So I decided to redesign the site.  I’m obviously still working on it, but I think it’s looking not too bad (for a start).  I just really wish I had some sense of color; I know that what I have doesn’t really look all that good, but I honestly have no idea what does look good.  Evidence the fact that I wear jeans when at all possible; they go with just about everything.

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So I’m sitting here at work listening to “Party Shuffle” in iTunes, and Straight Out Of Compton from the album “Bring the Rock” by Nina Gordon just came on.  I was inspired to go find the original (by N.W.A.), and the contrast is really funny.  But the cover version is actually a very well-made song; I encourage anyone interested to go look for it; I think I actually got it off of her web site (not sure if it’s still up).

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MilkandCookies - Redefined: A Cappella Nintendo Medley: OK, this definitely shows how much of a big geek I am, but it’s the funniest thing I’ve watched all week.  It’s an a capella group from the University of Wisconsin doing a medley of old nintendo theme songs.  Great stuff.

Warning for all of my windows-using friends:  it’s a quicktime movie.  Suck it up & install Quicktime if you haven’t already.

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That’s analog notebooks, mind you.  Yes, I’m writing this on a digital notebook (Dunadan, my trusty iBook), but I really mean the “paper, bound in leather” kind.  Like Moleskine s, although the standard wire-bound spiral notebooks I used in college (or high school, or most any academic setting where it was convenient) would work just as nicely, it not with a little less perceived style.

Anyway, I was reading stuff online, and came across this page which inspired me to start using my notebook (OK, I’ll admit it – it’s a 8.5"x5.5" unlined Moleskine) again.  I always think it’s a really good idea when I initially buy notebooks, then the novelty wears off and the books languish on a shelf or table for weeks or months before I start using them again.  Assuming I ever start using them again; I’m pretty sure I have notebooks in my office that I haven’t even looked at in several years, much less picked up & used.

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Austin Area Radio Stations: Hopefully this will help people who are looking for FM radio stations in the Austin area. I know I was looking for a free frequency to use for my iTrip, so maybe this will increase the page’s PageRank, and save other people the hassle I went through.

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Dammit!

Apparently there’s no fucking way I’m going to get any sleep today. I even left work early so I could get an extra hour of sleep before a meeting I have this afternoon, but my insurance company AND the dealership I bought my truck from both decided it’d be fun to call me up in the middle of my night. I can understand that most people are awake at noon and 1:30 respectively, but I’m not. And of course once I’ve woken up and had a phone converstaion (or two), there’s no way I’ll be able to get any reasonable amount of sleep before my alarm clock goes off at 3:30.

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Universi Dominici Gregis - John Paul II - Apostolic Constitution (22 February 1996): Just about anyone who knows me would agree that I’m a nonreligious man, but I thought the actual established procedure for electing the new Bishop of the Church of Rome was very interesting.  If you’ve got a spare 30 minutes or so (that’s about how long it took me to read the whole document, excluding the bibliographical footnotes, and also without any cross-referencing), check it out.

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My burrito has 48g of fat, and 1203 calories. How about yours?

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SourceForge.net: Project Info - Mac OS X Ext2 Filesystem: Awesome.  Now I don’t have to reformat my MP3 drive when I toss it in the external enclosure I haven’t bought yet . . . .

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I was so inspired by the neat photos on this flickr page, that I went ahead & made my own. It’s kinda boring, though; my laptop here at work sits in front of a window that looks onto a blank white wall. Anyway, take a look: I ImageReady’ed it down to 56k, so it shouldn’t take too long to display. Click the “thumbnail” to view the full-size (1024x768) version.

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