Thursday, May 15th, 2008
10:25 am Earthworm Jim.,..is back?!!
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[pumpkin_man] |
I got this from Gamespy.com
It's official: the heroic earthworm named Jim is squirming his way back into the limelight. Atari has revealed that it will be developing a collection of Earthworm Jim games for both handhelds and next-generation games for the next five years. For those of you too young to remember, Earthworm Jim was a popular side-scrolling action game developed by Shiny Entertainment. At its peak the series had its own Saturday morning cartoon show and a line-up of action figures. So far, we know that the one of the new games will be in 3D, and many of the classic Earthworm Jim characters will be making a comeback, including Peter Puppy, Princecess-What's-Her-Name, and Queen Slug-for-a-Butt. Chances are the characters will undergo a slight makeover as well. Annoyingly, the official announcement is very sparce with details. No specific consoles are named and no release date is given. Looks like Jim's fans may be in for a long wait. Edit-- I gotta find more about this. I remember when I had a sega...along with "The Punisher", "Earthworm Jim" was one of my favorites. I would love to see Jim make a comeback and hit next-gen consoles. (Respond)
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11:49 pm Why It Didn't Work
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He asks me if I like hip-hop. Only a bit, the really alternative white kid stuff, like, um, Blackalicious. Well, he says he likes the Black Eyed Peas. I've never heard their music so I figure he knows more about it than I do.
He tells me that he doesn't drink. It makes me more attracted to him. He's told me that he's never had a drink. It makes me less attracted to him. He tells me he graduated Sigma Cum Laude and he's rich. We went to see Syriana. He didn't understand the plot, like, at all. He's a nerd and ridiculously attracted to me, going out of his way to get my attention. After I sleep with him, he says, "I'm not the type of guy to stick with one girl. I can't really be held down." You: Arizona. Me: California. Us: Broke. "I just want us to be, like, almost the same, but just friends." "You want to fuck me until someone better comes along." Silence. "My girlfriend and I have a crush on you." He gives me his credit card number so I could collect-call him for phone sex. I'm 17, he's 36 and it's AOL chat. If I were a lesser woman, I could have started an early criminal career. Thankfully I had really high self-esteem then. He tells me that he had to pick up his Mom from prison once, and I smile, thinking "Thank god he's a bit fucked up." He's the ugliest guy I ever saw, and he tells me that he usually likes much thinner, model-esque girls. He's a total hottie, and he tells me I'm beautiful. I'm immediately suspicious and think he's trying to steal my nonexistant money. We total the car. I feel like a tool. ________________________________________ Next year, I meet someone. "What are you here for?" "The love of the children (?)" He makes me laugh. Ben, I love you. Thank you for making it work. (Respond)
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10:10 am Gift shops??
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[queenelle] |
Hey everyone...I'm leaving to go to California tomorrow evening for a friend's birthday and was wondering if anyone knew of any little gift shops/boutiques around the downtown area that I could maybe go to over my lunch break for present ideas?
I work at 12th and Grand would like to stay within walking distance (but I'm willing to walk up to several blocks away/get in the car if need be...aka, if someone has an AWESOME place they know of)...Thanks! (Respond)
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07:00 am ITP show: Epimetheus, trees will tell you when they're on fire
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Epimetheus is the feasibility prototype for a larger environmental framework that emphasizes the ability to monitor a site in real time.[Read this article] [Comment on this article] (Respond)
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10:39 am Cone-Free Styling Products?
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[fixed_air] |
Hi all! I checked the FAQ and memories for a similar question and didn't find anything. Apologies, though, if this has already come up and I just missed it.
My hair is fine and weak, and I often use styling products (like gel and mousse) to thicken and protect it. However, I want to avoid -cones, and most products I've used are coney. Does anyone have any recommendations for products that add some texture but aren't filled with yuckiness? I know some of you use coconut or jojoba oil - is this a good, natural way to give my hair extra "oomph?" I love being kinder to my hair, but I hate that it's sort of boring sometimes. I've switched to washing just every other day, but I still condition daily. I know that on the in-between days my hair has a little more texture, but it's still kind of unruly. Tips? Suggestions? Thank you in advance! |
09:47 am Pretty
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I woke up with this gross gooey wet feeling on my lips.
I open my eyes and Jonah is putting lip gloss on me. "Jonah? What are you doing? Stop it!" "Shhh, I'm makin' you pretty Mom." It was funny...and creepy. Mood:  contentMusic: The Streets, "Let's Push Things Forward" |
10:45 am Minneapolis's finest, kissing
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Erstwhile TV newsman Ted Baxter's alter ego Ted Knight dusts off the singing jacket and croons a few tunes for you today at Found Sound, while Behind The Blue Door delivers on its promise of cartoon kissing action!!!
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09:24 am mornings
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The main character of the book i am reading now, The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas, summed it up pretty well:
Sometimes I wake up with such an immense sense of disappointment that I can hardly breathe. Usually nothing has obviously triggered it, and most times I can shake it off pretty quickly. After all, there is not much for me to be disappointed about. I sit up in bed slowly, feeling the disappointment trickle away like puddles after a rain shower. I think it is fair to say I hate mornings. I hate the honesty of the morning; the time before your consciousness switches on the light and gets rid of all the nasty shadows. Yuck. But my coffee's ok. (Respond)
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10:28 am Honest Gas Gauge
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I am slowly getting use to my Elements (<--still needs a good nickname) gas gauge, in my old Venture I would fill it up and it would stay on F for a good 100 miles, then start to fall. By the time it reached half a tank, it would have used close to 2/3rd of the gas. The trip from half, to a quarter, to the warning light was pretty quick, usually within 50 miles.
But with the Element the needle hits the F when you fill it up, but doesn't stay there very long, by 75 miles it is already halfway to the half a tank mark (no actually 3/4 tank marking). In the old van I would still around the F mark. Oh well the trip from half to the light coming on (the 4 gallons left of 1/4th mark) does take allot longer in the Element then the van. Just something I have to get use too. The nice thing is I get about the same amount of milage on a tank of gas between the Element and the old Venture. It is just the fact that I use 4 gallons less. Filling up the Venture was 16 gallons if I went to the warning light. At 4 bucks a gallon that would be 64 smackers. But since I am only putting in 12 gallons in the Element I am only having to pay 48 greenbacks per fill up. Right now I am getting 24 MPG with my typical weekly drive, being mostly to work and back. I think it is a combination of getting some good highway miles on the trip to Grand Rapids and back, and myself adapting to driving it better. (Respond)
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10:25 am GO PENS!
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10:23 am QotD
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Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
- Albert Schweitzer (Respond)
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06:00 am CMorrigu's Xbox - May 15 2008
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CMorrigu held the Xbox button on his controller down for a few seconds and our adventure began! A gamer score of 25,612 is lighting the way. He rocked out to Outpost Kaloki X, and then it felt like he threw my controller and I was like, TAKE IT EASY SHEESH and we stopped.
Did I mention the gamerscore challenge that CMorrigu is competing in? If you are curious, follow along over here. 4 other people are mixing it up, meaning fierce competition and some creative trash talk. Currently CMorrigu is holding the number 3 spot in the group... decent. And while we have 4 days left, let's not procrastinate. Pick up that controller and get to unlockin'! (Respond)
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09:06 am I am going to Hell and I don't want to but there is nothing I can do about it.
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I went out this morning, as I do every morning, to pick up my New York Times. I slipped off the blue plastic rain sack, tossed it in the garbage can near my bedroom window, and looked at the biggest above-the-fold headline. It was about the catastrophic earthquake in China that has killed the only children of many people, which I honestly am really very sad about.
This is what the headline said: TINY BODIES IN A MORGUE And I swear to God I did not want this to happen. My brain just forced it. I had no more control over it than I do breathing. Instantly, my brain started singing: "Make me feel happy, make me feel fine." WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME. |
10:10 am The dirty details
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06:00 am Lighten your wallet - use a phone
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06:00 am Simple USB 6-digit display kit
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This kit looks pretty easy to use, just send the line to be displayed over a COM port. It even supports hex letters (a,b,c,d,e,f) - of course, a 14-segment version would be even cooler. Still, a lot of potential applications - USB7
In the Maker Shed: (Respond)
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01:12 pm Dimension Attributes: Introduction and Overview, Part III
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Join Business Intelligence Architect Bill Pearson as he continues
his subseries surrounding components of the Analysis Services dimensional model. In this article we continue our introduction to dimension attributes, focusing upon the Misc group of attribute properties. (Respond)
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05:00 am Mechanical music box from scrap
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Dug North sent word of this interesting weight-driven music box - "Andante Grazioso" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / KV331) played by a "Mechanical Music Box in a Drawer" made from recycling materials found in electronic-waste, bulky trash and at home.That can must be somewhat thick in order achieve such a bell-like tone - an impressive performance for a few pieces of garbage. - Mozart from Scrap-Made Mechanical Glockenspiel
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08:08 am Question.
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[druidevo] |
Is there a Swedish resturant in KC? The closest thing I could think of was the Berliner Bear, but that's out of business now.
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07:07 am grammar and kanji bits
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[tsukikage85] |
ただ、その顔ぶれの中でも特に、そのときそこにいたことを覚えている者ほど、七年経った今でも、わりと親しい。
What does the underlined part mean? If it were just もの I'd think it was some sort of nominalizer + ほど, and if the ほど weren't there I'd think the 者 was referring to the people there (which I still do). I dunno, that bit's confusing me. And while I'm here, does anyone know of any good resources that compare kanji with similar meanings as well as readings, such as 見る and 観る, 聞く and 聴く, 会う and 逢う, etc? Finally, is it legitimate to write 。。。 instead of ．．． or ...? Because every time I see that it annoys the heck out of me, but I don't want to get all grumpy about it when it turns out that that's perfectly legitimate. (And who knows, maybe ．．． isn't legitimate either, except in manga.) |
12:00 pm Error'd: Schrödinger's Submenu
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"I wonder if it's possible to change the text of the sensibility of the message," pondered Adam, "if the message having sensibility cannot have text... or something like that."...
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07:05 am Movie plot security threat contest winner
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Bruce Schneier has announced the winner of his annual "Movie Plot Threat" contest, in which his readers are invited to come up with ridiculous, improbable and frightening things that you could probably frighten people with enough that they're lured into buying some stupid product or giving up some essential liberty (or both). Here's the winning entry, from Aaron Massey (be sure to click through and check out the runners up, too!)
Many Americans were shocked to hear the results of the research trials regarding heavy metals and toothpaste conducted by the New England Journal of Medicine, which FDA is only now attempting to confirm. This latest scare comes after hundreds of deaths were linked to toothpaste contaminated with diethylene glycol, a potentially dangerous chemical used in antifreeze.Link
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05:45 am Crazy rasberry ants devour Houston's electronics
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Houston is a-swarm with "crazy rasberry ants" -- an exotic species that eats fireants and electronic equipment. The "crazy" part is that they kind of wobble and weave when they walk. They have multiple, exterminator-resistant queens, and are attacking the local animal population as well.
They have ruined pumps at sewage pumping stations, fouled computers and at least one homeowner's gas meter, and caused fire alarms to malfunction. They have been spotted at NASA's Johnson Space Center and close to Hobby Airport, though they haven't caused any major problems there yet.Link (Thanks, Bonnie!) (Respond)
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05:39 am Electric house of the future: 1939's promise
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Popular Mechanics' August, 1939 feature "The Electric Home of the Future" features the kind of boundless, electrical future hovering on the horizon for the brave people of 1939.
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05:35 am Art of multi-face watches
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 Today on the Watchismo Times, a drool-worthy exhibition of multi-time-zone, multi-face watches. Ever since I started travelling a lot (and, consequentially, living in a bunch of timezones), I've bought a multi-face watch or two -- but these put my collection to shame. Link (Respond)
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04:00 am Arduino Nano
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Just when you thought you had them all, the Arduino mutates yet again - The new Arduino Nano is the smallest and most versatile Arduino board yet. Designed and manufactured by US-based Gravitech, it has all the functionality of an Arduino Diecimila in a compact, breadboard-ready design. The Nano includes an ATmega168 microcontroller (w/ bootloader), integrated USB (FTDI chip) w/ Mini-B jack, a full complement of i/o pins (including two more analog inputs than the Diecimila), an ICSP programming header, and on-board regulator.Like the Arduino Mini, there's no room for a DC jack, but those extra analog pins are a nice touch. Other highlights include - auto power source selection (no need for an "EXT/USB" jumper), color-differentiated LEDs (green TX, red RX, orange pin13, blue PWR). And notice, in the upper-left, the long-awaited 'DORX' pin! (kidding, kidding) - Arduino Nano Update: The Nanos ship from Gravitech in June - Arduino:Blog
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10:46 am Nurse Betty
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Nurse Betty: R. CAP Report MAR20094. CAP Final Score: 32. CAP ID: 3.34.
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03:00 am Toriton Plus: Water Surface Music Controller
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A slightly more complex version of using a water surface as a music controller featuring five lasers instead of just the one. Please note that this is a prototype version, and as such does not represent the variety of output for the finished thing Read a little more about the Toriton Plus [Read this article] [Comment on this article](Respond)
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09:01 am Deno: Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit
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Content: DBZ: BURST LIMIT Demo
Price: Free Availability: North America Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) ANIMATED BLOOD,CARTOON VIOLENCE] DBZ debuts on the Xbox 360 console! Play through two exciting battles from the Saiyan Saga in this demo. Get ready? KAMEHAMEHA! (Respond)
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02:00 am Make your own photographic film
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Plastic and goop go in one end, and camera film comes out the other end. This is not a trivial undertaking. More about making your own film [Read this article] [Comment on this article](Respond)
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08:48 am Daily Sucker #2 for Thursday, May 15, 2008
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Submitter comments: This site sucks because it forces you to install FLASH and then it takes a couple of pages of Flash before you actually get to any content. And you have to figure out the navigation mechanism to scroll right and then search to find where you can actually click!!!
Vincent Flanders’ comments: It took [...] (Respond)
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08:46 am Daily Sucker #1 for Thursday, May 15, 2008
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Submitter comments: The best part of this page is the Contact Us page. There’s a HUGE advertisement for their site on their building and, whatever you do, DO NOT CLICK ON THE PICTURES OF THE EMPLOYEES!!
Vincent Flanders’ comments: I have a strange sense of deja vu when I look at this site. I think that [...] (Respond)
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09:44 am Just a hair bore post...
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[red_voodoo] |
At Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens the other week. ( jackiesjottings and I... ) :) |
02:24 am BBtv - Google's "Great Firewall of China": Fun with the Billboard Liberation Front and monochrom
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The San Francisco-based Billboard Liberation Front has been transforming the world of advertising since 1977. When Austrian art-pranksters and regular BBtv guests monochrom recently visited the United States to spread their Sculpture Mob dogma, a historic meeting with the elusive BLF took place. BBtv's hidden cameras captured everything. And in part two of today's BBtv episode, Xeni travels with the BLF and monochrom to document their first-ever joint exploit to build "The Great Firewall of China" around one of the Google signs on the internet giant's Mountain View campus. Hijinks ensued; dogs, cops, and GOOG security guards pursued; TV news crews newsed. The goal of their "unpaid advertising services"? To draw attention to Google's role in online censorship within China. As it happened, this particular day was the same day of a Google shareholder meeting, during which related proposals came up for vote. Link to Billboard Liberation Front press release, and here's monochrom's side of the story. Here are previous BBtv episodes with monochrom.
Link to Boing Boing tv episode with discussion and downloadable video. (Respond)
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05:11 am hope this is appropriate
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[deaddoloreshaze] |
came home from work and was looking for something to eat when i found . . .
( crumpets! ) i was under the impression that crumpets were some sort of fancy cake. it turns out they're a lot like english muffins, but with a more spongey texture, and tasting slightly like salt. out of everything that could have been in the fridge, crumpets were certainly the last thing i expected. the second last thing i expected was for them to taste so good. the third last thing that i expected was that i could eat half a pack of them at five in the morning. |
04:08 pm - (no subject) -
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OK folks. I've setup a Twitter, as recommended by a friend, to help feel a little more connected while I'm in the HK. I'm plaidomatic on there, as well.
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01:00 am Basic Atari 2600 Synthcart Control
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Synthcart is a cartridge for the Atari 2600 written by Paul Slocum. The program uses the Atari 2600 keypad controllers as an interface for users to trigger notes and beats on the video game console. Read more about Synthcart control [Read this article] [Comment on this article](Respond)
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12:00 am ITP show: Solar chandelier
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A kinetic mobile made of up of several independent light seeking, energy gathering BEAM robots. Each segment/robot of the chandelier will rely upon sensor input to move into an optimal position for gathering solar energy. The movements of each suspended robot will affect the positions of those that it is attached to, resulting in an active "fight" for light between the chandelier segments throughout the day. At night, the robots dispense the energy that they have gathered as light, the most successful segments staying lit the longest.[Read this article] [Comment on this article] (Respond)
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
09:00 pm Tool Fence
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Michael at Do Design DIY made a set of instructions for constructing this hand tool holder perfect for makers and crafters. [Read this article] [Comment on this article](Respond)
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
08:02 am paean: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
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paean: a song or other expression of praise or joy.
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12:00 am iPhone-a-friend
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n. The act of using a regular cell phone to get information by calling someone who is sitting at a computer and can surf the internet by proxy. "We are hopelessly lost. I'll just use my iPhone-a-friend and my mom can get us directions from Google Maps." (Respond)
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03:56 am Warning: Cyber Hazard
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[iarwain] |
This may not be the best place to post this, but then again, it is kind of on topic...
I own a small computer shop. We often get people bringing in their systems to get cleaned of virii and other assorted malware. What I would like to have made are stickers to place on these infected machines to warn my employees not to plug them in to the 'net till they're clean. (I hire complete n00bs and teach them...) Ideally, I'd like them to be obvious, noticeable, and the message clear: "This Computer is INFECTED. DO NOT connect to the network." or something to that effect. I'd also like them to have a graphic similar to yet distinct from the biohazard symbol. A format like the European Hazard Symbols or ADR labels would be appropriate as would something along the lines of these. Yes, I would make these available to people who would want them at close to my cost (usually no more than a dollar or two each) plus the cost to ship them. Any takers? |
03:47 am Dream
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01:50 am We Are Family
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My favorite bit of trivia from the film The Birdcage is that the actors who perform the drag act were told only that they would be performing in heeled shoes.
 As a rule, I don't bring the mayhem of my universe to people who rely on me to perform some specific function. Not for any other reason than society has a mental block on a very simple idea. Once I realized it was so prevalent, it became easier to do it alone than explain myself eighty-five times a day. It's a simple concept that many people don't seem to understand: We've all got problems. We're all experts at dealing with our common problems. Even if those common problems seem like uncommon emergencies for someone else. For example, every day: - A surgeon sees things that would make some of us pass out. - A therapist talks to twenty people who would drive us crazy with their whining. - A hospice nurse looks death in the face and wipes sweat from its brow. ( Read more... ) We all got problems. But we all get by. :) And... Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life! |
12:00 am Lord Acton
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"The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern."
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12:00 am Albert Schweitzer
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"Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory."
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12:00 am Alex Levin
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"The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law."
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12:00 am Garry Shandling
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"I'm too shy to express my sexual needs except over the phone to people I don't know."
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02:18 am - (no subject) -
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Worms and road trips and doggies, oh, my!
It was yet another Poker Night at Patrick's... ( Read more... ) |
08:03 am Perky Goth!
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I always did say Pig reminded me a little of me.
 Except for the whole Hannah Montana thing, which, thank goodness, I've not been exposed to. :D (EDIT: Exposed. Whoops. No pun intended. *smirk*) (And for those of you who haven't read Pearls Before Swine (like ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} dionysios who never logs into LJ anymore anyway), here's a link.)Mood:  amused(Respond)
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