Daylight savings sucks. I want my hour back. Also, tiny pins get hot when soldered. This Just In. I was using my thumbnail to hold the opposite end to that which I was soldering, only the board slipped… I now have a small but precise square dint in my thumb. Yep, the excitement never ends… Read more
It’s interesting how some people seem to think they can’t be taken for granted… that every time they don’t cheat on their partner, their partner should somehow make an exception of that, and celebrate them greatly. Personally, I do take it for granted that my partner won’t be unfaithful. I have better things to celebrate… Read more
Tomorrow morning we have a house inspection from the realtor, which is always fun – there’s a little flurry of activity right beforehand where Anton, Damien & Laura try to spruce the place up to a liveable standard. I did my part – I swept some cobwebs and spider-webs away. Now all the spiders in… Read more
Damnit, here I am thinking I’ll get a reasonable night’s rest, and be in bed by 2am… and then 2am disappears. Now it’s after 3am. #%$! daylight savings.
This is the first day I ran folding@home. Previously I’d been running distributed.net for years, even back to the 8100 I had I think – I remember thinking the speed boost up to the G4 was awesome. :) Plus, I berated any PC users who also used distributed.net, since it ran way faster on Mac’s… Read more
This one’s just a classic Dilbert – that quirky, original logic than is both funny and scarily true. Although it probably bodes very poorly for anyone in the professional killing business. Assuming their clients read Dilbert. From Dilbert, 22nd of October, 2005. It’s actually an interesting point, too. :)
It’s been a slow weekend. Always is.