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Project Insomnia

Project Insomnia is many things, but in this context it is simply a "braindump" of whatever I happen to be thinking/reading/watching/doing at the moment. Parental guidance suggested.

Friday, April 14, 2006

Draft Windows-Linux HOWTO

Interested in switching from Windows to Linux, or possibly just reading about it? Here is the Windows-Linux HOWTO (draft) from SmileyStation.com. Lots of good info here for potential switchers like me.
|| Andrew, 11:35 AM || || link

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

24

How low can we go? Mark Fiore has the answer.
(Flash/sound)
|| Andrew, 10:03 PM || || link

Monday, April 10, 2006

Survey says...

Thanks to ladyclayton and Pinky's mom and a few others for this one.
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You're spoiled if your total is 40.


Do you have:
(x) your own cell phone
( ) a tv in your bedroom
(x) an ipod
( ) a photo printer
( ) your own phone line
(x) TiVo or a generic digital video recorder
(x) high-speed internet access (aka not dialup)
( ) a surround sound system in bedroom
( ) dvd player in bedroom
(x) at least a hundred DVDs
(x) a childfree bathroom
(x) your own in-house office
( ) a pool
( ) a guest house
( ) a game room
( ) a queen-size bed
( ) a stocked bar
(x) a working dishwasher
(x) an icemaker
(x) a working washing machine and dryer
( ) more than 20 pairs of shoes
( ) at least ten things from a designer store
( ) expensive sunglasses
( ) framed authentic art (not lithographs)
( ) Egyptian cotton sheets or towels
(x) a multi-speed bike
( ) a gym membership
( ) large exercise equipment at home
( ) your own set of golf clubs
( ) a pool table
( ) a tennis court
(x) local access to a lake, large pond, or the sea
( ) your own pair of skis
( ) enough camping gear for a weekend trip in an isolated area
( ) a boat
( ) a jet ski
(x) a neighborhood committee membership
( ) a beach house or a vacation house/cabin
( ) wealthy family members
(x) two or more family cars
( ) a walk-in closet or pantry
(x) a yard
( ) a hammock
( ) a personal trainer
(x) good credit
( ) expensive jewelry
( ) a designer bag that required being on a waiting list to get
( ) at least $100 cash in your possession right now
(x) more than two credit cards bearing your name (not counting gas cards or debit cards)
( ) a stock portfolio
( ) a passport
( ) a horse
( ) a trust fund (either for you or created by you)
(x) private medical insurance -- provided by my company
( ) a college degree, but no student loans
MY TOTAL: 20

Do you:
(x) shop for non-needed items for yourself (like clothes, jewelry, electronics) at least once a week
( ) do your regular grocery shopping at high-end or specialty stores (Whole Foods & Trader Joes, you decide)
( ) pay someone else to clean your house, do dishes, or launder your clothes (not counting dry-cleaning)
(x) go on weekend mini-vacations
( ) send dinners back with every flaw
( ) wear perfume or cologne (not body spray)
( ) regularly get your hair styled or nails done in a salon
( ) have a job but don't need the money OR
( ) stay at home with little financial sacrifice
( ) pay someone else to cook your meals
( ) pay someone else to watch your children or walk your dogs
( ) regularly pay someone else to drive you
( ) expect a gift after you fight with your partner
MY TOTAL: 2

Are you:
( ) an only child
( ) married/partnered to a weathly person
( ) baffled/surprised when you don't get your way
MY TOTAL: 0

Have you:
(x) been on a cruise
(x) traveled out of the country
(x) met a celebrity
( ) been to the carribean
( ) been to europe -- I supposed a brief stopover at the Naval Air Station in Sicily doesn't count.
( ) been to hawaii
(x) been to new york
( ) eaten at the space needle in seattle
( ) been to mall of america
( ) been on the eiffel tower in paris
( ) been on the statue of liberty in new york
(x) moved more than three times because you wanted to (as opposed to losing your house or being evicted)
( ) dined with local political figures
(x) been to both the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast (in any country)
MY TOTAL: 6

Did you:
( ) go to another country for your honeymoon
(x) hire a professional photographer for your wedding or party
( ) take riding or swimming lessons as a child
(x) attend private school
( ) have a Sweet 16 birthday party thrown for you
MY TOTAL: 2

MY GRAND TOTAL: 30
|| Andrew, 9:57 AM || || link

Attn: Steph and Helen

Stanford band, always a bit off-key, on verge of new era:
Stanford alum Eugene Danaher knows exactly how to fix his alma mater's problem: get rid of the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band.
Doesn't seem likely.
|| Andrew, 9:20 AM || || link

Saturday, April 08, 2006

Well, where is it?

Web site exposes Air Force One defenses:
Thus, the Air Force reacted with alarm last week after The Chronicle told the Secret Service that a government document containing specific information about the anti-missile defenses on Air Force One and detailed interior maps of the two planes -- including the location of Secret Service agents within the planes -- was posted on the Web site of an Air Force base.

The document also shows the location where a terrorist armed with a high-caliber sniper rifle could detonate the tanks that supply oxygen to Air Force One's medical facility.

As of Friday, the document was still posted online. The Secret Service refused to comment on the document's release.
The article doesn't actually give the Web site where the documents are located. Of course.
|| Andrew, 2:34 PM || || link

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