Sometime next year I’ll get around to blogging about our wonderful recent vacation to the Olympic Peninsula and Seattle – one of the most fun things was dropping in on my friend Seattle Tammy at her store, Books on 7th, in Hoquiam Washington. You can even BUY BOOKS FROM THEIR ONLINE STORE, and I happen to know they just got in a big consignment of old cookery books… Turns out Hoquiam is now famous after a recent incident with a deceased member of the Family Mustelidae put them on the international news wires, and LOLmarten images went viral. “We’re not…
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The phrase “…and the thousands of astronauts to follow” made me burst into tears. Still testing WooTumblog, this is the Links function
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Not that much to see yet, I’ve just installed a new video plugin called “Smart You Tube,” by Vladimir Prelovac, the designer of the WordPress theme I use, Amazing Grace. I need to make a note so that I remember to add the “v” to the URL so that it works correctly. If it DOES work, this will make it a lot easier and more fun to share videos here (especially via the iPhone, as this plugin is supposed to work with them). To use the video in your posts, paste YouTube video URL with httpv:// (notice the ‘v’). Important:…
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… because it’s important to know what the cat is doing all day. #FB Sony Makes Cats Tweet With Wearable Lifelogging Device — Tech-On!
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… and I’ll be passing this along to my sister, who’s still using AOL and probably always will. OMG, you’re still using AOL for e-mail? | Marketplace From American Public Media Dalaise Michaelis: As soon as somebody says they are, you know, so-and-so at Earthlink.net or Hotmail.com, really it’s an “Oh My God” moment. Do you know what the Internet is? Yahoo is like, OK. And then if you’re G-mail, you’re like, I can take you seriously. Vanek-Smith: What about AOL? Michaelis: You said AOL? Oh wow, is it still around? I mean, Ican’t believe it’s still around. Burt Flickinger:…
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because apparently they use elves to customize your Reader news item list by your karmic aura. Or something. Official Google Reader Blog: Reading gets personal with Popular items and Personalized ranking Personalized ranking – Only have a 10 minute coffee break and want to see the best items first? All feeds now have a new sort option called “magic” that re-orders items in the feed based on your personal usage, and overall activity in Reader, instead of default chronological order. Click “Sort by magic” under the “Feed settings” menu of your feed or folder to switch to personalized ranking. Unlike…
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Bring on the rampant pantslessness, #SGU, and also the gritty, dark, but beautiful effects. @moryan has her take on the premiere, and I have mine on my blog. The Watcher: Desperate survivors get lost in ‘Stargate Universe’ I’ve now seen five hours of the show and still don’t feel all that invested in the the fate of 1st Lt. Matthew Scott (Brian J. Smith). Theoretically, I should — he’s one of the show’s lead characters. Two characters do stand out (more on that below), but the rest of “Universe” feels like an awkward mishmash of genres and tones. Though I…
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@grantimahara and Kari Byron appear at a fundraiser at Rockford’s Coronado Performing Arts Center for the Discovery Center Museum tomorrow. PLENTY of seats available at all prices, but there’s a $10.00 “convenience fee” so may take our chances tomorrow at box office. It’s a nice drive, assuming there’s no tsunamis or anything. Discovery Center Museum – What’s Happening? It’s a tough job separating truth from urban legend, but the MythBusters do just that. Each week the Mythbusters team take on several myths and use modern-day science to show you what’s real and what’s fiction. Just like the great educators at…
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It’s now my desktop image. APOD: 2009 September 10 – The Butterfly Nebula from Upgraded Hubble
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UPDATE II: Today’s date is April 7, 2012. About a week ago, the graphics card fan on my computer started making these eeerie WOOOooooooOOOOooooo noises, like a cartoon ghost. And then a few days ago, it just stopped running; the fan was stuck and my computer would run for a few minutes before the screen would go black. So, farewell good and faithful friend. Now I need to figure out what to do next. My husband David removed the card and reconnected the inboard graphic card back into play. I can do everything I need to do with the exception…