So the meme goes like this: You're given a color (comment to get one of your own). You list ten things you love of that color. Simple, right?

Because marphod is a terrible human being, he gave me teal. Teal. I'm having a hard time thinking of ten distinct things that are teal, much less ten that I *like*.

But I shall try. ( Though I reserve the right to cheat with Google. )

also known as Epic Fail...

I stopped today to get gas quick on my way home, and obviously paying no attention whatsoever to what I was doing, managed to stick my credit card into the receipt printing slot. So far that I couldn't grab it back out. I'm talented. The sympathetic young lady working at the station tried to help with her smaller ( Read more... )

I am continually quite glad that I basically pay no attention at all to mainstream media.

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So, most of you probably know about Post-Secret. It may be getting a little long in the tooth, but it still often provides a good balance of introspection and titillation. Then elsewhere, I know some of you have read fandom_wank (which seems to have moved but whatever), chronicling some of the excesses of fandom ( Read more... )

Also, I finally got around to canceling our "Standard" cable channels, leaving only the "Basic" ones, to save us like $35/month. This means going down to the "local" channels (in practice whatever happens to be on like 2-22) instead of getting up through 75 or something. In theory we love Food Network, Animal Planet, and to a lesser extent maybe ( Read more... )

People suck at facts. Well, no wonder the world is screwed up. That clears that up.

Apparently, Germany has recently outlawed the posession of "hacker tools". I haven't seen the actual law text (and don't read enough German for it to do me any good), but according to the report, the law really does just say that, with no significant further clarification. To belabor the obvious, I can immediately think of two separate reasons ( Read more... )

So, Konami recently made a deal with SonyBMG to license a bunch of their music for all kinds of digital distribution. Good good, I'm in favor of more distribution options - makes me more likely to get more of my media, you know, legally. They're on iTunes which is nice and convenient for me, though it's a pity they're not on the label that ( Read more... )

So, my trip to Orlando went just peachy, except for the part at the end where I left my credit card in Orlando International Airport. Oops. Fortunately, after pondering for a while I deduced which business it must have been left at, found their contact info, and they indeed had it and are sending it to me. And yes, I'm checking my recent ( Read more... )

Just saw an article in Wired about a new batch of hybrid versions of older car models. They rated them, all have their pluses and minuses, but what amazed me was the measured real-world mileage: it ranged from 25-35MPG ( Read more... )