February 2008
52 posts
January 2008
75 posts
Winter Storm Watch Issued →
Since when is this an Intercom announcement?
Want to find a good way to block hotlinking using .htaccess. I’ve been bashing my head for weeks now.
I may have signed up for a dating game.
“Vegetarian
Chicken
Fettuccine
Alfredo”
– Tristan had some “food” with this label on it.
Here’s an idea: Why doesn’t Microsoft just call IE8 something else? They could just use the “Live” family name somehow. “Live Explorer”?
“It’s an end, but it’s also a beginning. Somewhere in that chamber was the next...”
– Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota. Saved for later, because if McCain gets elected, she’s wrong. Not that I care. [via]
Oh yeah, that president guy had a speech tonight. →
Trying to clean my room. I just rearranged it and it’s a mess.
PALS basketball is pretty intense.
Max listens to much better music than I do. Much better.
“This looks stupid … like masturbation of special effects.”
– Me, on “Jumper.”
@blamedesign: Alive?
“The Internet’s killer app remains, as always, other people.”
– Tim Bray, in a post fragment entitled “Pentax.” Makes me lust after a dSLR again.
Thinking about chinese food. It seems I’m always thinking about chinese food.
See also: Papyrus →
Hilarious.
@eagle0Nine I should cash in my change. Would probably get an iTunes Store card.
@eagle0Nine It’s because AAPL IS DOOMED! Or you know, expects growth in the not-US.
“How do you teach journalism in a country without a free press?”
– Erica, musing about how one gets a journalism education in Pakistan. In related news, a journalist is sentenced to death in Afghanistan for publishing an article that called Muhammad “a killer and adulterer.”
Holy Remote Buddy, Batman.
PS- I really need to work on this sleeping thing.
“It’s like somebody just took some acid and tried to figure out what they...”
– A worker, talking about the new tile floor in the Park School. I’ll try to get a picture for a little visual complement.
Car won’t start tonight and it’s sitting in the faculty lot. Going to wait until morning and try to start it in the sun.
A Rookie Guide to Digital SLR Cameras →
Noted for later, when I get money enough to buy one of those suckers. I’m starting to seriously consider getting a camera (SLR or (H)DV) for/around graduation.
@eagle0Nine WTF is that?
I mentioned in the office that it’s very likely more people will talk about Heath Ledger’s death than Benazir Bhutto’s.
“Reason No. 56 I am not a stand-up comic.”
– Erica, in reference to the following line, related to foldable chopsticks:Airport security: Are these a weapon? Person: Only if you’re food!
So here’s what happened today. I overslept my Personal Fitness class, which I have subsequently dropped. (Can’t kid myself into waking up for a 9:25 TR). I somehow missed my 11, which I chalk up to its weird hours. And then I was a few minutes late to my 1:10, which turns out had moved at the last minute, and so I was completely confused. As someone I know says, “Settin’...
Also, I was kidding about that last one. JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW.
@eagle0Nine Boo, bad idea. Who cares about brown people? But seriously, it’s holding credits for now. Shoulda chose calligraphy or something
Lonelysandwich: Post-Macworld Wrap-up Part 1:... →
Pretty much said what I wanted to say, except better.
Don’t think I’m going to go to Intro to Women’s Studies. And it’s entirely likely I’ll drop the class, too. Does this make me sexist?
Serena Williams Loses in Australian Open →
I watched the winner, Jelena Jankovic, play her opening round match while I was waiting to fly out from Tucson. She shouldn’t have won then; she’s now going to the semi-finals. … and now I’ll go to bed.
The real nicbarajas.com →
Lolinator == hilarious. [Via]“i taken 2 colorin outside linez”
Every time I find something about the TTC I tend to get sidetracked. This time it was the fault of Ryan North of Dinosaur Comics (if you don’t read the comic, highly recommended), who linked to the work of Posterchild, this Toronto street artist. He made these fake flyers (link to Torontoist) that he kept in the hooks of various TTC vehicles, and they’re pretty humorous. Of course,...
So much for that “day on” the college was talking about. Going to try to wake up before noon.
nicbarajas.com →
I fixed-ed my website? This will probably change in 12 hours.
“WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE...”
– My mother, via instant message.
I don’t know why, but when I was freezing my ass off waiting for Max to pick me up today (Park was locked), I kept thinking of titles for books I wouldn’t write. I came up with a children’s book title, called Welcome to America, Erica!, and The Tin Can Social, which could double as an album title or a band name, I guess. I know this is weird, but it was better than thinking about...
@eagle0Nine: Don’t kid yourself. It could be useful, but mainly I guess it’s just supposed to be fun? I don’t understand it either.
Air.
So that notebook that I think I want. Deciding to do a little comparison between my new-old notebook and this new-new notebook. What I consider better is in bold: 1.5 GHz PowerPC G4 vs. 1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 1.25 GB RAM vs. 2 GB RAM 1.18” H vs. 0.16-0.76” H (standalone) 64 MB NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 vs. (integrated) Intel GMA X3100 w/144 MB...