Everyday I think its going to start going away and it gets worse. In a way it does seems like the original ones are fading but new ones are coming in places I did not have them before.
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12/11/2010 15:36 #53236
Starting to wonder...Category: body
If I am going to die from this plague. I can't wait till my dermatology appt on Wednesday. It seems so ridiculous that I have money and health insurance and its taken two weeks so far before I can see a dermatologist.
Everyday I think its going to start going away and it gets worse. In a way it does seems like the original ones are fading but new ones are coming in places I did not have them before.
Everyday I think its going to start going away and it gets worse. In a way it does seems like the original ones are fading but new ones are coming in places I did not have them before.
12/10/2010 22:41 #53231
Grooveshark.com - is it legal?Category: web
I always am so behind on internet crap because I barely surf the web for entertainment purposes.
Tonight, I decided to spend a little more time visiting the chrome app store
I am not really sure what the advantage of the chrome app store is other than a place to easily find the apps. Unlike the app stores on mobile devices there is no app to install per se. So it seems kind of like a store that sells/helps you locate urls? Isn't that just a search engine?
To its credit, I found grooveshark.com from it.
Anyhow, grooveshark.com seems totally amazing. I am able to search for and listen to just about any music I want, kind of like rhapsody.com but it appears to be free and I can rewind and replay whatever songs I want. Maybe I just haven't gotten to the catch yet but it seems easier than have to maintain my own library minus the it only plays when online part.
i was curious how they could do this legally so I went ahead and searched for is grooveshark.com legal and how there is a whole lot of drama there. Check out this yahoo answers for example
or this arstechnica forum
Its interesting because it seems like the company tends to respond to the questions.
I still don't really understand how it is I can listen to whatever music I want and not pay anything. They don't even have audio advertisements like pandora and clearly, when you listen to the site you aren't looking at it much so the ads to the side are kind of useful.
They must have deals with the record labels, but what kind of deals. I mean this seems "free" like as in free from back in the napster days. The fact that they let anyone upload songs is great for independent artists but I find it hard to believe that Michael Stipe decided to upload all the R.E.M albums I am currently listening to.
In a way I am jealous as I would like to work on something like that web app much more than dealing with all the rules and regulations of dealing with employee and patient data in the hospital setting that makes up my life now. It must be so fun to make stuff simply for entertainment purposes. Maybe it would feel meaningless. Or maybe it would just be so much less stressful.
You can even download the music with this simple little hack that I am sure makes it all totally illegal. I am not suggesting it.
Tonight, I decided to spend a little more time visiting the chrome app store
I am not really sure what the advantage of the chrome app store is other than a place to easily find the apps. Unlike the app stores on mobile devices there is no app to install per se. So it seems kind of like a store that sells/helps you locate urls? Isn't that just a search engine?
To its credit, I found grooveshark.com from it.
Anyhow, grooveshark.com seems totally amazing. I am able to search for and listen to just about any music I want, kind of like rhapsody.com but it appears to be free and I can rewind and replay whatever songs I want. Maybe I just haven't gotten to the catch yet but it seems easier than have to maintain my own library minus the it only plays when online part.
i was curious how they could do this legally so I went ahead and searched for is grooveshark.com legal and how there is a whole lot of drama there. Check out this yahoo answers for example
or this arstechnica forum Its interesting because it seems like the company tends to respond to the questions.
I still don't really understand how it is I can listen to whatever music I want and not pay anything. They don't even have audio advertisements like pandora and clearly, when you listen to the site you aren't looking at it much so the ads to the side are kind of useful.
They must have deals with the record labels, but what kind of deals. I mean this seems "free" like as in free from back in the napster days. The fact that they let anyone upload songs is great for independent artists but I find it hard to believe that Michael Stipe decided to upload all the R.E.M albums I am currently listening to.
In a way I am jealous as I would like to work on something like that web app much more than dealing with all the rules and regulations of dealing with employee and patient data in the hospital setting that makes up my life now. It must be so fun to make stuff simply for entertainment purposes. Maybe it would feel meaningless. Or maybe it would just be so much less stressful.
You can even download the music with this simple little hack that I am sure makes it all totally illegal. I am not suggesting it.
tinypliny - 12/11/10 21:43
hahah - I love your last sentence.
hahah - I love your last sentence.
12/10/2010 20:47 #53229
Feeder FishCategory: pets
I used yo have a turtle that ate these. Glad I just have a vegetarian tortoise now although he is being such a pain right now. Today and I had to bathe him and oil his shell. He is getting so fat that I need to put him on a diet but eating is like his only entertainment.
He is getting so big now.
He is getting so big now.
tinypliny - 12/11/10 21:46
Eating is apparently the only entertainment of 68% of the world's population nowadays. Pathetic.
It's time to start an eat-to-live movement and put down the live-to-eat fetish that we seem to have.
Eating is apparently the only entertainment of 68% of the world's population nowadays. Pathetic.
It's time to start an eat-to-live movement and put down the live-to-eat fetish that we seem to have.
tinypliny - 12/11/10 21:44
Hold on. How did he get to these fish?! Is the tank on the floor? Can he climb the wall of the aquarium?!
Hold on. How did he get to these fish?! Is the tank on the floor? Can he climb the wall of the aquarium?!
12/08/2010 21:40 #53226
Estrip SSL certificate authorityCategory: web
I am so tired of needing SSL certs or having to ignore or confirm exceptions. I decided to just create my own certificate authority, once my systems trust that, they trust any of my certs.
If you are in a sketchy place and want to use the SSL version of estrip to protect your session you can.
First accept the estrip server as a certificate authority. Using firefox it is easy, go to and check all three boxes. Then just go to the ssl version of the site for the rest of your trip. You can do the same thing with other browser but you will need to follow you OSes way of importing certificate authorities as chrome, safari and IE all use the OSes cert trust store unlike firefox which has its own.
As a side note flash uploads will not work without having your OS truststore accept estrip as a certificate authority, however, drag/drop and mobile site upload will.
If you are in a sketchy place and want to use the SSL version of estrip to protect your session you can.
First accept the estrip server as a certificate authority. Using firefox it is easy, go to
and check all three boxes. Then just go to the ssl version of the site for the rest of your trip. You can do the same thing with other browser but you will need to follow you OSes way of importing certificate authorities as chrome, safari and IE all use the OSes cert trust store unlike firefox which has its own.As a side note flash uploads will not work without having your OS truststore accept estrip as a certificate authority, however, drag/drop and mobile site upload will.
paul - 12/28/10 12:51
Linux import estrip cert using certutil
curl -k -o "estrip.org.crt" "http://estrip.org/trust"
certutil -d sql:$HOME/.pki/nssdb -A -t TC -n "estrip.org" -i estrip.org.crt
Linux import estrip cert using certutil
curl -k -o "estrip.org.crt" "http://estrip.org/trust"
certutil -d sql:$HOME/.pki/nssdb -A -t TC -n "estrip.org" -i estrip.org.crt
tinypliny - 12/11/10 21:46
VERY cool. Thanks so much! Loving the double choice!!
VERY cool. Thanks so much! Loving the double choice!!
paul - 12/09/10 11:51
Even better, now you get both drag/drop and upload button in FF and chrome!
Even better, now you get both drag/drop and upload button in FF and chrome!
paul - 12/09/10 10:36
No, it has to do with the upgrade to chrome 8 but I will fix it. It has nothing to do with the SSL? Are you using the SSL version or the regular version? and which OS. The SSL version also won't allow pics in the chat ;( Really its not necessary accept I would use it say at work, internet cafe, on someone else's internet etc.
No, it has to do with the upgrade to chrome 8 but I will fix it. It has nothing to do with the SSL? Are you using the SSL version or the regular version? and which OS. The SSL version also won't allow pics in the chat ;( Really its not necessary accept I would use it say at work, internet cafe, on someone else's internet etc.
tinypliny - 12/09/10 03:31
What I meant to ask is should I be doing something to get the drag-and-drop back?
PS: I don't mind the upload button. In some circumstances, when dragging and dropping is unwieldy, the upload button is very helpful. Just wanted to let you know about this change...
What I meant to ask is should I be doing something to get the drag-and-drop back?
PS: I don't mind the upload button. In some circumstances, when dragging and dropping is unwieldy, the upload button is very helpful. Just wanted to let you know about this change...
tinypliny - 12/09/10 03:30
I am not sure if this is connected to what you are describing in this post, but in Google Chrome 8.0.552.215, the drag-and-drop interface has reverted back to the old "upload files" button... Should I be doing something?
I am not sure if this is connected to what you are describing in this post, but in Google Chrome 8.0.552.215, the drag-and-drop interface has reverted back to the old "upload files" button... Should I be doing something?
12/08/2010 20:47 #53224
Frickin rash illness from hellCategory: body
Like two weeks ago I had this first spot on my arm. I thoight it was a bug bite. After a few days I got another then it spread all over my chest and neck. At first it was super itchy but bendryl helped figuring it was an allergy. Then days turned into weeks and it now seems like its not an allergy. I use hypoallergenic everything to start off with and I've introduced nothing new.
Now I think its pityriasis rosacea. It fits the description very well with hive like welts that have a cigarette papery center. Trust me I have researched like every skin condition under the sun and it seems the most plausible. They radiate out like a Christmas tree if looking at me head on. The unfortunate part is that takes a long time to go away. Here are some links
So I have money and health insurances but it seems like every dermatologist has a months long waiting list and no idea about anyone else to call. Luckily, I made a dermologist appoint for next week about 4 months ago just to get some moles checked out. Here is to forward thinking or being psychic.
And more luckily, thankfully my boss let me work from home while it was really bad this week.
The lighting in the picture don't really do it justice in terms of the redness.
The watery drip in this last pic is really just a water drip not some blister.
Now I think its pityriasis rosacea. It fits the description very well with hive like welts that have a cigarette papery center. Trust me I have researched like every skin condition under the sun and it seems the most plausible. They radiate out like a Christmas tree if looking at me head on. The unfortunate part is that takes a long time to go away. Here are some links
So I have money and health insurances but it seems like every dermatologist has a months long waiting list and no idea about anyone else to call. Luckily, I made a dermologist appoint for next week about 4 months ago just to get some moles checked out. Here is to forward thinking or being psychic.
And more luckily, thankfully my boss let me work from home while it was really bad this week.
The lighting in the picture don't really do it justice in terms of the redness.
The watery drip in this last pic is really just a water drip not some blister.
libertad - 12/09/10 18:22
Was this before or after Toronto? You also ate some strange fruit a couple of weeks back. They look like just hives to me. Sometimes substances can stay in body long periods of time so it really could still be hives related to an allergic reaction to something. I like (e:tinypliny)'s advice of not suggesting to MD what you think you have and just waiting and seeing what they say first.
Was this before or after Toronto? You also ate some strange fruit a couple of weeks back. They look like just hives to me. Sometimes substances can stay in body long periods of time so it really could still be hives related to an allergic reaction to something. I like (e:tinypliny)'s advice of not suggesting to MD what you think you have and just waiting and seeing what they say first.
paul - 12/09/10 10:34
Are you suggesting mono? I don't feel overly tired or sick otherwise.
Are you suggesting mono? I don't feel overly tired or sick otherwise.
tinypliny - 12/09/10 09:59
Oh, and don't tell him/her what you suspect. Always biases people and closes doors of the mind.
Oh, and don't tell him/her what you suspect. Always biases people and closes doors of the mind.
tinypliny - 12/09/10 09:57
Viruses can be contagious and Halloween was around two weeks before...
On the other hand, this could be completely non-viral and the manifestation of an allergy. Do post what the dermatologist finds!
Viruses can be contagious and Halloween was around two weeks before...
On the other hand, this could be completely non-viral and the manifestation of an allergy. Do post what the dermatologist finds!
paul - 12/09/10 09:52
I did have chicken pox. I don't think it shingles because these are not painful or blister like. As for mono, I never had it before that I know of.
I did have chicken pox. I don't think it shingles because these are not painful or blister like. As for mono, I never had it before that I know of.
tinypliny - 12/09/10 03:41
You do seem to fit the bill for that condition... but Pityriasis rosea is thought to have a viral origin. Did you ever have chicken pox as a kid? Or maybe a long episode of mono?
I'd be really interested in hearing about your final diagnosis at the dermatologist.
You do seem to fit the bill for that condition... but Pityriasis rosea is thought to have a viral origin. Did you ever have chicken pox as a kid? Or maybe a long episode of mono?
I'd be really interested in hearing about your final diagnosis at the dermatologist.
tinypliny - 12/09/10 03:37
Hmmm... didn't you buy that cocoa butter thing some weeks back?
Hmmm... didn't you buy that cocoa butter thing some weeks back?
Oops I was wrong, it was not before the tongue thing. The red tongue thing started around 05/2010, 7 months before this. Its the painful tongue followed by the orange tongue that started after this.
Until I put this timeline together tonight, I never realized that this 3 week body rash from hell happend directly before the tongue issue started.
Its SO unfair that you didn't post a follow-up yet!
WELLL??? What did he say??? Come on! You have one faithful reader here who REALLY wants to know what the dermatologist's opinion was??? What was the diagnosis?? How are you now?? Has it gone down? Has it worsened?? Forget about the indirect inquiring minds... I WANT TO KNOW!!!
Hopefully it is nothing serious, but what (e:libertad) said is true..... Sometimes it might not be a skin issue it is an infection issue that shows up on the skin... With out being a doctor I'm guessing that you being allergic to cats and other animals means you are having some kind of reaction to something you don't know about ...
It's a kind of paint that is lightly applied and dries on your skin in a pinkish thin shell that you can just flick away later. But yeah, all that hair might be a problem. There seems to be many lesions where there is no hair, though.
Did you recently buy and wear some new sweater or maybe an animal origin coat of some sort... maybe cashmere or wool?
Also CMV/EBV may sometimes have very uncharacteristic presentations... I can't be sure. Do these bumps lose their reddish color/blanch when you press them? Are they tender when you press them?
(e:tinypliny) - I feel like taking two benedryl is way easier that trying to work any sort of liquid into chest hair. (e:libertad) - I figure at this point I might as well wait for a specialist.
You could go to an after hours clinic. You don't have to see a dermatologist for skin problems.
If you can get lactocalamine topical solution to apply, you could wean youself off benedryl. It is anti-pruritic (anti-itch).
No I don't scratch them. None of them have any broken surface. In fact they don't itch too much anymore and when they do I take benedryl which I am slowly becoming addicted to.
btw, the mortality in dermatology wards is close to zero... unless it carcinogenic, which I think, its not.
Are you scratching that area? I hope not. Maybe you should try an application of lactocalamine solution if they are itchy.