February 2008
7 posts
Computers are lame
I’m glad that in 2008 setting up network shares between computers is still completely fucked. In this case, the guilty parties are a PC running Microsoft Vista and a Mac running OS X Leopard. The question is which of the two is more fucked. Right now I’m inclined to think Leopard’s is fucked on creating shares for Vista to browse, but it could be that Vista’s share browsing...
Cruising Facebook for the first time in a while. A bit sad that I don’t talk to a single person from HPU regularly anymore.
I’ve been on a mild Dinosaur Jr. obsession recently, listening to their albums on repeat, especially Beyond.
I went online to find out more about the band and to look for similar sounding music. Most every review I read compared both the singing and guitar style to Neil Young. So I went to Amazon.com’s MP3 store and loaded up 6 or 7 (they’re typically $8 or $9); so far...
While browsing birthday cards for my father a woman came up to me asking me if I worked at the store. I then realized I was wearing a red polo shirt and khaki pants, the exact work uniform of Target.
I Love You, but You Love Meat →
No-holds-barred carnivores, for example, may share the view of Anthony Bourdain, who wrote in his book “Kitchen Confidential” that vegetarians and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans … are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit.”
Returning the compliment, many vegetarians say they cannot date anyone who eats meat. Vegans, who avoid eating not just animals...
California
I just heard a funny, but sad story on NPR’s Morning Edition: Neighbor A is suing Neighbor B because B’s Redwood trees cast shadows over A’s solar panels. In 1979, in the wake of the oil crisis, California passed a law guaranteeing the rights of people with solar panels on their houses. As a result, Neighbor A won in court (pending an appeal, natch), resulting in the court...