Category: lj-import

Stupid bloodsucking such-and-suches… So, we were experiencing very slow internet for a while now. We'd get speeds of 10kb/s consistently. I didn't really think about it much, because the internet has always been somewhat up-and-down in that way. But today we all were annoyed at it, so I logged into the wireless base station and…

For my birthday, Cami got me a book of short stories titled sunlight & shadows. I read it on a camping trip shortly after recieving it, and I was struck by a number of stories that made me think of particular people when I read them. Here is one of those stories, which I felt…

I just updated all my Flickr pictures to add location data. Most of them I was able to get down to the street, but some were definitely guesses. My favorite location is Rock Lake, which took quite a while to find because it's so small and you can't search for geographic landmarks. So, if you…

Mark's comment on my last entry reminded me of a techie poem by Steven Brust that I encountered a few years ago when reading his weblog at dreamcafe.com. I thought I'd bring it up again: I dreamt that I was windows free And data flowed in streams From you to me, my ISP All flawless…

This is my new flat-panel 19\” monitor. In ancient times, holy places were sometimes judged by the wealth of their idol or altar. If there is something that embodies the form of a computer more than a beautiful monitor, I don\’t know what it is. I\’ve certainly moved up on the shrine scale.

When I get into a book, every sense is heightened. My pulse races, and I speed through chapters to see what happens next (all the while being sure to take it easy enough that I don't miss things). I just finished Dzur, by Steven Brust, and it was exciting. I am quite invested in Vladimir…

You people may enjoy Weird Al's new \”Don't Download This Song\” track. He's releasing it for free on myspace. Download it here for all of its tongue-in-cheek sarcastic goodness. \”Oh, you don't wanna mess with the R-I-double-A They'll sue you if you burn that CD-R It doesn't matter if you're a grandma or a seven…

My very eager mother just isn't going to serve us so well any more, what with the lack of pizzas. Then there's the whole issue of cream soda and possibly cheese-sticks, and the 20 cupcakes that we lost on the way here. But I think that dwarf-tossing ought to be allowed in this case. After…

Music is being sold online now. Most sales are going to be song-by-song, as people collect their favorite songs by their favorite artists. This means that the one-to-three popular songs from a CD are going to be bought a lot more than the rest, whose sales will decline. This has two direct repercussions, leading in…

A worthy meme stolen from the lovely Ann Foreyt, who made it up herself: sensory things that make me happy or that fulfill some innate need-want in me top 10 scents: 1. lilacs in bloom from across a yard 2. campfire smoke 3. the pages of ancient books 4. the crisp air after a thunderstorm…