You were a good year, and an interesting one in several fields (especially technology-related ones), but it’s time to bid you farewell. Not much of an entry, buy hey, it’s New Year’s Eve. GoddessJ and I have more important things to attend to.
Archive of entries posted on December 2007
Caffeine
I never really took to coffee — I love the smell of it, but I don’t really care for the taste all that much. But for many years, I drank several cans and/or bottles of caffeinated pop a day. Very caffeinated. It didn’t take long before caffeine didn’t have much effect on me anymore — [...]
“Interested in purchasing textlink”
I received a curious e-mail the other day: Subject: Interested in purchasing textlink Hey I visited your site and contents of your site http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/ got my attention. I am interested in purchasing Text links advertisement on it. If you are interested please inform me. I can make an attractive offer. Thanks, [Name removed] I’ve made [...]
Fastest Case of Influenza Ever
Well, at least the fastest one I’ve ever had. GoddessJ and I had a Christmas party for a small group of friends and family, including one of her cousins and his wife and one-year-old daughter, on Christmas day itself. The cousin didn’t mention that the daughter had the stomach flu until that evening, after she’d [...]
“Gmail users might want to check your filters…”
As reported on the LifeHacker site: an XSS flaw might have compromised your account, regardless of the OS or browser you’re running. The flaw has since been patched, but if your account was subverted prior to the fix, it will still have the malicious filters in it. Follow the links from that page to find [...]
“Space brains resign over efforts to attract ET attention”
As a fan of science-fiction, I’ve often paused to wonder just why an alien race might, in real life, be interested in Earth and/or humans. The plots in SF books, movies, and games are, for the most part, simply laughable — they want humans as food or because we’re a good place to lay their [...]
“Never Forget an Anniversary!”
My mother sent me this as a warning: Rick was in trouble. He’d forgotten his wedding anniversary. His wife was really angry. She told him “Tomorrow morning, I expect to find a gift in the driveway that goes from 0 to 200 in less than 6 seconds, AND IT BETTER BE THERE!” The next morning [...]
“The bride wore white, 2-ply toilet paper”
One of the stranger stories I’ve read recently. (I’m just glad it didn’t rain.)
“New Nanowire Battery Holds 10 Times The Charge Of Existing Ones”
Oooh… power! I’m eagerly waiting for these puppies to show up in consumer laptops.
“The art of software murder”
For those who strongly dislike Microsoft’s latest offering and how it’s being crammed down everyone’s throats, I offer this article. The last few paragraphs say it all: What would it be like if a single piece of software were simultaneously afflicted with all the maladies listed above? It would surely be a gloomy prospect. To [...]