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Have been failing at social la…

2009-11-08T23:17:57Z

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Have been failing at social lately. Next Saturday has plans: Norwescon meeting in afternoon, Vogue/Merc(?) that night. That’s social, right?

Interesting. The WiFi chip tha…

2009-11-07T01:33:44Z

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Interesting. The WiFi chip that isn’t supposed to be Windows 7 compatible? Working fine. Audio out, though? That’s disappeared.

An update to my Windows 7/Digi…

2009-11-06T19:07:28Z

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An update to my Windows 7/Digital River post: http://bit.ly/1wjoHX Finally got the product key and Win 7 installed. What a pain, though.

Vinylicious: Party Songs Hawai…

2009-11-06T11:01:55Z

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Vinylicious: Party Songs Hawaiian Style http://twurl.nl/htqx7e

Argh. 2 hours to download Win …

2009-11-05T20:30:36Z

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Argh. 2 hours to download Win 7. Run it, and it tells me I have to restart. I restart. Now it needs to download again? WTF, windows?

Bummed ABC didn’t premiere V h…

2009-11-05T18:08:39Z

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Bummed ABC didn’t premiere V http://djwudi.com/i today, on Nov. 5th. http://djwudi.com/j Seems like an obvious geek in-joke/easter egg.

I’m glad the Orca card exists …

2009-11-04T21:10:34Z

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I’m glad the Orca card exists for Seattle-area transit, and I just ordered one, but wow their site is broken in Safari. Way to code, guys.

This is a test. The Ping.fm - …

2009-11-04T19:27:16Z

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This is a test. The Ping.fm - Twitter - Facebook path was wonky, my last four updates went up as private. Now just going Ping.fm - Facebook.

I’m glad R-71 is passing, but …

2009-11-04T16:45:46Z

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I’m glad R-71 is passing, but this county-by-county map of how the vote is going is sad: http://djwudi.com/g

Seriousy amused at all these G…

2009-11-04T16:05:15Z

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Seriousy amused at all these Glee fans calling themselves ‘gleeks’. When I think of ‘gleek’, I think of this: http://djwudi.com/f Ew.

Somehow I missed _one_ hair th…

2009-11-04T15:44:51Z

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Somehow I missed one hair the last time I shaved my head. Prairie just noticed it, and got to give me a literal hair cut.

_Really_ happy to see the elec…

2009-11-04T15:24:43Z

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Really happy to see the election results so far: domestic partnerships are a go, and Tim Eyman is a loo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hooser! Keep it up!

Happy to see most people sayin…

2009-11-04T15:14:44Z

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Happy to see most people saying good things about V. Will see it sometime after it goes up on Hulu on Saturday.

Studying for tonight’s LAJ313 …

2009-11-03T20:24:12Z

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Studying for tonight’s LAJ313 test. Unrelated: though I wasn’t sure I’d like it at first, this fancy tiny aluminum Apple keyboard is nice!

Links for October 29th through November 2nd

2009-11-02T16:00:25Z

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Sometime between October 29th and November 2nd, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too!

Meet Stephen King’S Gore Specialist: "King first tapped the Dartmouth-trained practitioner to help him fact-check the terrifying supervirus he'd conceived for The Stand. King knows better than anyone the golden rule for horror and sci-fi: Make it as real as possible. In Dome (out in November), King serves up generous portions of materials science, nuclear physics, and medicine. And that's where Dorr comes in. He's the geek behind the geek."
xkcd: Movie Narrative Charts: "These charts show movie character interactions. The horizontal axis is time. The vertical grouping of the lines indicates which characters are together at a given time." The Lord of the Rings box is the most impressive; also done for Star Wars (original trilogy), Jurassic Park, Primer, and 12 Angry Men.
Obamas give out treats, fruit to White House trick-or-treaters: "This wasn't the first-ever Halloween event at the White House — Tricia Nixon hosted underprivileged children for the holiday, the Fords and Carters welcomed trick-or-treaters from charitable organizations like UNICEF — but it might have been the biggest. Thousands of 5- to 14-year-olds and their families paraded through the crescent-shaped driveway." This is really cool. More and more, the Obamas just seem like really nice people.
27-Inch iMacs Reported to Have Flash Playback Issues: "If you were contemplating buying one of those shiny new 27-inch iMacs, maybe don't pull the trigger just yet: according to Engadget, many proud new owners of the computer have become annoyed new owners, reporting pronounced problems in particular with Flash playback." I'm not having this problem myself (knock on wood), but it might be worth keeping an eye out to see how this progresses.
An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All: "…there is no credible evidence to indicate that [the claim that vaccines harm children] is true. None. Twelve epidemiological studies have found no data that links the MMR vaccine to autism; six studies have found no trace of an association between thimerosal and autism, and three other studies have found no indication that thimerosal causes even subtle neurological problems. The so-called epidemic, researchers assert, is the result of improved diagnosis, which has identified as autistic many kids who once might have been labeled mentally retarded or just plain slow. In fact, the growing body of science indicates that the autistic spectrum…may largely be genetic in origin. […] But that hasn’t stopped as many as one in four Americans from believing vaccines can poison kids, according to a 2008 survey."
Jan. 1984: How critics reviewed the Mac: John C. Dvorak, 19 Feb. 1984: "The nature of the personal computer is simply not fully understood by companies like Apple (or anyone else for that matter). Apple makes the arrogant assumption of thinking that it knows what you want and need. It, unfortunately, leaves the 'why' out of the equation — as in 'why would I want this?' The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a ‘mouse’. There is no evidence that people want to use these things. I don't want one of these newfangled devices."

Hope everyone had a good Hallo…

2009-11-01T15:29:56Z

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Hope everyone had a good Halloween! Would’ve said something yesterday, but we didn’t have an internet connection. Now that’s scary!

In Vancouver (south) for the w…

2009-10-31T02:27:18Z

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In Vancouver (south) for the weekend with Prairie’s mom, celebrating Halloween and Prairie’s birthday (which is actually on Tuesday).

Between last night’s cool temp…

2009-10-30T15:07:58Z

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Between last night’s cool temps and this morning’s warm wind, it’s actually warmer outside the apartment than inside right now. Brrr!

I love this: “just read the wo…

2009-10-29T20:45:57Z

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I love this: “just read the word ‘minimum’ as a small mother. Come back, brain! I need you.” (from @snail_5)

Hm. @netflix ‘Watch Instantly’…

2009-10-29T18:33:39Z

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Hm. @netflix ‘Watch Instantly’ isn’t loading either. Maybe I need to poke @talktoqwest to see if the network is being screwy?

Hey @talktoquest: I’ve got Pla…

2009-10-29T18:03:39Z

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Hey @talktoquest: I’ve got Platinum broadband. Getting 3Mbps down. Can anyone check to see if my neighborhood can upgrade to 7Mbps?

Links for October 27th through October 28th

2009-10-29T03:00:12Z

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Sometime between October 27th and October 28th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too!

Lovecraft 101: Get to Know the Master of Scifi-Horror: "You've heard about Cthulhu, and you've probably heard about the man who created this tentacled horror, H.P. Lovecraft. Now you want to try delving into the world of Lovecraft, but where to start? Let us help you."
Couple Alive After Car Pins Them to Bed for Almost an Hour - CNN.com: "With motor fluid spraying their faces and the weight of a car numbing their bodies, two Nevada college students struggled to stay calm after a drunk driver allegedly tore into their home, ripping them from their slumber. Kristin Palmer and Trent Wood were asleep in their home last week when a motorist allegedly drove into their bedroom around 4 a.m., mistakenly believing it was his ex-girlfriend's home. The University of Nevada students spent almost an hour pinned between the car and their bed while emergency workers battled furiously to free them. Somehow, the two left the scene with relatively minor scrapes and burns — and a new lease on life, Wood said."
Stephen King Brings an "American Vampire" Tale to Vertigo: "The idea behind 'American Vampire' is that vampires can evolve, and because King's vampire was turned in the Old West, he thrives in the sunlight of the desert and has powers that are distinctly American. 'As the vampire bloodline, over the last couple thousand years, has hit different populations at different times, it occasionally mutates into a new species of vampires,' Snyder explained. 'And so there's this whole secret family tree of different species besides the dominant one that we're aware of — the one that is the classic, nocturnal, blood-drinking, burned-by-the-sunlight species that came to dominate Europe."
tron.fm: "Tron 1.5: Rise of the Virals" (Soundtrack): "'Rise Of The Virals' was a fantastic, but much darker storyline from the original — different from the 'Into The Machine' pitch made to Disney by another party. It involved updating the ENCOM universe to a networked system (thanks to the Internet), but also created a darker world — full of programs abandoned as buggy systems (or 'mutants') and abused by corrupt users as viral systems. Furthermore, the story included the death of Flynn and presented questions about the digital life of programs lasting beyond the mortality of their creators — the users."
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I never get Facebook phishing …

2009-10-28T20:37:57Z

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I never get Facebook phishing emails. I’ve never had my account hacked. I also ignore those stupid quiz apps. Correlation? Survey says yes!

9-track Halloween mashup EP fr…

2009-10-28T20:07:27Z

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9-track Halloween mashup EP from Mashup Industries: Mashed ‘n’ Slashed! http://djwudi.com/e

Paper for LAJ300 done. Test in…

2009-10-28T19:47:20Z

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Paper for LAJ300 done. Test in LAJ401 tonight to study for. Sorry I hardly reply to anyone these days, school’s keeping me busy!