I want my goddamn country back

Secret prisons.

These people have held absolute power for far, far too long. It is said that “direct sunlight is the best disinfectant.” I think it’s time to shine some light on the whole tawdry lot of them.

Oh yeah, and What has it got in its poketses, preciousssss?

I have got to stop . . . → Read More: I want my goddamn country back

Yo momma

Geeky Phone News

I think something bad just happened in MA. Let’s see if I can get this straight. The details may be off, but the spirit is correct:

. . . → Read More: Geeky Phone News

Random

We had an acorn squash which went bad. Instead of just tossing it on the compost heap, I decided to hit it with a sledgehammer. The pictures are here.

Crap in the server

One funny story that came out last night: My friend and I have been building some software to do some geeky stuff. To support this, he’s had some old server class machines sitting on the floor in his living room, and we’ve been tinkering with the wires.

Yesterday, he adopted a puppy. Cute little . . . → Read More: Crap in the server

Weekend

Went a halloween party last night with redmed, capital_l, and capital_l. Pictures are here. Fun was had by all. It’s nice to finally be developing a social circle around these parts. We’re right now missing the demolition derby, but that’s okay with me. I can’t find any mention of the schoolbus demo, so we may . . . → Read More: Weekend

Doom

My summary of the movie “Doom”.

Movie: “C’mere!” My higher mental functions: “No! No! Aaaaaaaa!” Movie: “Yeah! That’s right! Now you!” My lower mental functions: “Yes! Yes!” Movie: “You like me?” MLMF: “Aw hell yeah!” Movie: “I have to go now … even *I* don’t really like me”

That, some awesome Korean spicy tofu soup, . . . → Read More: Doom

Spicy food

redmed is staying at work tonight, so I’m going to go eat incredibly spicy, lightly greasy food.

The grid sucks, part 2,374

Slashdork reports that:

Sun’s pay-for-use grid computing services hasn’t picked up a single customer yet.” From the article: “The missing customers prove quite shocking when you consider that utility computing users must agree to be named in marketing programs as part of their contract with Sun – a fact learned by The Register and confirmed . . . → Read More: The grid sucks, part 2,374

Me, but in Chinese!

Check this out: I was digging for some old references, and I found this: An article in chinese with my name on it.

I plugged it into a handy dandy web translator, and this popped out:

“Should the computation environment which promotes turn the reality”

It’s a mangled rewrite of an article that I wrote . . . → Read More: Me, but in Chinese!