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07/26/2009 19:55 #49390

observation
Category: geeky
You Linux guys got a real sense of humor.

image
- Fedora Core 8 installer

And yes, this goes into an infinite loop.

- Z
tinypliny - 07/27/09 19:46
That is some U.G.L.Y bit of colour.
paul - 07/27/09 09:22
Why fedora core 8? They are on 11 now.

06/18/2009 20:58 #49002

bulletin!
Category: news




I fear that this will not end well.

In the absence of real information, we bring you the following live-blogs. The Guardian and The Huffington Post are tracking each other pretty closely now. There's different information at the New York Times and the National Iranian-American Council Of course Tehran is 8 1/2 hours ahead of us, so last call is 3:30pm EST.

In other news, 400,000 angry indigenous Peruvians called off their protest when the government admitted they hadn't bothered to consult anyone whose land they'd decided to sell Thirty-four people died in the conflict and the prime minister resigned.

Look it's not like I hate the government or anything, I just wish they'd pay closer attention to the governed [from whom they derive their just powers, right].

- Z

tinypliny - 06/19/09 08:36
I government nowadays has been assigned a slightly modified definition.

Government: gov·ern·ment (gŭv'ərn-mənt): The act or process of governing, especially (and mostly) the control (of money from the public) and administration of public policy (dreamed up without consensus or even sense) in a political (almost military) unit (that is fractionated with strife).

06/17/2009 11:18 #48994

information
If anyone else is as riveted by the protests in Iran as I am, probably the most interesting information is coming from the liveblogs on the Guardian and the Huffington Post

Certainly you should check other news outlets, but I've found that international news organizations only seem to report that they can't report, official news reports are unreliable, and Twitter is just totally useless at this point. Also a lot of people nattering on about social networking.

- Z
tinypliny - 06/19/09 08:30
Hmmm.. I am not riveted.
joshua - 06/17/09 14:17
I don't visit the Huffington Post for anything, although I am aware that a blogger there is considered to be one of better ones at the moment. I've been mainly reading media from the UK (Guardian, Times, BBC).
james - 06/17/09 12:54
We are so spoiled by having so much information on politics in this country that is is maddening we don't have much of anything in Iran. We have some eight month old polls, spotty results data, and reporters who are only in Mousavi strongholds.

GHA!

06/14/2009 21:44 #48978

hi score
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I half-expected there would be a guy waiting for me in my driveway to shake my hand and give me a chocolate eclair.

- Z

tinypliny - 06/19/09 08:31
Should have gone and got yourself a treat! What did you have? (apart from stinky sausages?) ;-)
mrmike - 06/17/09 15:57
Uncut, a 2011? Did you get a car from the future?
theecarey - 06/15/09 13:37
sadly, no eclairs at 200,000 miles either. :( All important milestones should have donuts.
uncutsaniflush - 06/15/09 12:40
(e:jason) - yes, I have a bit over 160,000 miles on my 2011 Prius. The hybrid system including the batteries had a 10 year/100,000 mile warranty. It is my understanding from that the batteries were expected to last 10 years.
jason - 06/14/09 23:48
Uncut - are you saying you have 160k on your Prius? I thought the batteries might not last that long. Cool for you. I'm not the most knowledgeable in eco-tech or anything.
uncutsaniflush - 06/14/09 22:54
When my Prius hit 100,000 miles some 60,000 odd miles ago, I didn't get a chocolate eclair either.

Keep the Faith.

06/07/2009 10:26 #48861

small thoughts
Category: misc
I didn't think any of these really warranted their own post.

1. A couple of weeks ago, Federal had bogo bacon and cheap stuffed pork chops. Swine flu creates a global freak-out, and I reap all the benefits.

2. If you haven't tried it yet, I highly recommend Wolfram|Alpha for when you need facts instead of web pages. It does math conversions geography nutrition chemistry stocks genetics and probably more.

3. I've probably written about Spar's before - if you eat meat and you haven't been there yet, don't wait until after barbeque season is over. They have a good selection of 'normal' foods - sausages for grilling, cold cuts, sandwich cheeses, slab bacon, ribs - and some Extremely European items just kind of mixed in. They've got blood & tongue, two kinds of Krakauer, three kinds of head cheese, probably half a dozen kinds of salami, and a wide variety of cheeses with uninformative names. I was about to get the horseradish cheddar when I thought - let's go with the German butter cheese. For future reference: it's pretty mild but HOLY CRAP IT STINKS.

4. The woman at Spar's gave me a slice of Hungarian head cheese for being so well-behaved.

- Z


tinypliny - 06/19/09 08:30
Spar's - too far away from home. :/
jbeatty - 06/08/09 10:56
I am a big supporter of Spar's. They have some really awesome stuff there. I love the Bangers and the smoked turkey breast. They are also the only place I know of that sells Slovenian cola.
uncutsaniflush - 06/07/09 21:26
When I was a younger man and didn't pretend to be vegetarian at home, I often ate blood and tongue and head cheese. I reckon it is my Polish peasant heritage.

Just about every time I drive by Spars, I think I should stop and take a look. The Lovely Lettuce a.k.a. (e:leetee) (the real vegetarian in our home) has threatened to go in there and buy me some keilbasa since I seem unable to do so myself.