I have any number of things I could write about, but I’m having quite the busy day and will, in fact, be at work later than usual today.
So, enjoy this snarky bit of linkage instead.
Author: Karel Kerezman
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Filed Away
Thirteen years to the day after we said “I do,” Wendi and I officially submitted the documents that say, in effect, “On second thought…”
By way of celebration (of sorts) we took the kids out to Olive Garden for a nice family dinner. All in all, it was a good and fitting end to a quietly momentous day.
Oh, how things change.
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Finally Fed Up With Flashverts.
Adblock. Flashblock. And a handy-dandy list of prebuilt “rules” for Adblock, collected here. (One can only hope that the bloke in question moves off of Geocities some day.)
Why? Because I finally got sick and tired of the “shoot the monkey” kind of noisy, distracting Flash adverts, and figured that if I’m going to start blocking ads I might as well go all-out. And because I run Firefox, which already lets me block pop-up ads and other annoying crap.
Consider this part PSA, part note-to-self.
By the by: Flashblock can be configured to allow specific sites automatically, so for instance you can go to Tools —> Extensions, double-click on Flashblock in the list, and add in “www.neopets.com”. The really neat part is that Flash hosted on the Neopets site itself will still work, but off-site adverts won’t. Neat.
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Because I’m all about the versionitis.
The anime site is now running WordPress 1.5, and so far I’m quite impressed with the product, the improvements, and the upgrade process. (Don’t worry, Matt. I’m not leaving MJ any time soon.)
I’m the same guy who pounces on every available update to video card drivers, Gaim, Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org and… well, just about every other bit of software I run, server- or client-side. Versionitis? Yep. But in my defense, it’s worth pointing out that most of the software I use gets better with every release.
Besides, it gives me something to do when I’m bored…
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Ensconced on the far side of town.
So while Mari and Doug are off visiting folks, I’m holding down the fort at their place. This mainly involves caring for and interacting with their two cats, but that’s not such a bad deal. They have an incredibly nifty house in a relatively peaceful neighborhood, so that’s an upside. The downside is commuting and shopping, but I guess that’s what happens when the guy who doesn’t drive spends a lot of time in the land of the well-wheeled.
Such is life, eh?
In other news, Wendi and I went to the mandatory parenting class this morning. Oddly enough, it wasn’t entirely boring and tedious. There were a few nuggets of useful information, and even some hints that maybe, just maybe, we’re doing this whole “divorced parents” thing halfway-okay.
I’ll take all the encouragement I can get, you know?
So for the rest of the day I think I’m going to kick back, veg out and enjoy my extra-long weekend. You should do the same. You’ve earned it, haven’t you?
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Can I get some “yay” action from ya?
So let’s see…
- I got the Cybex thing fixed, I think. Replacing one of the Receiver cards in Chassis 2 did the trick. Yay!
- The streaming audio machines are installed in the rack and mostly hooked up. (I say “mostly” because there’s some audio and serial wiring that isn’t my responsibility.) Yay!
- The email server hasn’t crashed yet. Yay!
- I got to eat lunch out of the building and on the company dime. Yay!
- I spent half of the day in meetings. Okay, so this one’s not really a “yay” but meetings are a good excuse not to have to do any real work.
- I was gifted with a set of Logitech Z3 computer speakers for my office machine. Very, very Yay! (First thing I did was crank up some VAST to test ‘em out. Sweet.)
The speakers sound a helluva lot better than the old Altec Lansing 2.1 set I’d been using, and are moderately stylish to boot. (Of course, I’m sure I can find a good use for the Altec set.)
All this and I don’t have to work tomorrow (barring emergencies). Mega-Yay!
On the “not-so-yay” side, I’ll probably be without my favorite gaming addiction for a week or so while I housesit for Mari and Doug. Ah well. There’s a megaton of anime I haven’t gotten around to watching ever since, well, the advent of the gaming addiction. So fear not, friends, for I’m sure I’ll be able to keep myself amused. Somehow. Heh.
Geeky Side Note: This, folks, is entry number 1111. Bwahahaha.