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Today's Freebie Tip

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:52:46 GMT

A track from The Orb's new release, The Dream. The single is Katskills, get it here: http://www.sixdegreesrecords.com/theorb.php -- also, a video for Vuja De can be viewed from there :-)

This is a Great U2 "Funny" :-)

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:28:16 GMT

let is snow let it snow let it snow!

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:28:05 GMT

it's been snowing for the past hour :) and now we're getting the big flakes that are sticking! :-) why is snowfall so cheery? (at least it is when you're all warm and snuggly inside! :-)

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:36:20 GMT

A key reason why my almost three hour commute each day is more of a blessing than a curse: I am one of these (via rimrunner).

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:44:21 GMT

Livejournal entries work muc better wen ALL te keys on your keboard work :p

Wah! :(

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:03:09 GMT

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jpAIlBo-eu0DGNDN7IUlqNgMY32g

Attn Buffy Fans

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:13:54 GMT

Did you ever hear about how Joss wanted to do something on just Giles? Rumor/conjecture has been circulating for years that Ripper might come to pass and now it looks like it's one step closer (if you're in Brittain that is).

In other news, what was the point exactly of broadcasting only eight episodes of Traveler?? We start to get a glimpse of just how deep the rabbit hole goes and... STOP! That's all you get. How rude!

Meanwhile, I'm hooked on Damages because I mean, come on, we're talking Glen Close, people! Starring weekly! From what I've seen and read so far, it's going to be the best (only?) lawyer drama that never has a courtroom scene!

Also this summer, the Brits (ITV I think) are spitting out four more episodes to make series five of Wire in the Blood; still as good as ever but I predict there won't be any more episodes after this series...

Back stateside, I'm totally enjoying Burn Notice and Psych both of which make me laugh out loud. Neither have award-winning performances or writing but both are just good fun -- even Peter watches these two with me :)

Last but not least, in movie news, the longest trailer yet is out for The Golden Compass (choose extended preview) -- looks like they did a pretty good job putting this complex book on the big screen. I'm not sure I can say the same for the updated, adaption of The Dark is Rising... I'll go see it of course, and then decide. But having just re-read the series earlier this summer, it'll take some convincing that they did a good job.

free, awarding-winning novelette online

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:35:00 GMT

When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth (by Cory Doctorow) is available free, online and is the Winner of the 2007 Locus Award for best novelette. Enjoy! :-)

Documentation Sprinters!

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:51:16 GMT

Here's our official group picture ;-) with IRC nick(names) included :)

just shoot me now

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:34:43 GMT

it's 5:30am. and it's 68F.

our doors and windows are covered with plastic until the boys are done painting. well, we did uncover some of them overnight but still.

ugh.

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:07:16 GMT

quit message as seen on irc today: somenick (n=nick@inside.burningman.com) Quit ("Should that be on fire?")

*grin*

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:08:59 GMT

it was relatively warm last week, reaching 90F for a couple of days. but that's nothing on the upcoming week where temps are expected to reach 100F and higher :(

those are the kind of days i like to go in to work late and stay late -- free a/c at work ;-)

and speaking of work, it's going to be a crazy one so if you don't hear from me, that's why!

oops! it's monday!

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:27:34 GMT

i let myself stay up waaaaay too late last night and before falling asleep i managed to jam my left thumb completely bacwards :( it hurt like crazy last night!! today it's sore and nicely swollen :p typing is okay -- we'll see how the rest of the day goes -- i have some things i need to deal with and then i might just come home. my eyes really don't want to stay open :p

because i don't have enough to do

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 16:13:47 GMT

i can't stand it any more. it's almost embarassing. the oregon library association doesn't have a "technology group" (in ola's case, this would be a "round table"; in other state associations it might be an "interest group"). it's painfully embarassing given that ola's next conference is going to be jointly held with wla and they have one. i should hope that most state library associations do by now.

anyhow, i'm going to take the first step (er, after i rejoin ola -- i'm horrible in keeping up with my membership dues! ;-) and see if a certain oregon virtual reference project leader and i can't organize the necessary 25 signatures and draft by-laws by the end of august.

doing this has been on my list for over a year; and the idea has been burbled up on several occassions, including a recent "brainstorming" by a number oregona librarian techies held last february (i think it was).

and just a couple of weeks ago i mentioned it to the state librarian and he thought it was a good idea too. he also suggested that maybe the technical services round table could be morphed but i'm not sure about that. while the focus of technical services includes technology, it really does seem that their primary focus is often more around acquisitions, cataloging, and some topics around digitization. just take a look at their latest annual report -- only one conference session that they sponsored was more generally technology based ("social software: your library, your community"). contrast this to the by-layws of wla's technology interest group: trip.

yes, it's time for a technology round table in oregon :p

random this and thats

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:37:07 GMT

the whole week at work was pretty cool until friday and that turned into a head-banging-against-plone kind of day but oh well :) i'm looking into various add on products but the problem is that i'm tracking three different versions of plone: what we currently have in product, what we'll be upgrading to later this summer and the latest beta which I'm documenting for the plone community. it's enough to make anyone's head hurt, i should think ;-)

saturday was my typical lazy day. i watched three movies, two tv eps and took a three hour nap (!!). okay, maybe it was even lazier than usual ;-) movie-wise i watched the painted veil, a love story / period piece that was actually pretty good (set in shanghai as the nationalists were coming into power); seraphim falls, a "classic-style" western with (of all people) liam neeson and pierce bronson -- it was like a traveling showdown as one character chased the other and with the way the story unfolded, you couldn't tell who to root for ;-) and the third movie of the day was deja vu which was a somewhat interesting mix of action/thriller and science fiction/time travel. unfortunately, if you think it through too much, neither piece holds up too well but it was a fun watch nonetheless.

the two tv episodes were the latest from doctor who and the start of the remaining episodes of standoff that will air over the summer. first, the last three weeks of doctor who have been some of the best tv in general (other than heroes perhaps ;-) the gothic/horror style has been coming out strong and i've really been enjoying that. i mean having the evil monsters be in the form of pretty angel statues is awesome :-)

standoff is one of my favorites and being on fox of course meant that it got jerked around a lot. its of the police/procedural genre (host negotiators) and i just love the interplay and chacter development of the two main characters who became involved with one another from the get-go (avoiding that whole, overdone will-they-won't-they-of-course-they-will angst). i was happily surprised that there were a total of five (or six?) episodes left for the summer run

speaking of t.v. shows, i was mostly disappointed in the latest six episode run (series four) of hustle. the lead actor left the show and the character who steps into the leadership role for this grifting team has always rubbed me wrong (brash, over confident, womanizer, etc, etc). i just really miss mickey's cool, in-control style i guess.

plans for sunday: gosh i think you could take this right from last sunday's entry ;-) laundry, color hair, and possibly work in my completely neglected garden :) the weather has been strange even for the pacific northwest. if you were to plot the high temps of the last two and half weeks it would like: /\ . if you recall, two weeks ago we left camping early because the high temp was around 58 and it was windy; shortly after that we hit 90 and then settled into the 75-80+ range for almost a week. then it turned cool this week past week and yesterday, the high was around 58, rainy and windy. brrrrrr! glad i'm not at all into the rose festival -- people attending yesterday morning's parade must have been miserable.

avatar/icon maker thingie :-)

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 02:29:54 GMT

i made this particular journal pic aaaaages ago. i have need to make another and have no idea (or record, apparently) of where online i made this one.

suggestions of where to go for similar?

you're all in my thoughts this evening

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:40:43 GMT

much love, healing vibes and hugs to susansbeeswax and her family.

Giggles!

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:33:45 GMT

O.M.G.

Best video ever. Thanks to wavebreaker for this one. And the ending it totally worth it!!

w00t!

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:28:09 GMT

http://www.apple.com/iphone/ads/ -- coming to an apple store near you on june 29th!

The Aftermath

Thu, 31 May 2007 13:18:50 GMT

It's good to see that LiveJournal has admitted that they fucked up and that they have stated that they will fix this

Best place I've seen so for information gathering and dissemination: http://catrinella.livejournal.com/151812.html (thanks normaltrouble)

I'm still ambivalent about staying here. I still think everyone should think very hard about entrusting their expressions here; at the very least, learn how to backup your journal/communities offline and do so regularly.

I don't consider this episode nitpicking -- it's clear that LiveJournal has a lot to learn about processes and procedures in implementing their own policies. Having volunteers handle something like this doesn't seem to be the best way to go, is one example. Not having a formal repeal process in place is probably a recipe for a future, similar episode, is another. Consistently applying said policies is yet another. Developing a communication policy probably wouldn't hurt either. Having a policy in place to inform the authorities about the solicitation of illegal activites should have already happened.

You get the idea.

And now I'm off to work!

Thu, 31 May 2007 04:01:04 GMT

Users are the community, you goof! What about the communities the users built?

"Our decision here was not based on pure legal issues. It was based on what community we want to build and what we think is appropriate within that community and what's not."

--Barak Berkowitz, chairman and CEO, Six Apart

So apparently support communities for rape, incest and other survivors were also deleted in this fiasco. Here's an interesting comment I ran across too.

A poll asking if LiveJournal members will stop paying for accounts/etc.

What the fuck, Livejournal!?

Thu, 31 May 2007 02:39:59 GMT

While I got a hint of this from a friend's entry much earlier today, I did not even begin to grasp the nature of what was happening.

Apparently Livejournal (aka SixApart) is mass deleting journals where said journals or profiles contain "material which expresses interest in, solicits, or encourages illegal activity. As this is a violation of both LiveJournal's Terms of Service and United States law [...]".

This wouldn't be so bad if there weren't documented cases of complaints previously being filed with Livejournal for the similar content/comments which were then soundly ignored because "It is not illegal to discuss illegal actions. " (said someone from the LJ abuse team)

Here's a news article about this from c|net: http://news.com.com/Mass+deletion+sparks+LiveJournal+revolt/2100-1025_3-6187619.html

I'm seriously considering leaving Livejournal. People who have posted fiction, fan fics, rpgs, etc or just had ceratain interests listed their profiles for the shock value, have had years of work deleted without warning. There is no real review process to separate out true intent to do harm from works of fiction. There is no appeal -- once a journal has been suspended, it cannot be unsuspended.

Thousands of comments (89 pages when I last checked) have been left in the last post in lj_news and not a peep from Livejournal. Not sure what they could say at this point. They have alienated (to put it mildy) hundreds if not thousands of their users.

Let this be a warning to all of us who entrust our writing, creativity, expression of ideas, etc. to a third party.

ETA: See this http://ataniell93.livejournal.com/818441.html for an example exchange between LJ Abuse and someone who had their two RPG community journals deleted.

Jericho Fans Are Nuts

Mon, 28 May 2007 16:20:52 GMT

Okay, Jericho was not the best written TV show ever (far from it ;-) but it was one of my guilty pleasures of "bad" TV that I couldn't help tuning into each week ;-) I was bummed that it was canceled because of COURSE the season ENDED on an annoying CLIFFHANGER.

Apparently there are fans out there that have decided to take action ;-) (via one of Peter's RubyOnRails blogs that he reads, of all places ;-)

it's been a while since we've gone geocaching

Sat, 26 May 2007 17:04:48 GMT

i should have known that geocaching.com would have something like this by now :-) i'm in looooove :)

Good news for me today

Fri, 25 May 2007 15:14:38 GMT

James (with all the original band members) has re-united and has a new UK release out. Woo hoo!!