Archive for September, 2004
2004.09.30
Arrr! More Pirate Pics!
As promised, here are more pics from the Talk Like a Pirate party we had here at the house. Ed still needs to send me one of a certain roommate who hates to have his picture online. I’ll have to see if I can sneak that one in somewhere… maybe post a load of articles and bury it at the bottom after some long and droll article he’ll fall asleep reading. The pictures, BTW, were taken by Ann.
If ye had a pirate party yerself, post the links in the comments, ye mangy dogs!
Arrr! I be biting yer head off if ye don’t be talkin’ like a pirate!
Yarrr, maybe I won’t be bitin’ yer head off on account of the fine swill I be drinkin’…
2004.09.30
Odd Traditions
There is a strange and perhaps unspoken tradition in the male Nerads that we, at some point in our lives, grow out the facial hair. My Grampa did it, my Dad did it, and my Uncle has quite a beard. It appears that this is the time for me. I’m not sure if my Brother will; probably not anytime soon, but it’s inevitable, hear me, Chris?
This pic was taken by Ann just this last Saturday as we were getting ready to surf. I started letting the hair grow a couple days before the Talk Like a Pirate party we had here at the house and then was just too lazy to shave it. Besides I hate shaving, and fortunately Ann is willing to tolerate the scruff… for now.
I’m not sure how long it will last, but there it is. I’m sure my parents will get a big kick out of it!
1 Comment | Catergorized: family life photos surf2004.09.30
Pssst…
<quietly>Happy Birthday, Skooz!</quietly>
3 Comments | Catergorized: life2004.09.29
Is It My Fault?
All my life and I never knew that the original Star Trek series ended on the day I was born. Great, now I feel like it’s my fault… or my destiny? :)
I learned this playing with Google Date (found on the Presurfer). It’s not an exact science but the results can be interesting.
2 Comments | Catergorized: geek2004.09.25
Linguistic Links
Quick post to note some language links I want to be able to refer back to.
Language Miniatures is a series of short essays on language in it’s many forms.
The Fantasist has a great constructed language page here which includes a web version of the great LangMaker tool that seems to have fallen by the wayside. The rest of their site has tons of great material for world building in general.
Comments Off | Catergorized: worldbuilding2004.09.21
Blosxom User Group Site Revived
I’ve brought back up the old “Unofficial Blosxom User Group” site because even if it doesn’t get alot of new material posted to it, at least I could do one rather important task: listing all the plugins and flavours/themes I’ve collected as a secondary source for folks that can’t find a particular file.
Here is the list of flavours/themes.
Here is a long list of plugins for Blosxom Version 2.
Here are the few plugins I have for Blosxom Version 3.
I’ve added a few articles there, too, culled from the mailing list. I’ll add more of those with time. Eventually I want to turn on comments, but I don’t want to have the issues with comment spam there that I’ve had here. Jason Clark has given me a few ideas and hacks for that.
Anyways, for now the site is there, and I think this time maybe a few others might volunteer to help maintain it, which would be perfecto!
Comments Off | Catergorized: geek2004.09.20
Pirate Party
Ahoy mateys! There be a good party here yesterday in celebration of Talk Like a Pirate day, which be today, truth be told. The merriment was large, the swill was drunk, vittles be downed, and everyone was keel hauled by the end. I be posting more pictures when me mates send a few, but for now here be one. The hat and eye patch be fetching, and the boots as well, though they not be shown. Arrr!
Get ye out and talk like a pirate this fine day!
1 Comment | Catergorized: friends life photos2004.09.16
Dongle’s Friend
Most people who have known me for a while know Dongle Dog and his crazy exploits. It looks like NHK has found a picture of one of Dongle’s school chums. Read the rest of this entry…
1 Comment | Catergorized: life photos2004.09.16
I Need a Raise, Too!
Say hello to the United States Congress, the only job I’m aware of where you can give yourself a raise. If only it were so simple to get more money myself.
Do they really need or deserve $158,100 a year? It seems like they would have more incentive if they only earned what the average American earned. That would make their salary, what… $35,000 or so? I can’t imagine how drastically the face of Congress would change.
I could live very comfortably on their income, even with a family of my own (which I don’t have yet). Perhaps it’s time for me to goto law school and get a job in Congress. Maybe then I can actually do something about these rants I keeping going on about.
Comments Off | Catergorized: political thoughts2004.09.15
Dear Comment Spammers
Dear Comment Spammers,
Please kindly fsck off. If I were interested in your gambling casinos I would goto them on my own. The silly drugs you peddle do not interest me. I don’t want or need a larger penis or a boob job, thank you very much.
I find it pathetic that you are using an open proxy at the National TaiChung Teacher’s College in Taiwan, poor users’ machines in Tokyo, Haifa, Israel, and somewhere in China. These people should know better, but what you are doing is criminal. At least grow some balls and do it straight from your own machine (perhaps you should look into the V|@gra you are selling).
This does not change the fact that you should be locked up in a pound you in the @ss prison for 10 years minimum. I’ll raise a glass tonight to the few lawmakers with spines who are working to pass laws to bring this dream to effect.
Sincerely,
-Me.
2 Comments | Catergorized: geek grrr thoughts
