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Grabbed the trailer, having fun. Expect a couple more tomorrow.

Pretty cool, eh? If you want it, use it.
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I find it amusing that half the feature articles written in Windows-oriented computer magazines can be summed up with the line, “How to make Windows stop doing stupid shit and behave like a normal person would expect it to.”

Wonder why the vaunted Microsoft usability studies never pick up on these things.
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Ever get something in your head that you must exorcise?

In a silly conversation in which Kristy smacked me around, I remembered the quote, “Fresno? Nobody goes to Fresno anymore!” But now I can’t find the source for the quote. It was a movie or song from the mid-80s, and I’ve found two references to people quoting it via Google, but no source document.

ARGH! Does anyone remember where that came from? Was it “Valley Girl” or what?

Update – it was from Airplane.
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pointed out this wonderfully inane petition. Here’s one of my favorite quotes from one of the petitioners:

i pray every day that mr jackson will see the light and pull the plug on this project. Mr Tolkien if that is his indead his real name does not seem to be a very christian person to be so cynically cashing in on this tragedy.

Yeah, Tolkien is so cynical and taking advantage of a tragedy, 29 years after he died. He was a freakin’ psychic, apparently, who knew that his 1954 book would be made into a movie a year after two towers were destroyed in a terrorist bombing using technology that didn’t even exist when he wrote the book.

The majority of the folks who signed that petition in support have no grasp of English, much less of literature. Astounding how clueless folks can be.
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Man booby-traps his house, then triggers the traps.

Ah, Darwin…

Woman kisses man on forehead, could be sentenced to 74 lashes.

But Islamic laws are not in any way bizarre or anachronistic.

Man robs bank at the drivethru. Teller gives him money.
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I’m spending weekends up in Tucson now, in case you were wondering about email pauses.

But, I do have new pictures up. New Alex photos, some from the park up here that he enjoys running around.

Life is good, although I hate watching so many of my coworkers looking at layoff notices and scrambling to find jobs. I’ve got to get out of the government-support nonsense. No private citizen can get away with not paying his bills when they’re due, but the federal government breaks the due date for a budget every freakin’ year. Odd.
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And drum even.

1. What size shoe do you wear? 8 1/2 or 9
2. How many pairs of shoes do you own? 5
3. What type of shoe do you prefer (boots, sneakers, etc.)? Sneakers
4. Describe your favorite pair of shoes. Why are they your favorite? These ones, because they are very comfortable, durable, and they’re so unusual I annoy boring people by wearing them.
5. What’s the most you’ve spent on one pair of shoes? I think combat boots were 80 bucks, and the blue shoes listed above were 75.

Thus ends another edition of the Friday Five. Have a good weekend.
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I’ve got mad userpic skillz, yo!

Using Fireworks, that userpic is composed of 4 objects. The background is a bitmap, the star in the corner is a symbol that can easily be swapped with any other picture or color in one step, the text is editable, the purple box is editable. Coolio, eh?

I’m proud of myself, I’ve only made two of those “translucent box” things before and I’ve got it down to a quick-and-easy template now.
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When I asked someone on an icon group today the simple question, “Why do you prefer program A over program B?” I got told off and never got an answer. I realize that it is impossible to see the usual non-verbal cues to intent online, but how about if we all assume that people are not trying to be offensive when a statement could go either way?

I attempt to broaden my knowledge by asking for some information, and I don’t receive the information, just attitude. I still don’t know why she prefers program A over program B. If her reasons made sense, I might go through the learning curve of playing with a new program. Since she is apparently unable to form a response other than, “I am used to it so stop bugging me” I have no reason to think she even has thought about why she uses the tools she uses. That’s the way we’ve always done it is a silly way to make decisions. But, then I have noticed a remarkable lack of self-analysis among most folks online. I mean, other than the ones who do nothing but navel-gaze. 🙂
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I’ve long given up on ever finding MTV playing music (wonder what the M stands for), but at least VH1 would play a good 1 or 2 hours of videos during their 24 hour day. Not any longer. They’ve replaced many of their usual music blocks with reruns of the Adam West version of Batman, and the Brady Bunch, and other crap TV from the late 60s and early 70s. This stuff was dreck in 1975, it’s dreck now. And, what is the relationship between these shows and a channel ostensibly devoted to playing Video Hits? I realize that their “Rerun Show” was a hit, but that doesn’t mean they need to replace the music with real reruns. Who is in charge of the logic behind cable programming?

Up next, the Home and Garden channel will play Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Animal Planet will play NASCAR races. Why let the viewers expect to find something on your station at all related to the name of the channel, anyway?
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What is up with this dress?

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Good thing I waited to buy the new Clie. There’s a newer one out soon. Anyone want to make my Christmas?
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