November 2004 Archives
For my son's birthday, we bought him a digital camera - the A75. It was almost cheap; and appeared to be of decent quality; and seemed to be functional for a 9 year old to use. After actually playing with it, I ended up buying a second one for myself, to complement the Digital Rebel SLR we own.
Now that we finally own a house, it was worth the effort to try and keep up with Jones. Yes, that really is a lightup reindeer in our rose bed.
As promised; click the link to see the photos from my Auburn -> Grass Valley -> Sattley - >Truckee ->Home trip. First picture is the monument errected celebrating the first long distance phone line. Funny thing is, this is right in front of some person's house..
IMAP, POP3, SMTP all upgraded for security reasons. I appologies for any interruptions this has caused gigo.com users.
I contribute resources to those in the SCA, or Society for Creative Anachronism. This is something I do where/when appreciated, quietly and mostly behind the scenes, but won't twist folks arms to do.
Finally, a day to myself. No family commitments. No house commitments. No job commitments. No *dental* commitments. No inlaw commitments. That meant only one thing, time to flee!
I have a particular playlist (the "Kick Ass") list that I fnid favorable. Particularly, the tunes on this list.. the order on this list.. have a certain emotional appeal to me. They.. also.. date me. C'est la vie.
For the curious, the list is here.
I tried to publish this via iTunes, but Apple just doesn't get it. They only publish the portion they actually sell. The greedy money-grubbing bastard part of me understands why, but from an user standpoint, that .. is assenine. And no, I don't mean nine-assed - not that that would do.
My wife scares me..
She dreamed of cabbage patch dolls. Apparently, the new and improved kind. You open the package and get a head of cabbage. blow dry it... and the kid forms out of it and waves at you.
Freaky.
I've ditched my home-brew website code and replaced it with new foldger's crystals Movable Type. For as much as I actually want to spend time dealing with web-like-stuff, this package seemed like a winner - especially since I already licensed it for another project on the server.
Oral surgery sucks ass. Recovering afterwords, does more. Anyhow, a Geriatric Mocha, for those of you on a liquid diet: 2 shots espresso, 10 oz steamed milk, and Carnation Instant Breakfast. Get your caffeine hit _and_ a token amount of nutrition. All that's missing is the cup holder for your walker, and an appropriate spill-proof lid.
The Emergency Digital Information Service (EDIS) delivers official information about emergencies and disasters to the public and the news media in California.
I have a conversion of the latest EDIS data made available in RSS form. The main web site for this stuff is at http://edis.gigo.com
I have feeds available that give all non-test alerts; and I also have region specific alerts. (On my todo list, is to have a page here that does rendering of the Sacramento EDIS feed)
