In which Gingerbread broke my camera app. And there’s a question for you to answer! [dropcap]I[/dropcap] take the majority of my photographs with my cell phone. They’re spontaneous pictures and don’t have to be high quality, but on the other hand, they do need to not actively suck. My phone is an LG Optimus S. […]
In which each regulation begets a new one, aimed at shoring up its own failures. [dropcap]T[/dropcap]his site is going dark on the 18th in protest of SOPA and PIPA. Yes, people should be paid for their work. Yes, pirates are jerks. No, I’m not going to give up my civil liberties in pursuit of what […]
In which I have one. [dropcap]I[/dropcap] caught a winter cold a couple of weeks ago. Missed a day of work, even. Now just suffering residual snot. This post is stupid. I love the Internet.
In which it’s not jargon if that’s what it’s called. Circular explanations are circular: Customer: Connection slower than usual Me: What speed are you connecting at? Customer: I don’t know….SLOW Me: Hold your mouse over the dialer icon in the system tray. It will show you what speed you’re currently connected at. Customer: What is […]
In which there’s a little video Emilio shot last night. Here’s a Billy Preston cover for you. You’re welcome. In other news, Move, our latest album, recently received 9 of 10 stars at Blues Revue.
In which I have waited until the last minute. [dropcap]Y[/dropcap]esterday I got on Amazon and ordered a bunch of stuff for Christmas. Luckily I still have Prime, so I got 2-day shipping for free. (Free!) All of which means that I very well might avoid a hellish Christmas eve midnight run to Walmart. Yay! In […]
In which this was originally posted elsewhere, but I’m moving a copy over here because I wrote it and I can. Overweight is a metabolic issue and not a behavioral one. It’s currently the fashion to believe that overweight people suffer from sloth and gluttony; however, adipose tissue is not the result of character defects […]
In which there’s a sendlog. When mail is transferred from server to server across the net, this is what it looks like when the servers talk to each other. More or less. LOG: MAIN < = root@server.bmi.net U=root P=local S=381 [root@server ~]#delivering 1Raxum-0002J0-Cc Connecting to blahmail.goblinbox.com [66.240.255.128]:25 ... connected SMTP> EHLO server.bmi.net SMTP< < 250-fc8255128.aspadmin.net […]
