I was starting a new post, and saw that I had an empty draft called “Post #116”, and I figured “heck, that’s a good enough title for me!” Anyway, the inimitable Alex King has created a plugin for WordPress called “WP Unformatted,” and it’s pretty neat. It basically allows me to turn off the stupid auto-formatting and “happy quotes” on a post-by-post basis. I’ll probably only ever use it if I post code, but it’s nice that it’s there. ...
This site, which I found linked from ". . . she’s a flight risk.", is pretty cool. Virtual refrigerator poetry is a neat concept. I haven’t had much time to look at it as of yet, but maybe once I leave work I’ll check it out. ---— “…sleeping is a gateway drug to being awake…” [They Might be Giants, “Wearing a Raincoat”]
Well, not really. Just an observation, to tell the truth. Setting up a new dialup connection on a Mac (with OS X) seems to take about 5 minutes when you’re talking to a dumb user. There are two tabs to fill in, and a total of 3 essential blanks on those tabs (4 if your ISP doesn’t supply DNS servers automatically). Maybe 10 mouseclicks total, including selecting fields to type in. ...
I suppose I should put something new on the front page, since it’s been far too long. I upgraded a couple of things recently. Tasks has gone to version 2.1b1, and has some nice new benefits (most of which I’ll never use, but still…). I’m kinda glad I gave Alex some dough; it’s probably the best program I’ve ever paid for. b. has progressed to 1.4.3 while I wasn’t looking; I updated that. This is probably the best bookmark manager I’ve found; it does pretty much exactly what I want it to do. You should check it out. ...
Yeah, there’s a test post below. Apparently flickr.com can make posts to weblogs that have BloggerAPI capabilities. What’s strange, though: the post obviously worked, but the site told me that it failed for some reason. I guess WordPress’ BloggerAPI implementation (via xmlrpc.php) doesn’t return exactly what flickr expects. Oh, well; I can remember that, and work around the limitation accordingly. Anyway, you should check that site out. It’s pretty cool. I’m not much for chatting, but it seems like a very convenient way to integrate picture-sharing into a chat/IM environment. And boy is it pretty. If only all web sites had a visual design that nice. ...
Now this is cool. I found the link originally on boingboing; you can order pizza via a command-line program from your unix-like machine. If only Domino’s founde didn’t donate money to militant anti-abortion groups, I might have a cause to use it. It’s really a shame, too; I’d love to test this thing out. Now, I don’t have a personal stake in the “pro-life” vs. “pro-choice” thing (read anti-abortion vs. pro-abortion). I feel that it’s up to people who are directly affected by the cause to have the largest voice in that cause; single, unattached males (in my oh-so-humble opinion) shouldn’t have as much of a say in these matters as say, a married (or otherwise attached) woman who might become pregnant. My problem with Domino’s founder donating money to these groups is that they’re militant. There are better things to be violent about. ...
I think I really need to play this game some time soon. It sounds like a great party game, especially since most of my friends are freaks who (at one point or another) have played any or all of Nomic, Illuminati!, and other games of ridiculitude. Maybe I’ll be able to get a bunch of people together for a game this weekend. It certainly beats whatever my plans were before. Update: This page is the apparent “official” home page of 1000 Blank White Cards; they have a link to the original creators’ current home page, and he refers to “Stewart’s brilliant BWC web site;” that sounds as close to “official” as it gets. ...
You know, I really should listen to more Deathray. It’s ridiculous how good they are. I was heading out this afternoon to mail my 1040 (yes, I waited until the last minute; it’s not like it matters; the stamp took up more than half of the miniscule refund I’m getting), and I noticed that I was about 30 seconds from teh end of Relics of the Chozo, so I had to scroll through my MP3 player to find something new to listen to. Deathray just popped out at me, and I just had to listen to it. ...
There are a couple of things that really bug me in the tech support business, and they’re all users. Why can’t people remember their usernames? It not like they don’t see them EVERY FUCKING TIME they connect to the internet. I can’t count the number of times a month that someone calls in for tech support with their computer turned off. What’s the point, really? Yes, I can help you. Even though you only have one phone line. Trust me, I do this for a living. Really. And while I’m at it, when I say “How can I help you,” don’t say “I hope you can help me.” If you’re the kind of person who says that, I can GUARAN-FUCKING-TEE that I can help you. Sorry for the vitriol, but I’ve got a headache, and I’m talking to someone who violated #’s 1, 2, and 4 within the first minute of her call. Maybe in an hour, I’ll have had some food and I’ll be in a better mood. ...
got a new video card yesterday. Since this is almost certainly going to end up on Google, I’ll use complete sentences and try to check my spelling. Now, let me preface my little tale with the following fact: I work 3rd shift at a technical support company. This means that I was awake all night prior to this whole event. For the curious, I’ll include approximate times for the various events. And now, on with the show.