| Spring is in the air, a time when a girl loses her wallet (for the umpteenth time in her life) because too much spring was in her step on the way to work! I now get to experience the joys of replacing all my cards and living in an ATM-less cash or check only economy until the replacements arrive--although I have only just now realized I may be able to pay for food with check, at least at WinCo. At least I have an ORCA card for the bus in my dresser drawer. Up until now I've been eyeing my available food in house and trying to estimate how long I could live on it--not because I have no resources to get more by getting cash out of banks by going there and interacting with people in person (shudder), but just as sort of a challenge. I have soup with saltines, spaghetti with tomato sauce, freezer burned chicken and beef, some granola bars, tacquitos of dubious goodness, vanilla ice cream, bags of frozen vegetables, one frozen personal lasagna, two sweet potatos and two onions, a stale loaf of french bread, and staples like rice, olive oil, flour, lemon juice, sugar, salt, yeast, margarine, basalmic vinegar, etc.
On the other hand? I found my health insurance card behind my bookshelf this weekend. This means I'm going to try and see an eye doctor before my trip to San Francisco, and get a hold of some new contacts, and maybe get some new glasses around May. I'm also going to see a doctor at some point about my persistently hinky right wrist. I don't *think* it's carpal tunnel, as I have no symptoms of burning/tingling/itchy numbness and typing is still quite pleasant. But my wrist is stiffer than it used to be, balks and hurts slightly at normal ways of bending, and hates bearing loads. | |
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| This morning the fitness program went well.
10 minutes warming up on a cross trainer. Then a full hour of power-training. And I finished it up with half an hour of running.
Yes, I felt quite done in after that. LOL!
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| Yesterday I was out with friends. First we went to a wine tasting event, which was very nice. After that we went out to have dinner together, which also was nice. As it happens, in a few days my personal new year's day is here. I was therefore adorned with a button stating a big 50, along with the text "Hooray, Abraham of the year". (Here in the Netherlands, it is said that you "see Abraham" when you turn 50. Ladies see "Sara" on that occasion.) Because of that button, at the wine tasting, the owner of the place came to congratulate me and handed me a bottle of wine, as a birthday present. *grin* Really really nice. Of course, the fun was not over yet... At the restaurant, later, there was another surprise...  Such is life... And yes, we all had a great time! -- Posted through qtxpost! - Music:Fair Wind (Lisa Lynne)
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|  My first official steampunk short story is online. -- Posted through qtxpost! - Mood:satisfied
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| The large companies that bring out movies all do their best to make sure piracy of their property is as difficult as possible.
Why do people get pirated movies? Maybe this makes it clear:
The official road:
You buy a DVD or Blu-Ray Disc and stick it in your player. Cool, let the fun begin!
You are presented a warning that this disc should only be shown in your home. The information stays on your screen for a while, and you cannot skip over it.
You are shown a warning that copying discs is a federal offence and that you will be punished if you distribute such discs. The information stays on your screen for a while, and you cannot skip over it.
Then you get to admire a screen that informs you about the suitability of the movie concerning age groups. The information stays on your screen for a while, and you cannot skip over it.
You see a trailer of a movie - but it is not the movie you are waiting for to watch. The information stays on your screen for a while, and usually you cannot skip over it.
Your television treats you to the trailer of another movie. This too is not the movie you are waiting for to watch. The information stays on your screen for a while, and usually you cannot skip over it.
When you are in luck, there is an announcement of a new movie that is about to hit the theatres, so you should go and enjoy that. The information stays on your screen for a while, and usually you cannot skip over it.
Your movie starts.
The unofficial road:
You don't buy a DVD or Blu-Ray disc but download something and burn it yourself. You stick it in your player.
The movie starts.
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| I just watched a movie. An old movie: "The people that time forgot", from 1977. When I see movies from that time or earlier, it is more than obvious that everything got worse over the years.
The heroes in the movie withstand all kinds of terror, sleep in caves, are dragged through the mud and fight in sand and water. And in the next scene their clothes are clean and look freshly pressed. This teaches me that washing powders have deteriorated a lot. When I sleep in a shirt for just a night, in a clean bed, the shirt will show it. I just know it.
Also deodorants fell victim to this. The heroes march through vast planes in the scorching sunlight, but is there any perspiration visible? Not At All. Try that with modern deosprays that promise so much.
Best of all of course is that the cavewoman in the movie is up to standards. She wears eyeshadow and lipstick. Later cavewomen I have seen in movies do not possess such things. They just look leaner and more muscular. (Which is not a bad thing ;-)
Those were the days...
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| I was browsing around, just for fun, to see if there is some blog thing around where writers can publish what they wrote. Just a general surf thing. I stumbled across " http://www.passionatewriterpublishing.com/submissions.htm" And the first thing I thought when I read it was "ouch"... Submissions
At this time we are excepting all genres. They are excepting all genres? How the hell is someone then supposed to submit something? This is a place for writers. Maybe they should ask one of them to review their website. Ouch? -- Posted through qtxpost! - Tags:ouch
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| 1. I can see your point, but I still think you're full of sh*t.
2. I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce.
3. How about never? Is never good for you?
4. I see you've set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public.
5. I'm really easy to get along with once you people learn to see it my way.
6. Who lit the fuse on your tampon?
7. I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message.
8. I don't work here. I'm a consultant.
9. It sounds like English, but I can't understand a word you're saying.
10. Ahhhh. I see the f ***-up fairy has visited us again.
11. I like you. You remind me of myself when I was young and stupid.
12. You are validating my inherent mistrust of strangers.
13. I have plenty of talent and vision; I just don't give a sh*t.
14. I'm already visualizing the duct tape over your mouth.
15. I will always cherish the initial misconceptions I had about you.
16. Thank you. We're all refreshed and challenged by your unique point of view.
17. The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.
18. Any resemblance between your reality and mine are purely coincidental.
19. What am I? Flypaper for freaks?!
20. I'm not being rude. You're just insignificant.
21. It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of Karma to burn off.
22. Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.
23. And your cry-baby whiny-arsed opinion would be?
24. Do I look like a f****** people person to you?
25. This isn't an office. It's Hell with fluorescent lighting.
26. I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left.
27. Sarcasm is just one more service we offer.
28. If I throw a stick, will you leave?
29. Errors have been made. Others will be blamed.
30. Whatever kind of look you were aiming for, you missed.
31. Oh I get it. Like humour, but different.........
32. An office is just a mental institute without the padded walls.
33. Can I swap this job for what's behind door .........1?
34. Too many freaks, not enough circuses.
35. Nice perfume (or aftershave). Must you marinate in it?
36. Chaos, panic, and disorder. My work here is done.
37. How do I set a laser printer to stun?
38. I thought I wanted a career; it turns out I just needed the money.
39. I'll try being nicer if you'll try being more intelligent.
40. Wait a minute - I'm trying to imagine you with a personality.
41. Aren't you a black hole of need.
42. I'd like to help you out, which way did you come in?
43. Did you eat an extra bowl of stupid this morning?
44. Why don't you slip into something more comfortable? Like a coma.
45. If you have something to say raise your hand.........then place it over your mouth.
46. I'm too busy, can I ignore you some other time?
47. Don't let your mind wander, its too small to be let out on its own.
48. Have a nice day, somewhere else.
49. You're not yourself today, I noticed the improvement straight away.
50. You are as pretty as a picture, I'd really like to hang you.
51. Don't believe everything you think.
52. Do you hear that? That's the sound of no-one caring.
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|  :-) -- Posted through qtxpost! - Mood:amused
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| In my attempt to conquer Bug 2344: Default View/Default filters should be default when adding from hover menu, I wrote this line of code: $success ||= $filter->add_row( userid => $u->id )What I thought it said: * add this user to the filter * once you've added the user, check whether it was successful, and keep a running tab on the status so you'll know in the end whether everything succeeded or not What it was actually saying: * once you've successfully done one thing (e.g., added the user to a filter or subscribed to that user), we're done. We don't need to do anything else (in this case, adding a user to the filter). So now I've rewritten it more properly as: $success = $filter->add_row( userid => $targetu->userid ) && $success;(I got the boolean logic initially wrong too *rueful*) This was an entire afternoon's worth of frustration (whyyyyyyy isn't it adding the user to the filter? Why doesn't it print out any of my warn statements within add_row? I didn't realize I wasn't calling it at all), solved with one of those flashes of insight you get when you get up and grab a glass of water and happen to reread your code when you get back. | |
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- Got triggered in a horrible (and horribly embarrassing) way last night, so I hopped offline while I was still able, then took the night off for my sanity
- On the good side, I managed to catch
![[personal profile]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) aveleh, pauamma, and idonotlikepeas online. It's been rare that I've been able to touch base with all three in the same evening
- Timezones, and timezone differences suck! I am looking forward to starting on Dreamwidth officially. I'll be able to adjust my time to align with other people's peak times, if I need to, instead of trying to steal an hour of their time just before they head to bed, or staying up an extra three hours past midnight when I should be asleep because there is still dayjob the next day (it is embarrassingly obvious where my priorities lie *G*)
- I have a lingering cold and a lingering aching shoulder. I consider this ample excuse for the next thing:
- I left my bag with all my important things at home this morning. No cellphone, no wallet, no hard drive, no earphones, no key to my work locker (which contains my laptop), no house keys. It is scary how much of my life is in that one small black bag!
I managed to borrow a spare set of keys, though, so at least I managed to set up my work laptop.
- PS. I'm not really fuzzy-minded enough from the cold to actually be able to blame it for this
- So far, QA has not found any big issues with my latest (last!) project. Since there's nothing I need to code for work, I've been spending my afternoons picking up tiny DW bugs. I feel less guilty picking up tiny bugs than more involved ones when I'm at my dayjob -- even now that there's really nothing else for me to do here. I can drop them any time in case I need to fix something for dayjob :-) (again, it is embarrassingly obvious where my priorities lie. But there is literally nothing for me to do, unless QA finds a bug, so I refuse to feel guilt)
- Coding is therapeutic
- So is going through
![[site community profile]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png) dw_news and basking in the DW love in the comments.
- Last night was a kickboxing night. I love kickboxing nights, especially when my trainer tells me that my punches are took weak, giving me permission to go wild. (He asked for it)
- This evening, I plan to try out the track at Ultra, where I have never been. It should be fun *g* And I need to do something to work off my frustration at myself for what has been a really scatterbrained day.
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| Last evening the doorbell rang. This is a good thing, it means it still works.
It was the neighbour from the end of the gallery, asking if "my tv was out" also. Bit of a strange question, my tv was off (as almost usual), but he meant something else. He had been watching soccer and suddenly all channels had gone black. No image, no sound, no thing.
I switched on the tv, figured out what to do to get actual 'television' (I hardly use that) and every channel was black.
As I tried to bring television to life, the neighbour looked at me in horror. "Were you not watching the game?"
Uhm, indeed. I was not. I have better things to do than watching 22 overpaid people kicking a ball around.
"So what I am supposed to do now?" confused neighbour asked me. I suggested he'd call the helpdesk or something. He wondered if I could do that. "As your television is out also."
Uhm... I am not bothered by that.
He left. I switched off the tv and went on with more interesting things.
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| So, not only is Tuesday the new Monday, Wednesday appears to be the new Tuesday. Thankfully, I am able to take a break from the exciting world of Tax Time™ to bring you the update, only slightly late. (Not-thankfully, I am doing so after about 20 hours of uptime and while on serious painkillers, so if I am less coherent than usual, this would be why.) We have an action-packed, thrill-a-minute blockbuster at the box office this week (IN A WORLD ... where ![[staff profile]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user_staff.png) denise likes to make stupid jokes in the weekly update introduction....) Coming soon to a theatre near you: ( Weekly update, 16 March ) | |
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| I rather am used to the old behavior of having vgifts disappear after a couple of weeks. So I figured I'd just go and hide the oldest of the latest ten vgifts that are showing up on my profile to bring back a semblance of old behavior... and now I'm finding that the next oldest one pops up in its place. *facepalm* Is there any way to stop this, or do I need to click on each one individually? ETA: Hmm never mind. I realized I could open up them up in new tabs ten at a time, so that makes cleanup easier. ETA 2: Clean \o/ And man do I love aveleh and her snowflake cookies ♥ | |
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| Hooray! I finally found a place where I could get an album with the music of Trio Hellenique.
That probably means zip to most of you, but they were one of my favourite groups. Three men from Greece, playing Greek music. Lovely music.
Here is one of their songs, "Varka sto gialo" (little boat on the waves).
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| Had a fire in our garden, in the discard plastics pile from all the construction. We're not yet sure how it happened, though we suspect a discarded cigarette butt because we don't have any heat sources or wires in that area.
It's a good thing that someone was still awake and downstairs (close to midnight!) because, gnnn.
I'm a bit too awake to sleep, and a bit too sleepy to be productive. I have, instead, spent the last couple of minutes scratching Charlie's back and belly and telling him he's a very good boy. (I don't know if he caught the fire, but he's really been barking a lot tonight, so... maybe?) | |
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| A man comes running up to a police officer. "Officer, officer, you have to help me!"
Officer asks what the problem is, and the man explains that he hit his wife with a frying pan. The officer asks the man to calm down and wants to know if his wife is dead.
"No," says the man, "but she can be here any moment!"
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| Right.
* Webserver, MySQL and mail are running, although mail is balking about some script things that apparently are different between Mandy and Uby.
* After a reboot to load the newest stuff, USB drives are automounted. That did not happen before and made me feel somewhat uncomfortable.
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| But more signal boost wouldn't hurt! liv is hosting a giant non-fandom-centered friending meme. (I'm about to add my name, and start subscribing to people *g*) ETA: I don't have a formal access/subscription policy. I don't post much locked: mostly boring work stuff, and that only because I don't want a googleable link from my (soon-to-be-former) workplace to my journal. Since it doesn't make much difference to what you'll see, I tend to give access pretty randomly (depending on whether I remember to or not). I do tend to reciprocate access. | |
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| Looks like I have most of the crap running now. Phew. | |
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| The box is up and running with Ubuntu. Several special effects encountered that I am not too pleased about, but so far nothing worrying.
Webserver is running in a barebone config. The fun continues... | |
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| Dunno how many parts there will be, honestly, but this looks good ;-)
First step that fell over in the migration was that I cannot reuse the partitions from Mandriva on /dev/sda. I get the option to install ubuntu next to mandriva, erase the disk (which wipes all information) or define the partitions manually (which also will wipe all info).
So now I am back in mandriva for a while, moving all significant data (/home is VERY significant!!) to /dev/sdb which has plenty of space.
I wonder how interesting this day is going to become. *grin* | |
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| Dad told me yesterday that on Sunday he somehow had managed to make the media player play his music, while in a separate window, a slideshow of his images was shown. He loved that and would like to have that as default behaviour.
I tried to figure out how that could have happened but no way I could find such a setup. Maybe someone here has a clue how he might have done that?
Dad does not remember (his short time memory is all but busted).
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