From the blog not known as Machete but instead called Something New Every Day, I have both the link to that absurd kitten-masturbation photo and now a really weird follow-up image.
If you understand what’s going on here, you’re a smarter person than I am. Maybe. Or maybe you’re just weird. Or both.
The machine named “eng3” that sits in my office is a test-bed for a fully from-scratch Linux install. It’s currently based on Linux From Scratch version 3.1, and today I succeeded in building enough Gnome components to be able to install the Evolution email/groupware client.
This is a big win, but the bigger win will be in making my new Palm Pilot sync with Eng3. I’m going to prove or disprove my theory that the current Zero hardware configuration is utter garbage, and is the reason that pressing the HotSync button makes Zero crash.
Hell, I might even turn Eng3 into the new Zero if all goes well.
Of all the things I could have gotten for my birthday, I think I’m glad I didn’t get an asteroid impact.
Turns out that on the 8th of March, a Tunguska-calibre asteroid passed close to the Earth, almost as close as the Moon is. Scientists didn’t know about it until after it had passed because it came from the direction of the sun, a literal blind spot in the effort to catalog near-Earth objects in space. Follow the link below to the CNN article and related information.
CNN – Asteroid near miss
Turns out that someone I know turned 19 today. Yes, that’s right, #KNRK’s very own peach-pit is a year older and a day wiser.
In related news, fellow “blogger” Kymberlie is also celebrating the ticking over of another year on this planet.
Happy birthday to both of them! March birthdays rock!
Maybe it came a few days late to actually be a true birthday present. So what? It’s still the second-coolest present I got this year!
A mystery gift-giver who asked to be kept anonymous left me a wonderful present over the weekend: A Palm m105! Woo hoo! I’ve been wanting a real live Palm Pilot for years now, mostly because of the growing hatred I feel for the WindowsCE-based HP 620LX I’ve been lugging around for the last few years.
So far I’ve managed to hook it up to Zero, my main Linux workstation, and sync it to Evolution’s task list, calendar and address book.
I’m so happy, I’m so happy… new geek toys are cool!
Last night was a date night for Wendi and I. We had dinner, breakfast-style, at the venerable Hot Cake House. Following that we spent half an hour finding a parking spot near Cinema 21 so we could catch the 7:00 showing of Metropolis.
I’d like to take a moment to point out the fact that, in all the years I’ve been catching limited-run films at Cinema 21, I’ve never sat through a “coming attractions” segment there without seeing at least one advert for a gay film. No, I’m not a homophobe or gay-basher. I just find it amusing that after all these years, indie filmmakers still treat gay subject matter as edgy and unique. Oh look, those two guys on the screen are in love. So what? Does the movie have anything else going for it?
It’s entirely possible that I’m hopelessly jaded when it comes to the art-film scene. So be it.
Anyway, check the Films review section for my take on Metropolis. And do it soon, since it won’t be in a theater near you for very long, if at all.
