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[Jul. 23rd, 2008|10:14 am] |
Rehearsals are going pretty well, albeit a bit tiring. We're about to get into "oh crap the shows is really really soon and we all suck" mode (it's an annual occurrence), but once we buckle down I think all will be well.
After rehearsal last night, I arrived home to find a few "dude, did you steal all the stuff in the guild bank?" IMs. Not a good sign. Tried to log in to WoW and couldn't, so I reset the password online and discovered that I had, indeed, done so. The weird thing is that the thief took basically all 5000 of my gold, but didn't sell any of my soulbound gear, and cleared out most of my bank but not all of it. And didn't find the 8 Primal Mights and 450 gold on my auction house mule.
Anyway, I filed a petition to get my crap back, which I think they usually do, and presumably they'll restore the guild bank as well. Yet another way WoW is better than the real world :-)
This week I've been superproductive at work...let's see if that continues today.
This article about purity balls is kinda creepy. |
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| Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog soundtrack! |
[Jul. 21st, 2008|01:46 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | music | ] |
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| | Joss Whedon - "What A Man's Gotta Do" (IMH) | ] |
We watched Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog this weekend and liked it a lot. (it's by the guy who did Buffy, Firefly, etc.) It's a musical, but there's no soundtrack available. However, the songs are so darn catchy that I went ahead and ripped one for myself, thanks to Audio Hijack Pro and Fission. It's available where the rest of my music is, under "Joss Whedon" (which is probably not technically accurate, but oh well). If you don't have the info, drop me a line and I'll hook you up! |
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| Musical friends & family show? |
[Jul. 18th, 2008|02:13 pm] |
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Before I forget, does anyone want to come to the ASMC friends & family show? It's Friday, August 1 at 7 PM. I have a few spare tickets but in general they're going fast! |
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| new poll on gay marriage |
[Jul. 17th, 2008|05:13 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | gay, politics | ] |
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| | Bear McCreary - "Battlestar Operatica" | ] |
The results of a new gay marriage poll - although Americans oppose it 55%-36%, they also oppose a law in their state banning gay marriage by 49%-45%. And when the civil union option is added, 32% say marriage, 33% say civil unions, and only 29% say no recognition. Also, amending the Constitution to ban gay marriage is opposed 56%-38%. This is good news! |
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| not a complaint |
[Jul. 16th, 2008|10:38 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | asmc, movies, music | ] |
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| |  worried | ] |
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| | Peter Gabriel - "Down to Earth" (from Wall-E soundtrack) | ] |
but we have to be off-script and music by Friday. Like, two days from now. That is extremely frightening/implausible.
I bought the Wall-E soundtrack and I'm liking it enough to review it, mostly because I still associate the music with what's happening in the movie and I'm pretty sure that's gonna fade away soon. To that effect:
(you probably shouldn't read this if you haven't seen the movie. and you should probably see the movie.)
( Review! )
Anyway, wow that was a lot of typing for minimal benefit. Next time I do this it will be on an album with fewer than 38 tracks! |
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| the more you know |
[Jul. 9th, 2008|07:05 pm] |
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PSA: If you order furniture from the JCPenney catalog you only have 7 days from the date of delivery to return it as defective. Very glad I called today and not tomorrow! |
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| not the ideal situation for starting 3 solid weeks of rehearsals |
[Jul. 9th, 2008|01:33 pm] |
I've been unable to get to sleep the last two nights. Last night was particularly bad so eventually I got up and programmed some and played a little WoW. (won a close AB battleground on my 46 pally) Even then after returning to bed it took me a while to sleep. I had no sodas yesterday, which is the most common cause of insomnia for me. Hopefully it just kinda disappears. The alternative is that I get so tired that falling asleep is no problem, but I'd kinda like to avoid that :-)
White House, 2005: Setting the Record Straight: Democrats On An Artificial Timetable In IraqThe President Explains Why Timetables For Withdrawal Are Bad Strategy. PRES. BUSH: "Setting an artificial deadline to withdraw would send a message across the world that America is a weak and an unreliable ally. Setting an artificial deadline to withdraw would send a signal to our enemies - that if they wait long enough, America will cut and run and abandon its friends. And setting an artificial deadline to withdraw would vindicate the terrorists' tactics of beheadings and suicide bombings and mass murder - and invite new attacks on America." (President Bush, Remarks On The War On Terror, Annapolis, MD, 11/30/05)
Iraq, yesterday: Iraq Wants Withdrawal Timetable In U.S. PactIraq's national security adviser said Tuesday that his government would not sign an agreement governing the future role of U.S. troops in Iraq unless it includes a timetable for their withdrawal.
Unrelatedly: you can't protect your HTML source and it's a waste of time to try. |
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| a short list of things that anger me |
[Jul. 7th, 2008|02:44 pm] |
- Visual Basic 6
- bugs that don't happen when you set a breakpoint but do otherwise
- bugs that make you think you're losing your mind
- Visual Basic 6 |
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| ah, Heisenbugs |
[Jul. 2nd, 2008|09:40 am] |
Yesterday I was going to say that, when debugging a problem, I had caused another problem by popping up debugging MessageBoxes. (tip: VB6 does not like coercing non-string-like objects to strings implicitly) But after I fixed that, it turns out that popping up MessageBoxes actually seems to fix the real problem. Arrrrgh.
Happy 4th! Here are 21 hilariously hyperbolic pro-America songs. I recommend "America, Fuck Yeah" (number 21). |
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| I, for one, welcome our new baby seal overlords |
[Jun. 26th, 2008|08:58 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | robots | ] |
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| | scared | ] |
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| | yet another LOST podcast | ] |
Don't get me wrong, I love robots. Last night the TiVo went to live TV and the Futurama episode where Bender becomes Calculon's hot water heater came on, and I just love the line "Look, I'm programmed to be very busy".
However, this NPR story about robot baby seals creeps the hell out of me. Basically they're introducing them to nursing homes (who don't allow real pets) and the seal reacts kinda like a pet. The residents know it's a robot but still treat it like a pet. I guess there's nothing wrong with it, per se, but it's creepy, no? I hope the robots aren't implanting subliminal kill commands or something. That would be just like them! |
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| not in a talkative mood |
[Jun. 24th, 2008|10:32 am] |
Pictures from weekend before last
Making progress on whereslunch. Writing Django code to write javascript gets confusing at times! |
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| best day ever |
[Jun. 17th, 2008|09:16 am] |
You can download Firefox 3 starting at noon our time. (you might be able to Help->Check for Updates... as well - not sure when that will be turned on)
Gays can marry in California today! Here's an interactive map of the legal status of gay marriage/civil unions in all 50 states.
Last night at Kung Fu Panda (which is still good, by the way, I'd probably even see it again) we saw a trailer for Fly Me to the Moon which is about three stupid flies that tag along on the first moon landing. This makes me angry. The graphics quality looks meh, it's filled with bad and stupid and pointless puns and the smart fly is named "Iq". Judging by the trailer, you're supposed to think that the idea of the fly on the moon is just so awesome, we'll have a bunch of characters say "Nat's going to the moon!", "Your boy is going to the moon!", "We're going to the moon!", etc.
Also, (and here's where I go off a bit) apparently there's some problem with the capsule and the flies have to save the day. This (aside from being stupid) I find offensive - it took years and years of hard work and dedication and lost lives to get us to the moon, not some stupid-ass flies fixing some problem or whatever. Next up: some scorpions are going to Normandy! And the Allies can't win the battle without them! So they go around and sting some Nazis or something! After that: well, you get the idea.
Maybe the 3D will make it way more awesome but somehow I doubt it.
In the vein of bad movies, a review of The Happening that contains all the spoilers. |
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| Acceptable prefixes for local businesses |
[Jun. 13th, 2008|03:05 pm] |
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- Hill Country
- Alamo
- Central Texas
- Balcones
- Waterloo
- Austin
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