The aforementioned pics from the recent trip out to the Gorge are now posted in the Gallery.
That will be all.
(Yes, I’ll get on those captions. Later.)
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Remakes Gone Wrong
Like many folks, my initial impression upon seeing trailers for the Michael Bay-directed summer flick called “The Island” went something like this: “Oh, they’re doing a ripoff/remake of Logan’s Run. How nice. Next!”
I then discovered that Logan’s Run has nothing to do with it. No, instead they’re remaking an entirely different movie… “Parts: The Clonus Horror.” (Or just “Clonus” if you prefer.)
Wait a minute! Are you telling me that really bad movies, bad enough to be riffed by the MST3K crew, are now fodder for big-budget remakes? What’s next, Tim Burton’s “Manos: Hands of Fate”? (Note to Johnny Depp: Don’t do it!)
This is horrifying in a new and not-particularly-delightful way.
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One Reason To Love OSS
I love the fact that someone can save a file in PowerPoint, end up with a corrupted file (at least, corrupted enough for PowerPoint itself to throw up a cryptic, useless error message when someone tries to open said file), and I can come along with OpenOffice.org to save the day by opening the supposedly-corrupt file and saving it to a new, working copy.
…from my Linux box.
Sure, some of the font and formatting information is gone, but at least the AE hasn’t lost the fruits of their labor. Heck, it’s not even their fault… I mean, they are “saving often” like we tell them to, after all. It’s PowerPoint itself that seems to have issues.
Go, OpenOffice.org!
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Konfabulous!
Apparently I’ve been living under a rock for quite some time now, because I did not know about Konfabulator. How does a geek like me get this far without knowing these things? I love eyecandy, and even more so when there’s useful eyecandy to be enjoyed. If you’re running Windows on a reasonably powerful hunk of hardware, you owe it to yourself to give this baby a whirl.
(Yes, I did already know about SuperKaramba, which appears to be the Linux variant… I found it all of a couple of weeks ago. *cough, cough*)
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My weekend needs a weekend.
I spent Friday night through Saturday night… er, actually early Sunday morning… over at the kids’ place while Wendi did a couple of DJ gigs. It was deja-vu all over again, in some ways. Problem is, I got almost no sleep while there. I just can’t get comfortable on the available bedding, and there are weird (not to mention annoying) sounds from outside.
Then, just to make my weekend complete, I went in to the office to do my monthly backups. I won’t lie to you and say that it’s terribly stressful duty, but I can think of any number of places I’d rather be than cooped up in my office, thanks.
It’s going to feel like an awfully long work week, I just know it…
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Moment Of Truth
Found at Jack Bog’s… this delightful little gem about a hopeful couple’s pregnancy test.
(Be warned, video clip contains what some would refer to as “mild language.” Whatever that means.)