Anyone[*] want any pots and pans?

We have a whole lot of pots and pans that are perfectly usable, except that they don't work with induction stoves (which we now have). Free to a good home!


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So, my laptop failed to hibernate this morning due to the fact that there was insufficient swap space. Apparently the long-running Firefox instance (probably due to flash and the like) had eaten vast quantities of RAM. So, I drove to work with my laptop running (not suspended in any way). Shortly after I arrived, Firefox crashed (silly Firefox). ( Read more... )

The Costco store in Redwood City, CA (where I work) has plans to remodel/expand to include a gas station and rotisserie chicken facilities. There's going to be a public hearing about it tonight at 7pm (more info). I wish I could attend, in support of Costco's plans (I want to be able to get gas near work at Costco prices! ... and their rotisserie ( Read more... )

I posted a while ago talking about my intention to buy a new digital camera (as my old one was stolen/lost). I bit the bullet, when Amazon finally got it back in stock (most of the time, they seem to be out of stock, only offering it from third-party sellers, and then at one point they got it back in but it was $40 more, and then one day they had ( Read more... )

So, iTunes 7.1 appears to have changed how you control syncing of podcasts ( Read more... )

So, it started with "gmail for your domain". It was (and is) pretty awesome. There've always been a few minor annoyances/lacking features[1], but, really, it blew the lid off using my useless frickin' hosting provider for e-mail. You all know gmail[2], I'm sure.

What's more, though ... there's basically three things that you need if you have a ( Read more... )

I don't want to forget about this or lose the URL or whatever, so I'm posting it here (which means I may well still lose it/forget about it, but at least I might find it again ( Read more... )

I now have greencard (I-551) status! :-) Back-dated to yesterday. Temporary stamp indicating GC status valid for 1 year, but will only be necessary until I get the physical card in the mail, which should be a fraction of that time! :) Yay! This means I can now work in GC status, rather than H1-B status, and I can travel (and return) at will. Woot ( Read more... )

A potentially interesting new idea for getting the best airline ticket price (farecast).

Bastion of American family values Wal*Mart sells gay pseudo-anime porn (temporarily; apparently removed now) (warning: link terrible! idea: hilarious).

Wow, rose petal flavoured marshmallows?!?

The Museum of Television and Radio has a series called Paley ( Read more... )

Interesting page debunking 'Airborne'.

Cool site for finding Amazon order-filler items (e.g. if you want to find something to push you over $25 for free shipping, or if you want to use a coupon for $x off $y or more in ).