary:
40 Years of UnixThe computer world is notorious for its obsession with what is new - largely thanks to the relentless engine of Moore's Law that endlessly presents programmers with more powerful machines ( Read more... ) -
UK PM apologizes to Alan Turing
How often does a politician apologize?But even more than that, Alan [Turing] deserves recognition for his contribution to humankind. For those of us born after 1945, into a Europe which is united, democratic and at peace, it is hard to imagine that our continent was once the theatre of mankind’s darkest hour. It is difficult to believe that in ( Read more... ) -
15 albums meme
Ok, I like this one. Ganked from flemco, 15 albums that "made an impact" in my life.
1. Sisters of Mercy - Floodland
In 1989, an online friend sent me a mix tape with "This Corrosion" on it, and I never looked back.
2. Peter Murphy - Deep (Cascade is a close second ( Read more... ) -
New Mexico weather in a nutshell
Sunday: highs in the 60s.
Monday: 60s and windy.
Today's weather: snowing and sunny. (yes, at the same time.) -
'tis but a flesh wound
For someone who is a heavy emacs and keyboard-shortcut user... I advise against slicing open one's left pinkie ( Read more... ) -
things to do in denver
It's been nearly 10 year since I lived there, and some 6 years since I visited with any frequency, but here's a list that I sent to deliriumdreams's boss when he was going to make a multiple-day visit. Since I thought it might also be useful for recent arrival heisenfeature, here it is:
Drinks
- The Falling Rock Taphouse
- Breckenridge Brewery (at 22nd and Blake, more or ( Read more... )
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austin, tx
This last weekend, Sweetie and I went to Austin, Texas, to help a friend celebrate his 40th birthday. He didn't know it, though.
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speaking of gloating...
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/2008bestworstEPAf.htm
That's with the new, post-2007 EPA fuel economy methods. Prius clocks in at 48mpg, the Honda Civic Hybrid at 40mpg, and nothing else comes even remotely close.
THe numbers from Consumer Reports are similar, ( Read more... )