Things going well for me, although Betsy seems to be having quite the time of her weekend. 🙁 I’m sure she’ll catch everyone up on her blog later, so i won’t ruin the story.
Pics and such from the weekend upcoming.
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I’m heading out today for GenCon, the largest gaming convention in the world. Expect posts to be a little slow until next week.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
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Wi-Fi Spray followup
Evidently the scammers are even more desperate than I previously thought. Discovered via a post over of MeFi, the whole idea for the wi-fi spray was stolen whole-cloth from a joke site designed by someone else. Check it out:
The seller essentially stole the content of a joke site that I created (and posted on 13 November, 2002). He’s auctioning this fake product.
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Ibiblio on Slashdot
Ibib gets some good press for their bittorrents…and gets slashdotted in the process!
And ebay is the place to shill to them. Most amusing auction I’ve seen in some time:
Wi-Fi Speed Spray DramaticalIy Increase Data Throughput
This revolutionary product enhances the transfer of computer data through the air. You’ll be amazed!
Do you live in a polluted environment such as Los Angeles? If so, you’ve probably experienced the heartbreak of data transfer slow-down. WiFi Speed Sprayâ„¢ can overcome the effects of pollution, increase fidelity, and provide you with the fastest wireless data transfer possible. Compatible with ALL 802.XXx standards!
It’s a scientific fact. Radio waves become sluggish under a variety of common environmental conditions. Besides air pollution, radio waves slow down in noisy environments, at night, and in “high emission” areas such as computer rooms, offices that use fluorescent lighting, and even in the kitchen (those pesky microwave ovens are to blame!).
BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Where’s the Mythbusters when you need them?
As Betsy knows, I’m not a grammar nerd. I don’t pay enough attention to my grammar…so why is it that improperly used quotation marks drive me up the freakin’ wall? Quotation marks and apostrophes drive me nuts, especially on signs. So now that I have a camera phone, I’ll occasionally snap one of these and share it with the world. Here’s the first, taken in a random small town in Tennessee at a gas station.
I’m not sure if the floor is not really wet, or if it’s not really a floor, or both.
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Flickr’d
As of a few days ago, I took down our Gallery, and am in the process of adding all our photos to Flickr. It’s gonna be slow going (I’ve used 18% of my upload for the month, and I’m probably at 5% of our total photos) but Flickr really is an amazing product.
In any case…if anyone wants to play with our photos, they’ll be at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/griffey/
and via tags/sets/etc we’ll be adding some value to them. Here’s an idea for Flickr, though: it would be amazing to be able to download/burn a CD of the interface/slideshow/photo sets and such for permanent archival.
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Bearing the Pall
Pallbearer
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
A pallbearer is a person who helps carry the casket of a deceased person from a religious service or viewing to their final resting place, or to and from the hearse which does so.
A pall is the heavy cloth that is draped over a coffin; by metonymy the term pallbearer is used to signify someone who bears the coffin which the pall covers.
Some traditions distinguish between these two roles, with pallbearer being an honorary position, while casketbearers do the actual heavy lifting and carrying.
Pallbearers were usually associated in an intimate manner (such as brother, uncle, father, or husband – pallbearers are not always male, but male pallbearers are the most common) with the deceased before their death, though this is not always the case.
On Friday, I served as a pallbearer for Anna Beatrice Pitman, the wife of Chester Pitman.
She was the mother of Kimmy Pitman, Brenda Mink, Beverly Sandlin, and Dottie Whitaker; the grandmother of Betsy Sandlin, Troy Sandlin Jr., Kimberly Canada, Judy Mink, Kenny Whitaker, and Adam, Alex, and Nicholas Hawk. She had seven great-grandchildren at the time of her death.
Her death was a shock, and the aftermath will be felt for some time.
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As if I needed a reason…
…to hate him more.
Gah!
From sfgate.com:
President Bush said Monday he believes schools should discuss “intelligent design” alongside evolution when teaching students about the creation of life.
During a round-table interview with reporters from five Texas newspapers, Bush declined to go into detail on his personal views of the origin of life. But he said students should learn about both theories, Knight Ridder Newspapers reported.
“I think that part of education is to expose people to different schools of thought,” Bush said. “You’re asking me whether or not people ought to be exposed to different ideas, the answer is yes.”
Grrrr….this is one of my “irrational hatred” issues. There is a difference between “different schools of thought” and “useless unscientific pap.” Can’t wait to see what Dawkins says about this.
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My new hero: Rex Libris!
Just as a tide of ignorance swells up and threatens to engulf the world, out of the ashes of the Great Library of Alexandria arises a hero, an educated fellow with fists of steel and a mind as sharp as a tack: public librarian Rex Libris. Follow the story of Rex, the tough-as-nails Head Librarian at Middleton Public Library, and his unending struggle against the forces of darkness. Wearing his distinctive, super-thick bottle glasses and armed with an arsenal of powerful weapons, he strikes fear into recalcitrant borrowers, and can take on virtually any foe — from loitering zombies to alien warlords who refuse to pay their late fees. Even the occasional infestation of rogue, public domain literary characters are dispatched with aplomb.
Everyone must check out the preview, as well as buy copies for everyone they know. I can’t wait to see how this goes…now if only there were somewhere within 50 miles I could buy it. This could well be the coolest comic book in the history of the world. 🙂