Colin Meloy РCaf̩ du Nord, San Francisco, CA Р16 January 02005
Following on from my Decemberists theme, here’s Colin Meloy – Café du Nord, San Francisco, CA – 16 January 02005 as MP3.
The torrent of the original files is on easytree.
Thanks to Allen/gilbert for getting these to me.
Bob The Angry Flower RSS Feed (beta)
Bob The Angry Flower RSS Feed: http://scruss.com/btaf.rss
This is very beta, extremely hacky, and only updated once a day. It does hit Stephen’s site quite hard when it’s run, so what you’re seeing is static output from a cron job.
… but my python’s gotta eat too, y’know.
After a flurry of anti-free-pet postings on Toronto Freecycle (including a post where the precious-beyond-words term persons-of-fur was used), they’ve gone and banned animal postings.
Lemmings — in DHTML!
my name, like transit
Halifax Airport is officially pants
Halifax Airport is to be renamed after Robert Stanfield, whose family is well known for their underpants.
pennerd
Oh dear, I think I’m turning into a fountain pen nerd. I’ve dug out my old Parker and Sheaffer pens, and with my Rotring 600s, I’ll soon be needing a pocket protector. I’ve even found a couple of inks I like: Sheaffer Turquoise, and Waterman Havana.
I like fountain pens. They’re cranky, unreliable, antiquated, and need constant attention and refilling. A bit like myself, I suppose …
catherine’s site
I set up a site for catherine last night: c-raine.com.
Rocker on Code Optimisation
When the code stops producing digestive reactions in others, stop refactoring.
— Alan Rocker
YEP, Toronto
Young Environmental Professionals’ Toronto chapter has re-opened. They’re having their first meeting on Wednesday February 9 2005, 6:30 – 9:00 pm at the Bow and Arrow Pub (yay! best beer ever!).
The speaker will be Joe Mihevc, talking about Transportation in the GTA and its environmental impact. Here’s the YEP Toronto Re-launch Event Flyer, which has the RSVP details.
Quest for the Lama on the B766
On Cinders McLeod‘s recommendation, I just read Anne Donovan’s Buddha Da. It’s the story of an ordinary Glasgow house painter’s search for Buddhist enlightenment. It’s written in quick, brilliant dialect, and is packed with humour and pathos.
There’s an excerpt from Ralph Magazine. There are a few typos, but you get the idea.
The Moogle Project
thinkpad t21, linux 2.4.28-gentoo-r5, and ACPI
If you find yourself running this kernel, make sure you remove all ACPI support from the kernel if you want to use the onboard 3Com Tornado 3c556B CardBus ethernet adaptor. You used to be able to get away with the acpi=off kernel parameter with 2.4.26-gentoo-rn kernels, but this doesn’t work any more.
This has been a Nerd Public Service Announcement.
Sharp Centre by twilight
i r00l (a bit)
from my Kingdom of Loathing character:
PvP:
Ranking: 388
Fights Won: 119
Fights Lost: 119
An Adventurer is Me!
Uncle Doug’s gift of a journey
Catherine’s Uncle Doug died suddenly last week at his home in central Pennsylvania. His nephew, Phil, was with him when he died. As we’re the nearest (geographical) family, Phil asked us to come down to help out with tidying up Doug’s house.
We drove down Saturday, and what an remarkable journey it was. The US immigration folks friendly and helpful at Buffalo; sure beats the grouchfest at YYZ. Once into Pennsylvania, the scenery was beautiful. Hills, valleys and forests running down to the Alleghenies. Didn’t think there could be such crinkly countryside so close to the flat plains around Lake Erie.
Doug’s house was entirely self-designed and built. It sits very well in the green countryside. The nearby town of Huntingdon is as nice a town as you could hope for, with a working main street that looks like it has escaped the ravages of Wal-Mart.
So, we’ll miss you very much, Doug, but thanks for the journey.
The Decemberists, Lee’s Palace – 6 June 2004
Back on line: The Decemberists, Lee’s Palace – 6 June 2004
99 years out of code: Y2K was so five years ago
As seen on bottled water in a Holiday Inn Express: Produced 1904, Use By 1906. Either some grand conspiracy has kept the Edwardian invention of PET bottles and computerised inkjet printing out of the public eye, or somebody somewhere hasn’t quite got their date printing right.
I’m calling you from JAIL!!!
Yay! Was (Not Was) have reformed. A tour, a new album, and a best-of will ensue.