Geez, I thought I'd have recovered from my hiking trip faster than this. But I've been spending my weeknights readjusting my sleep schedule and my weekend catching up with local friends. The computer looms in the background. Taunting me silently. With its eyes.*

So while I'm using Hugin to assemble cool panoramic shots from the trip in ( Read more... )

What truly defines us is our passions: not what we are good at, but what we are willing to struggle at.

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COROLLARY 1 - "Good at" and "struggle at" aren't exclusive.

baxil:
Wow. I just got the weirdest tech support voicemail.
baxil:
"Hello, my name is M--- S-----, and I live in Lake Wildwood. I have a computer, and it's not -- I can't -- it's got a blue screen, and --" *suddenly hangs up*
krinndnz:
Computer ate them. :(
baxil"Open the drive a: doors, HAL ( Read more... )

Welcome to Web 2.0, where history is written by the whiners.

Lol's first law:

If your behavior overtakes The Onion's satire, YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG.

(Filed as bookmark: RIAA Radar - find albums to buy that don't give money to these parasites.)

By Russian poet Anna Ahkmatova, translated by blogger Sasha Volokh:

It's the night of the 21st. Monday ( Read more... )