And another weekend closes.
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silveradeptToday was productive, even though I didn't actually put text to screen on anything today - instead, lots of reading. Lots of reading. That said, the book that I'm going to be presenting on is fantastic - I'm catching up a lot on what happened to HTML while I was away at college. (Of course, my pages still are pretty junky, and I haven't really figured out anything beyond the blog format as something useful for me. To that end, even though sandboxing would be great to put all the neat stuff to use, I don't really have much use at all for the old site, and so it went up in smoke. That may make some images break in earlier entries. In theory, I have some space I can use to restore them, if they're absolutely essential. If you're that kind of die-hard fan, you can sift through those entries just to see what breaks and what needs to be restored and where. But really, it's probably not that important.
Anyway, there was field hockey (victoly! 3-1, and the prize... apparently, we get to play them again in the first round of the tournament.) and there was dinner and shopping, and more reading about why using W3C standards is a fantastic thing to do, regardless of whether you're designing gigantic web sites or tiny ones. (It's geared towards those designing big ones, though.) I'm catching up on my web history, and learning a thing or two about how standards have changed the things that I learned way back in the days of Netscape. Should make for an interesting presentation. I do have to poke my partner and say "Hey. Which part you wanna do?" - I'll get to that on Tuesday, most likely, because it'll be two weeks from then that I have to present. (Yeah, I get it on the chin, to some degree - present at class next week and the week after. After that, though, just the final project in that class - which is still a significant part of the grade, yo.)
Perhaps taking television too seriously - or perhaps finally taking it as seriously as it should be, it appears that some conservatives aren't happy about the third season of the Battlestar Galactica remake, because instead of being a noble group fighting against a religiously-inspired enemy to an insurgency that's trying to take down an empire using any methods they can. Amazing what television will do to hearts and minds, isn't it? Well, Rush Limbaugh's sure aware of it, as he blasted Michael J. Fox for appearing in a campaign ad, saying that he was acting or off his medication. Fox was not pleased, and Rush backed down, eventually. I wonder how much he likes the taste of his own foot, having put it in his mouth so often.
Perhaps something disturbing. This Flash-based site is for a business that is in the business of guaranteeing elections. Fixavote.com may be a send-up of recent elections and their techniques. They leave a contact form and a telephone number. I wonder if Rove and them have already telephoned and asked for their Congressional Special to be delivered on November 7. Or maybe they just need to ask Google if they can have some personal data. Considering the warehouse that Google is, it's not too hard to think that they could probably serve up some detailed profiles, if required. If immigrating from another country, or returning from a trip, though, the government doesn't even need to ask Google for anything about you: they can just seize your laptop without a warrant and do whatever it is they want to. (Anecdotal evidence, the article notes. These days, though, the stories seem more true than the news.)
Making greener plastics? Or, how chemistry may be making your life better and managing not to dump more of those icky toxic things in your backyard. This is a good thing. Going from good to bad, but creative, a spam malware actually installs a virus scanner to delete other malware. More bandwidth for themselves, it appears. That's definitely creative. Still bad, though, since it's a spam runner.
One of the Dailykos's kossacks asks Is DailyKos a right-wing website? Basing this on the types of stories and the amount that are there, and the apparent lack of stories that address the issues of the poor economically, the writer suggests that even if it appears liberal, that Dkos, much like the majority of American politics, is skewed significantly rightward. It's always something to keep in mind - just where do you put your political center?
As usual, since Samhain approaches, adopting black cats is taboo. For fear that they'll be used by idiots who think that slaughtering an animal is somehow cool or dark or anything like that. No, it's cruel. I wish such a thing didn't have to happen, but it will. There's someone who would do it.
For those of us wondering how predictions can be made on small sizes of samples, here's a quick primer on how polling works. Even on small samples, polls are generally accurate if there are differences. Of course, they're still wrong on occasion, so always take a good look at the source and the numbers.
After all that, I need a drink. Here's some isntructions on infusing vodka with flavor. Or I could go straight to the green faerie herself and see what happens. It might make the idea of fried Coca-Cola palatable enough to try.
Actually, I think that'll make me sick. Something that would definitely help that along is Wendy's Blog explaining to us why a Vista upgrade may not be your best idea, based on the EULA alone. (Well, this was the direction things were going, after all. Genuine Windows Advantage and all that.) Something that might turn someone else's stomach - there's a merit patch (patch, not badge, meaning local, not organizational) available for Boy Scouts on "Respecting Copyright" Since the movie industry had a hand in it, I'm more inclined to believe this send-up of it. We'll see whether it's as bad as it looks.
46th Skeptics' Circle is up and running. That's the last thing for tonight, just so that you can get in the right frame of mind to tell me I'm blowing smoke or something like that. Or you can do as![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
greyweirdo does, and tell gender roles to go... nah, that joke's too easy. Anyway, go to bed, those of you near my time zone.
Anyway, there was field hockey (victoly! 3-1, and the prize... apparently, we get to play them again in the first round of the tournament.) and there was dinner and shopping, and more reading about why using W3C standards is a fantastic thing to do, regardless of whether you're designing gigantic web sites or tiny ones. (It's geared towards those designing big ones, though.) I'm catching up on my web history, and learning a thing or two about how standards have changed the things that I learned way back in the days of Netscape. Should make for an interesting presentation. I do have to poke my partner and say "Hey. Which part you wanna do?" - I'll get to that on Tuesday, most likely, because it'll be two weeks from then that I have to present. (Yeah, I get it on the chin, to some degree - present at class next week and the week after. After that, though, just the final project in that class - which is still a significant part of the grade, yo.)
Perhaps taking television too seriously - or perhaps finally taking it as seriously as it should be, it appears that some conservatives aren't happy about the third season of the Battlestar Galactica remake, because instead of being a noble group fighting against a religiously-inspired enemy to an insurgency that's trying to take down an empire using any methods they can. Amazing what television will do to hearts and minds, isn't it? Well, Rush Limbaugh's sure aware of it, as he blasted Michael J. Fox for appearing in a campaign ad, saying that he was acting or off his medication. Fox was not pleased, and Rush backed down, eventually. I wonder how much he likes the taste of his own foot, having put it in his mouth so often.
Perhaps something disturbing. This Flash-based site is for a business that is in the business of guaranteeing elections. Fixavote.com may be a send-up of recent elections and their techniques. They leave a contact form and a telephone number. I wonder if Rove and them have already telephoned and asked for their Congressional Special to be delivered on November 7. Or maybe they just need to ask Google if they can have some personal data. Considering the warehouse that Google is, it's not too hard to think that they could probably serve up some detailed profiles, if required. If immigrating from another country, or returning from a trip, though, the government doesn't even need to ask Google for anything about you: they can just seize your laptop without a warrant and do whatever it is they want to. (Anecdotal evidence, the article notes. These days, though, the stories seem more true than the news.)
Making greener plastics? Or, how chemistry may be making your life better and managing not to dump more of those icky toxic things in your backyard. This is a good thing. Going from good to bad, but creative, a spam malware actually installs a virus scanner to delete other malware. More bandwidth for themselves, it appears. That's definitely creative. Still bad, though, since it's a spam runner.
One of the Dailykos's kossacks asks Is DailyKos a right-wing website? Basing this on the types of stories and the amount that are there, and the apparent lack of stories that address the issues of the poor economically, the writer suggests that even if it appears liberal, that Dkos, much like the majority of American politics, is skewed significantly rightward. It's always something to keep in mind - just where do you put your political center?
As usual, since Samhain approaches, adopting black cats is taboo. For fear that they'll be used by idiots who think that slaughtering an animal is somehow cool or dark or anything like that. No, it's cruel. I wish such a thing didn't have to happen, but it will. There's someone who would do it.
For those of us wondering how predictions can be made on small sizes of samples, here's a quick primer on how polling works. Even on small samples, polls are generally accurate if there are differences. Of course, they're still wrong on occasion, so always take a good look at the source and the numbers.
After all that, I need a drink. Here's some isntructions on infusing vodka with flavor. Or I could go straight to the green faerie herself and see what happens. It might make the idea of fried Coca-Cola palatable enough to try.
Actually, I think that'll make me sick. Something that would definitely help that along is Wendy's Blog explaining to us why a Vista upgrade may not be your best idea, based on the EULA alone. (Well, this was the direction things were going, after all. Genuine Windows Advantage and all that.) Something that might turn someone else's stomach - there's a merit patch (patch, not badge, meaning local, not organizational) available for Boy Scouts on "Respecting Copyright" Since the movie industry had a hand in it, I'm more inclined to believe this send-up of it. We'll see whether it's as bad as it looks.
46th Skeptics' Circle is up and running. That's the last thing for tonight, just so that you can get in the right frame of mind to tell me I'm blowing smoke or something like that. Or you can do as
greyweirdo does, and tell gender roles to go... nah, that joke's too easy. Anyway, go to bed, those of you near my time zone.
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Date: 2006-10-30 04:13 pm (UTC)When I was younger my sister brought home 4 black kittens and 2 black cats for the month of October from one of the foster programs at PetSmart - the reason my sister was given is that people adopt black cats for "props" at their halloween parties or just because they think it would be cool to have a black cat running around their property when kids come trick or treating. After it was all over people would just abandon them, stop taking care of them so we "fostered" them until after halloween since they couldn't be adopted. (It was just the start of a stream of cats and dogs to go through our house...some of which never left)
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Date: 2006-10-30 09:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-30 10:04 pm (UTC)(sorry for the rant...I know I'm talking to someone who understands, just being in a fostering animal household for like 5 years means I occassionally get on this soapbox)
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Date: 2006-10-30 11:32 pm (UTC)Besides, tigers are much cuter on Halloween. (I should know, I have 4) Blackies are cutest in February. They're sleek, seductive and sexy - perfect for Valentine's Day. :)
The article also mentions white rabbits. I'm afraid that I don't quite understand that ban. Other than being a magician's pet, what's the stigma around them?
I do completely support the ban on adoption at certain times of year. Unfortunately, there's just too many people who can't handle the notion that animals are living creatures, not toys or props or party favors.
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Date: 2006-10-31 01:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-31 02:03 am (UTC)