Archive for February, 2006

I <heart> the Discovery Channel

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

Discovery used to be all wolf cubs and panda bears, but the last few times I’ve snagged some late-night TV-viewing, I’ve found it less Wild Kingdom and more… real-life Survivor.
Sort of a cross between televised competitions and grisly medical show. With a few sensationalstic quasi-news shows thrown in for good measure. (For instance: […]

Geekery in the house of geekery

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

It’s been a week simply bursting with technology.
So, where I work, there is lots of geekery. And in the course of the half-dozen years or so I’ve been there, I’ve always had a couple of different machines, much like home. Though at work they’re actually separate boxes. One running Linux®, where I do […]

30 Days: Redneck in Gayville

Monday, February 20th, 2006

Saw the episode of 30 Days where the country farmboy moves to an apartment in the Castro with a gay guy. Farmboy claims to have had a big conversion in the end–after the father of a lesbian confronts him with the “Did you decide to be straight?” line of questioning.
First of all, I can’t believe […]

S’no day?

Saturday, February 18th, 2006

It is a sad state of affairs when a little sleet and rain is cause for great excitement.
It is an even sadder state of affairs when you consider the small chance at snowfall just as exciting as a girl and her freshly zombified husband on their honeymoon.
And that is not to say that zombies are […]

Mag, meme, mrarrrr.

Saturday, February 18th, 2006

Red Hat Magazine #16 is out. It’s got the second half of my article on Cory Doctorow. It’s also got the transcript to the full interview, which weighed in at something like 59 pages when it was all typed up. Thank gods for transcription services.
Also, damn her hide, this list of stuff:

my name: at the […]

Spam-producing whores and other follies.

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

By the by, I just blacklisted ‘disaster-recoveryservices.com.’ In the event that you have some need to comment on this spam-producing whore of a website/business venture, better send it in email, cause right now it’s going straight to the circular file.
And I guess you’re expecing me to now wish you a happy day filled with […]

Dear weather: You suck.

Monday, February 13th, 2006

To whom it may concern in regards to weather and climate:
This is WINTER. Not spring, not summer, not fall. I am fully aware that this is the south, and frozen precipitation is less likely here. But less likely does not mean nonexistant. And this winter: Nada. Yeah, sure, three snowflakes […]

Two by five

Saturday, February 11th, 2006

Not five-by-five for several reasons. First of all, I’m not five fridays behind. Secondly, five-by-five in Buffy-speak is perfectly square, and this week’s been all kinds of parallellogram.
Crazy? Aye. There’s been some insanity in all areas. There was work, there was skating, there was my mom tripping over a rug and breaking […]

Four by six

Thursday, February 9th, 2006

Mushi, whose site is totally down and will probably restore itself when the husband-unit ceases playing with the new shiny, did thusly tag me with this meme I’ve seen on cool places like Fraser’s blog, and well, why not? I don’t want to be a chain-letter breaking loser. Like, ahem, other people I know.
Anywho, […]

Ok, Mouse.

Tuesday, February 7th, 2006

I just saw The Frog pitching a new “green” Ford Monstrosity. Their new “hybrid” SUV.
THE FROG SHOULD NOT PITCH THINGS.
And especially not with that song. My gods, have you no decency?