Oh, the pain…
Slow day…
- filled out two job applications
- took G to school
- almost got the AT&T wireless card working in my laptop (Using Cingular via Sierra Wireless Aircard 875 [Archive] – Ubuntu Forums ), until I discovered that my laptop has no PCMCIA slot
- got pam_usb working (using HOWTO: pam_usb login with USB memory stick [Archive] – Ubuntu Forums and Use Your USB Stick As a Key to Start Your PC | MakeUseOf.com)
- Picked up G and Jack from school, talked with Nina about Cosmos (she thinks Sagan thought aliens had visited long ago, I disagree)
- Fed Jack and Grace, and let them play Sly Cooper 3
- Baked a loaf of bread (need more yeast)
- Sent Jack home
- Let G play webkinz
- made dinner
- had G do her homework (no math, no spelling, extra reading)
- Fed G dinner
- Had her brush her teeth
- Read to her until she fell asleep
- Signed up for twitter (Why? Baby’s First Twitter)
- tied it into this blog
- uploaded the photos from yesterday
- Finished this blog post.
While we’re at it, Dogbert explains the financial crisis.
catching up on blogging
catching up on blogging
learning twitter
learning twitter
2 days of catchup blogging
I’m getting quicker at keeping up, eh?
Geeky links:
- Widgets Reloaded: WordPress Plugin
- Imagine that — Microsoft doesn’t like linux!
- NumberSpiral.com – Home
Funny things:
- Didn’t Kurt Vonnegut write a bit about this?
- Sarcasm used to diagnose dementia | National Breaking News | News.com.au
- Supreme Court Overturns Bush v. Gore | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
And Dave Barry’s holiday gift guide is out:
Catchup blogging again…
Been too busy to check on things overheard, so let’s start with geeky links:
- How To Create A Custom Splashimage For GRUB | MakeUseOf.com
- Extension:Calendar (Barrylb) – MediaWiki
- Slashdot | (Useful) Stupid BlackBerry Tricks?
- Google Maps API Example: Simple Geocoding
- Google Map API Concepts – Google Maps API – Google Code
- Wikipedia:How to edit a page – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Abstruse Goose » True Things
- 50 Incredible Fonts for Professional Web & Print Design | Noupe
- “An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one orders a …” – hot soup? anyone?
- The Blog of Ben Rockwood – ipmi
- The Big Ol’ Ubuntu Security Resource – IT Security
- HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Google Maps
- 20 Incredibly Useful Themes and Plugins to Boost your WordPress Admin Area | Noupe
- 50 Skills Every Real Geek Should Have | Maximum PC
- CARPE DIEM: So What Are Domain Names Worth?
- John M. Perez.Com: The 25 Best Alternatives To Your Enterprise Applications & Functions
Lots of golf links this month:
- Fairway to heaven: Hit some golfing highs at the loftiest resort around | Mail Online
- Fore! Here Comes the Ultimate Golf Ball | LiveScience
- SportsBiz: Golf industry gets hit hard – Sports Biz- msnbc.com
- Kiwi tipped to be golf’s next big thing – New Zealand’s source for sport, rugby, cricket & league news on Stuff.co.nz
- Rensselaer Magazine September 2008 – “The Science Behind the Swing”
Political things:
- Respectful Insolence: Brain death and fundamentalist religion
- 60 Minutes – Video, Reports, Profiles, Interviews – CBSNews.com
Funny things:
- 19 Ways to Enhance Your Sense of Humor: The Best Medicine | Healthy Habits | Reader’s Digest
- The Iterative Life » Family Financial Memo
- John Podesta Talks About His “Evil Twin” Skippy
- LOLCATS come to life
- What If Disney Remade Horror Flicks? – The Spill.com Movie Community
- Style Crunch » Quite Possibly The Worst Family Christmas Card Photo Ever
What I’ve been up to lately
So, since the layoff, I’ve been
- cleaning the house (caught up on laundry, re-organized the kitchen)
- job hunting (still wake up and take G to school every day)
- setting up IPMI remote console access (for both my colo box at IPMI 2.0 and my file server at IPMI 1.5)
- re-organized the photo gallery (decades for older stuff, yearly for more recent)
- fixed almost all gallery issues (certificates for SSL stuff, database cleanup)
- watching the economy continue to tank
Oh, and watching lots more discovery channel with G (mostly storm chasers and dirty jobs), and the 3rd season of Dexter (better than the second season).
I have also re-confirmed that I truly detest daytime television, so it usually stays off.
Much delayed catchup blogging…
As usual, starting with things overheard:
- Overheard in New York | And I’ll Miss You While You’re in Kinderjail
- Overheard in New York | For Bonus Points, Answer the Question with Two Dicks in Your Mouth
- Overheard in New York | I’ve Got Mounds of Hatred Today
- Overheard in New York | Then Go With My Blessing, Caped Crusader
- Overheard in New York | Tonight’s Lifetime Movie: Dakota– Portrait of a Serial Killer
- Overheard Everywhere | The Thin Line Between Wine Appreciation and Drunken Debauchery
- Overheard Everywhere | …The Fifth Being My Blackberry.
- Overheard Everywhere | The Bambi Theme Party Was a Better Idea in Theory Than in Practice
- Overheard Everywhere | Interestingly, Gay Recruiters Use the Same Argument
- Overheard in the Office | Betty: Yet Another Ingenious Excuse to Get Out of Working
- Overheard in the Office | Jeez, I Already Know How to Pass Out at Parties
Many, many geeky links to catch up on:
- Term::GentooFunctions
- Heroes: Man Tells Fax Spammers To Go Fax Themselves… And They Comply
- 8 CSS Techniques for Charting Data
- APOD: 2004 September 26 – Looking Back on an Eclipsed Earth
- APOD: 2008 September 20 – A Darkened Sky
- APOD: 2008 June 23 – The International Space Station Expands Again
- APOD: 2008 May 17 – Logarithmic Spirals
- Logarithmic Spiral — from Wolfram MathWorld
- FreeScience.info
- TECH SOURCE FROM BOHOL: 10 Best Hacking and Security Software Tools for Linux
- SPACE.com — Mysterious New ‘Dark Flow’ Discovered in Space
- 13 WordPress Plugins You Probably Don’t Use But Should – Opensource, Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers
- Pick a lock. For fun. (It’s legal too) — chicagotribune.com
- Letterfu – Letter-writing without envelopes, cutting or glue
- 17 Online Free Web Based Applications That You Probably Love To Use! – Opensource, Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers
- TechEBlog » Math Clock – Photo
- Linux.com :: VLC goes to nine point two
- iTWire – Linux alternatives to Windows SBS part two
- How To Create WordPress Themes From Scratch Part 1 » Themetation
- Tux Training » Blog Archive » How to make Ubuntu extremely fast
- 10 must-have Linux office applications | 10 Things | TechRepublic.com
- 30+ (More) Most Wanted WordPress Tips, Tricks and Hacks | WordPress
- 15 High Quality Premium-Like Free WordPress Themes
- Linux.com :: Clean up your filesystems with fslint
- 20 Excellent AJAX Effects You Should Know – NETTUTS
- 8 Ways to Maintain a Clean, Lean Ubuntu Machine – Make Tech Easier
- Slashdot | Spammer Perjury Is Worth Prosecuting
- 10 power-saving myths debunked | InfoWorld | Analysis | 2008-10-06 | By Logan G. Harbaugh
- Monitoring Asterisk 1.4 with SNMP and CACTI for pretty graphs!
- Experimental Firefox Extensions: Experimental Extensions We’d Like to Go Mainstream
- NASA – NASA TV
- 50 Excellent AJAX Tutorials | Tutorials | Smashing Magazine
- 25 essential Firefox add-ons for power users | News | TechRadar UK
- The State of Linux Docks | LinuxHaxor.net
- Ubuntu Tutorials : Dapper – Gutsy – Hardy – Intrepid
- Use BitTorrent to Upgrade to Ubuntu ‘Intrepid Ibex’ | TorrentFreak
- Most Wanted Ajax Techniques: 50+ Examples and Tutorials | Noupe
- Lazy Linux: 11 secrets for lazy cluster admins
- IPMI – Community Ubuntu Documentation
- IPMI HOWTO for Debian GNU/Linux on the Intel SR2300 (Server Board SE7501WV2)
- Dell BIOS firmware updates on Debian | MDLog:/sysadmin
- Flashing a Dell Bios with Linux (en) – FelixSchwarz
- Dell BIOS Update on Linux PC / Laptops | Southend Linux Wiki Site
- How to: Flashing your system BIOS under Linux
- Curved AWN dock. « Linux Owns
- neuron-galaxy.jpg (image)
- Annoying Body Glitches: Can We Prevent Them?
Family/golf things:
- USGS Release: Beach Sand Often More Contaminated than Water (9/12/2008 1:50:30 PM)
- Urban Dictionary: gaybie
- The glossy, sanitized new versions of fairy tales leave out what matters: the scary parts – The Boston Globe
- Traditional Wedding Anniversary Gifts
- 13 Lessons to Teach Your Child About Digital Photography
- Seton Free Wireless
- Golf and lawyers
- BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Golf secret not all in the wrists
Political links (yes, overdue):
- ABC News: Why Do We Believe Impossible Things?
- Voter Registration information for all 50 states
- 6 Brainwashing Techniques They’re Using On You Right Now | Cracked.com
- Presidential Elections
- Without God – The New York Review of Books
- Tsa: TSA Airport Screener Steals Over $200,000 in Gadgets, Almost Gets Away With It
- The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan (November 04, 2008) – So Many Volunteers, So Few Voters
Purely entertaining:
- Abstruse Goose » say what you mean
- Shut Up… No, YOU Shut Up! – Features – The Stranger, Seattle’s Only Newspaper
- xkcd – A Webcomic – Height
- The Best of NC-17 Movies: 10 Films Somewhere Between R & X
- Why is everyone saying “fail” all of a sudden? – By Christopher Beam – Slate Magazine
- Periodic table of vulgarity
- xkcd – A Webcomic – Election
- hatejobhunting.jpg (JPEG Image, 500×338 pixels)
A corny neologism…
So, I’m watching Grace at recess before computer lab, and the trees are dropping acorns. I was about to point out to her that the acorns are baby trees, but that’s not entirely accurate. The are more tree fetuses. Treetuses, if you will.
And, the kids over there stomping on acorns? They are performing acortions.
Since tomorrow is “Talk Like a Pirate Day”…
Work has been busy, lots of 2blog folder catching up to do…
As usual, starting with things overheard:
- Overheard in the Office | You’re Not Properly Formatted
- Overheard in the Office | And They Keep Slipping Out Of the Child Seats
- Overheard in New York | The Day New York Stood Still
- Overheard in New York | Jeez, Even They Can’t Understand Each Other
- Overheard in New York | Can’t We Just Have Anonymous Anal at the Gym Like Normal People?
- Overheard in New York | Yuppie Child Enters Lifelong Apprenticeship
Plenty of geeky things (lots of these also fit into other categories):
- Binary Codes: New to Linux? Make sure you bookmark these
- 10 Best Science Fiction Planets | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine
- You’ve got jail! AOL spammer sentenced to seven years
- Form Elements: 40+ CSS/JS Styling and Functionality Techniques
- How To Block Porn Pictures And Images With SafeSquid Proxy Server | HowtoForge – Linux Howtos and Tutorials
- zlatanova: The Disney Goatse Collection
- UNIX tips: Learn 10 good UNIX usage habits
- 30 Free High Quality WordPress Themes | Developer’s Toolbox | Smashing Magazine
- 10 Principles of the CSS Masters – NETTUTS
- PEAR :: Package :: Calendar
- Slashdot | Any Suggestions For a Meaningful Geeky Wedding Band?
- 9 Amazing Firefox Add-Ons That Will Save Your Time! – Opensource, Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers
- BBC – Science & Nature – Sex ID
- UNIX tips: Learn 10 more good UNIX usage habits
- Pimp your Ubuntu desktop in 7 easy steps! :: The Tux Geek
- Technology Review: Flawless Vote Counts
- xkcd – A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language – By Randall Munroe
- 10 Great Webcomics You Should Not Share With Your Kids | Geekdad from Wired.com
- Abstruse Goose » A Wise Man Once Said…
Parenting things:
- Coney Island Owner Confirms Closure – TIME
- 12 New Rules of Working You Should Embrace Today | Zen Habits
- Fat into muscle – how to turn a beer gut into a six-pack – Telegraph
- 21 Easy Hacks to Simplify Your Life | Zen Habits
- Is your kid really gifted? Probably not – CNN.com
- The Disturbing Origins of 5 Common Nursery Rhymes | Cracked.com
- ‘Peanuts’ animator Bill Melendez dies at 91 – MORE NEWS AND FEATURES- msnbc.com
- Platypus – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Science Blog: Top Eight (8) Most Poisonous Animals
- The 9 most eerily cultlike kids shows | Blog of Hilarity
- The Geophysical Institute Auroral Forecast Page
- 21 Easy Hacks to Simplify Your Life | Zen Habits
- 10 Things Millionaires Won’t Tell You (new-new-new) at SmartMoney.com
- Interstate Highway System – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Port Aransas, Texas – TX beach lodging, accomodations,vistor info
Golf things:
Politics/Secularism:
- 101 Atheist Quotes – The Atheist Blogger
- ImageShack – Hosting :: ichatimage891131384xf6.jpg
- Why the media should apologize – Roger Simon – Politico.com
- Words They Used – 2008 Political Conventions – Interactive Graphic – NYTimes.com
- Take A Drink …
Just funny:
- Joe. My. God.: Working In
- Welcome to the ICBE — The International Center for Bathroom Etiquette
- Easier To Just Walk Picture
And one film link:
My latest million dollar idea
Piranha sushi
Catching up more often…
Fewer overheard links (I’ve been busy!):
Lots of geeky things, however:
- Linux.com :: ssh-xfer: Quickly grabbing files over an existing SSH connection
- DNSSEC HOWTO
- nagios2cacti – Google Code
- Iyov: Notes to myself: Firefox 3 features — allow right click, always save password
- Linux.com :: Quickly put data from MySQL to the Web with DrasticGrid
- Linux.com :: Using free software for HTTP load testing
Political things:
- Candidates for Sale : Rolling Stone
- Morton’s Fork – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Berkeley Breathed – Salon.com
A few things about being gay and parenting:
- More gay men now ‘married with children’ – Kids and parenting- msnbc.com
- » Orson Scott Card Wants YOU (To Rise Up Against The Gay Menace) | Cracked.com
And some just about being Grace’s daddy:
- Grocery Suck Ray: Hershey’s “Kissables” No Longer Legally Considered “Milk Chocolate”?
- Aargh — buried facts about pirates – CNN.com
- The World’s Strangest Theme Restaurants | WebUrbanist
And some generally funny or interesting things:
Turning diaries into blogs…
THE ORWELL PRIZE is what we were talking about the other day.? It begins today!