Fri, Apr 20th, 2007
Okay, I’m gonna rock out the audio geek shit:
Lately, I’ve been ripping my new and older CDs to Free Lossless Audio Codec format rather than good old MP3 or OGG. FLAC is exactly what it says it is: lossless audio. The files ripped in it sound amazing, and though they take up a good deal […]
Fri, Apr 20th, 2007
michaelw’s Emacs Hackery
useful stuff, especially mwe-screen-server
(tags: emacs)
Thu, Apr 19th, 2007
Justices Back Ban on Method of Abortion
Mr. Bush welcomed the ruling, saying: “The Supreme Court’s decision is an affirmation of the progress we have made over the past six years in protecting human dignity and upholding the sanctity of life. We will continue to work for the day when every child is welcomed in life […]
Thu, Apr 19th, 2007
Pawfaliki
looks like a nice easy wiki for personal use
(tags: wiki php)
Wed, Apr 18th, 2007
I’ve been running around the house the past few days perfecting my best Zoolander “blue steel” face.
You may ownder: is this just my normal zaniness? Am I experiencing facial tics? Do I have a nerve disorder?
No dear reader, I have no problems. In fact, the reason I’m perfecting my blue steel face is because […]
Wed, Apr 18th, 2007
Rachel has an excellent and powerful entry on her blog about the recent shootings. Worth a read.
Tue, Apr 17th, 2007
Ryan alerted me to the fact that my RSS feed was not formatting things correctly — it looked like all of the formatting tags were stripped from the feed. Seems that the problem is with PodPress, the plugin I use to occasionally host some content here. In case you have the same problem, here’s the […]
Mon, Apr 16th, 2007
The UPSes were beeping like mad when I got out of bed today. Of course, they did what they were supposed to and shut down the computer and server in an orderly fashion (without fucking up the server’s RAID-5, thankfully) but this was a clear indicator that we had no power. Jenna had wet hair […]
Mon, Apr 16th, 2007
Are mobile phones wiping out our bees? - Independent Online Edition > Wildlife
another reason to hate phones
(tags: Environment)
Sun, Apr 15th, 2007
Damn freak mid-April snowstorms. We’re looking at 20 inches, according to the National Weather Service. I can handle snow. I even like it. But 20 inches? That means we’ll see the snowmobiling idiots any moment now. It also means that we have to do things like this inside:
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