Not sure what’s the bigger surprise: seeing a Chevy Volt in the wild, or that the driver managed to get a parking space next to an electrical outlet in a structure that offers parking for LAX.
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Must remember to check weather BEFORE taking J to the park. Though since the forecast…
Must remember to check weather BEFORE taking J to the park. Though since the forecast still says 75, not the 85 degrees it actually is, it might not have helped that much.
Remember the faster-than-light neutrinos reported last year? It may have just been a bad fiberoptic connection…
Unconfirmed rumor: FTL neutrinos may be due to a faulty GPS connection
Remember the faster-than-light neutrinos reported last year? It may have just been a bad fiberoptic connection on the system doing the timing.
The scientists who reported the results in the first place were 99% certain there was *something* wrong with them (though it would have been revolutionary if the results had held up), but they couldn't find the error, and made the announcement mainly to ask for help tracking it down.
Interesting: Google Maps *does* show city boundaries…but only if you search for the city, not
Interesting: Google Maps *does* show city boundaries…but only if you search for the city, not a location, and it only shows the limits of *that* city, not neighboring ones.
Funny how much science fiction seems to be about how we shouldn’t pursue science…
Funny how much science fiction seems to be about how we shouldn't pursue science…
Oh, come on. How many times do we have to kill this lawsuit? SCO…
SCO vs. IBM Trial Back On Again
Oh, come on. How many times do we have to kill this lawsuit? SCO has had a DECADE to produce evidence of actual infringement, the Linux code base has been gone over with multiple fine-toothed combs, a court determined that SCO doesn’t even own the copyrights that they’re suing over, and the company basically ran themselves into the ground by focusing on the sue-your-own-customers business model.
This looks like it’ll be a fun read.
Unmasking an SEO spammer and rewarding their competition (a case study)
This looks like it’ll be a fun read.
Interesting: Coffee consumption has gone up so much since installing a single-cup brewer that the…
Interesting: Coffee consumption has gone up so much since installing a single-cup brewer that the office has switched from providing Mini-Moos to putting a half-gallon of half & half in the refrigerator.
I was worried that a clicking sound was coming from the new hard drive, but…
I was worried that a clicking sound was coming from the new hard drive, but I couldn't hear it with my ear next to the computer. Then I realized: it's just bubbles echoing in my almost-empty soda can.
“Please don’t put the music player in the coffee mug.”
File this under things I never thought I’d say: “Please don’t put the music player in the coffee mug.”
Does anyone know why there are historical markers for El Camino Real along PCH/Sepulveda through…
Does anyone know why there are historical markers for El Camino Real along PCH/Sepulveda through Manhattan/Hermosa/Redondo Beach? My understanding is that the actual historical route ran much closer to Downtown LA, roughly along the 5 and 101 routes. You know, where the actual MISSIONS are.
Or are the criteria for “Historic El Camino Real” looser than I thought?
Finally installed the new hard drive I bought last month. Good news: it works. Better…
Finally installed the new hard drive I bought last month. Good news: it works. Better news: Fedora's current installer is really easy & convenient. Bad news: Somehow I downloaded the 32-bit installer instead of the 64-bit, so I need to start it over. Good thing I have high-speed internet.
The new system for San Diego Comic Con & WonderCon registration is live. Tickets…
The new system for San Diego Comic Con & WonderCon registration is live. Tickets aren’t on sale yet, but you’ll want to get an account ready before they launch (whenever that ends up being).
J managed to get his hands on the laptop keyboard while neither of us was…
J managed to get his hands on the laptop keyboard while neither of us was looking. Among the things he launched: the debug tools for the web browser. I'll pretend for a moment that he knew what he was doing.
This week, J has decided that my toes are the funniest! thing! ever!
This week, J has decided that my toes are the funniest! thing! ever!
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Yeah, that would explain the CLANG CLANG CLANG sound
Yeah, that would explain the CLANG CLANG CLANG sound. It’s supposed to be a computer, not a trolley.
Brion comments on FB: all aboard the broken power supply train!
Wayne comments on Google+: yeah, ouch, fare’s not worth it. 😉
If Microsoft can figure out whether a product key is being installed on a new…
If Microsoft can figure out whether a product key is being installed on a new computer or reinstalled on an old one, surely it should be able to recognize that you've reinstalled on the same machine (except for the hard drive) that you previously upgraded, right?
There’s nothing like not having access to a desktop computer to realize just what smartphones…
There's nothing like not having access to a desktop computer to realize just what smartphones can't do yet. At least I've got the new drive now, and installing Windows is a lot faster than it used to be.
I’m amazed that Facebook still hasn’t fixed the bug where, when you attach a link…
I’m amazed that Facebook still hasn’t fixed the bug where, when you attach a link to a Blogspot post, it pulls in the first comment instead of the post itself for the summary. Are they waiting for Google to implement OpenGraph? Does it only apply to certain themes and I’m just unlucky about which blogs I read?
Or is it one of those situations where no one’s actually reported it as a bug, because everyone assumes someone must have noticed, like the apocryphal story of the house burning down across the street from the fire station because no one called it in?