The Amazing Randi meets his match.
This McSweeney’s letter to the Amazing Randi contains no bad language or graphics, but may not be suitable for people of extremely sensitive dispositions. You’ve been warned, now click the damn link already.
Guys’ night out.
Just got home from carousing and carrying on with some very close, old, and good friends (In the best senses of all words concerned) tonight. We holed up at a neighborhood pub (or the closest facsimile that the US can provide — given that we’re in Virginia, that’s not too …
Today’s 800lb (~360kg) elephant.
Thank you, thank you Konstantin, for pointing this out. This has been annoying me for a while and I had just internalized the rage. Here’s some additions to the list. Anything that calls itself “gnome” is, IMHO, grist for the mill: xchat-gnome: exit application This might make sense at first …
Challenge and response.
I am really enjoying the Python Challenge, a site to which Toshio sent me a link the other day on the #fedora-python channel. I’m at level 7 and — since this interrupted my reading of Dive Into Python — I’m now starting to bump against the limit of what I’ve …
Camper van Leech.
If you’re a Fedoran who does Python, I invite you to camp on #fedora-python… mostly because I intend to sponge off you while I learn.
WordPress and FC5.
After moving my WP to my rejuvenated and software-RAIDed web server, I ran into what is apparently — owing to the googlejuice — a fairly common problem. WordPress would simply not connect to the MySQL database I have on a separate machine inside my firewall. I checked all the configuration …
Sure, just keep Cruise on your side of the pond.
I hate the Fourth of July. Wait, let me explain. I don’t hate Independence, or the idea of celebrating the birth of our nation. I don’t hate flags, or Uncle Sam hats, or family picnics, or parades with or without marching bands. I especially don’t hate the nice frisson of …
Quick fix.
Aside to Konstantin, et al., regarding problems with VMWare and the newest 2.6.17 kernels: Just pick up the vmware-any-any update (101) available here, apply, and enjoy.
Late night musings.
Kimchi. I’ve developed an almost heroin-sized monkey on my back for Korea’s official food, which, as it turns out, is not only very healthy, but also comes with its own supercute logo. I have a big jar of the most popular baechu variety in my refrigerator, much to my wife’s …
Not quite da Vinci level, thankfully.
The prize, a ginyoowine glass boot (actual height ~6.5?, and freshly sanitized, since I’m not sure how they were packed on their way to Nashville) goes to Dave Malcolm for getting the correct message posted first. Wow, the most non-spam comments ever for a blog entry! (Sad, I know.) Honorary …