Monthly Archives: April 2008

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9243 – Thursdsay

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Presents sent in the mail, when taxes were launched on Tuesday – Eryx’s Christmas Prezzie is only about 4 months late! Ah well, we got it sent out.. .and Danny’s treat will get to him shortly too. hopefully the loot will brighten their days.

Sending good thoughts to all friends in the dumps, too. If you’re not feeling so hot… cheery thoughts to you.

I’m tempted to get BHK and / or Chris Pink T-shirts that read “HYPERBOLE IS THE BEST THING EVER!”


BHK made tasty, tasty meatball-type substance in bbq sauce, with sides of garlic-y yum broccoli.


The Tiki Bar in Solomons Island will be opening this weekend for 2008. I guess pope traffic wasn’t enough! I guess we’ll stick to less congested realms… maybe we can hit the eastern shore and lurk around the marine museum after my shots on Saturday.

Maybe check out some local farmers markets? (now that it’s season.. thanks for the hint, DCist!)

I just remembered to look this up – Sarcastic vs Sardonic

sarcastic = a cutting or ironic remark
sardonic = scornful or mocking


Trees– Vandalised trees reoriented, creating new landscapes and giving the trees a new reality.



Speaking of DCist – want to see the pope’s snappy red shoes ? ( I also dig the “We Love Our German Shepherd” sign.)


I didn’t realise that the rerelease of Tally Hall’s album has a few new tracks on it – I’ll have to see if I can chase down Mucka Blucka and Dream as MP3s, or snag ’em from Itunes.

[edit – THANK YOU for the drop of the music! :D]



CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Two 19th century rhino horns stolen from a South African museum could be deadly if sold as a popular aphrodisiac because they are drenched in poison, a museum official said on Monday.

The “priceless” horns were snatched from a display at the historic mammal gallery in Cape Town on Saturday evening, said Jatti Bredekamp, chief executive of Iziko Museums.

“Unknowingly, the thieves have exposed themselves to more than the danger of arrest and prosecution,” Bredekamp said in a statement.

“Before the mid-twentieth century, taxidermy mounts were prepared by being soaked in arsenic and preserved from insect infestation through regular applications of DDT, both highly toxic poisons that retain their toxicity over time,” he said.

Bredekamp said the horns were deliberately targeted in a carefully planned robbery, and might be destined for Asia, where ground rhino horns are a prized aphrodisiac.

“This could have unforeseen consequences,” he said.

Rhino populations have fallen dramatically over the last few decades as poaching decimated the animals across Africa.

Bredekamp said museums worldwide were being targeted by organized crime to help supply lucrative markets with a wide range of artifacts. After a previous robbery attempt, South African museum officials removed several other specimens of rhino horn from public display, he said.



1 year ago – palm doodle, power outage, VT info arrives to me late, blackout house-fun

2 year ago – dr who, secret wars, monday, sweet tomatoes, disney vault, keep cool pic

3 years ago – Homeless seen while on walkabout, mzk nearly shoots my eye out, Bo Rhap, Newt pics, mzk pic, robot doodle, lethal injections not painless?, tv interview

4 years ago – odd email, D’s bday/vanishment, manatee doodle, sammy’s sister syndicated, garlic, moon scarab, blu-ray dvd tech developing, froggie super pic

5 years ago – egg hunt stats

6 years ago – annoying day, doc trip, search terms

7 years ago – AJ’s Bday, Recording freakazoid, dsl, menstrualhut fan letter at mum.orgGeotarget



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9241 – Wednesday

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Got home, showed BHK where the PSP charger was, and we gamed for about a half hour… She played Luxor, while I just got to Black Mesa East in HL2. (For a 4 year old game, I’m digging it – I’ve never played it, so it’s new to me… the only distraction is the voicework… Lou Gossett Jr and Robert Guillome are very distinct.) I’ll miss the airboat portion of the game… I had a lot of fun tooling around the canals.

Crashed out right after supper last night – 9pm and zonk! out like a light. I don’t even really remember what was on tv… Oh, right, Samantha who. It’s a cute show, but I get the feeling that it’s already jumped the shark.

Dinner was tasty leftovers – Stuffed peppers and pizza.


Quite enjoying all the loot I’m getting at http://drop.io/scottobear ! Thanks, dear journal!


D’oh! I’m going to have to miss seeing Tally Hall tomorrow night… I’d rather catch them than the pope! I’m not braving that traffic, even if the Beatles were jamming with the Grateful Dead (including George, John, and Jerry)

Good ol’ Banana Man. I also dig Good Day.


Lawsuits stemming from a series of fatal bus accidents in 2007 have forced Metro to set aside $43 million for settlements in next year’s budget, the most ever. via the Examiner


1 year ago – random access, punch buggy theory, eats, garden progress, VT shooting, bro probation, organic / haunted stones, deer meat.

2 years ago – easter peeps, Franciscans, freeware, bald headed cocktail sauce, lj top40, easter lunch, bugs bunny toon, newtcam action pics, SL easter pics

3 years ago – oona tested, remembering D, walker tx ranger, CD biz, Bulk License-Plate Scanning by Helicopter, Amityville Horror

4 years ago – Cheeburger Cheeburger w/Dan, Ella Enchanted, got dreamt about, LH started / CS trimmed down, Coh Reset, weird email correspondence with a person that thought I was some sort of pantheist.

5 years ago – JKG Job desc, Honda cog movie, walkabout palm art – thin lines

6 years ago – cube test, Dangerous labs, threebrain, work stuff (network names)

7 years ago – pulchritude, leitmotif, objectives. (sakes, is lappie 7 years old!?! at least it’s got windows 2000 rather than Me(h) on it now)Geotarget



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9240- tuesday

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http://drop.io/ is brilliant. I tested it, and it seems fun and stable.

Example – http://drop.io/scottobear



A drop is a ‘discrete’ chunk of space you can use to store and share anything (pictures, video, audio, docs, etc) privately, without accounts, personal registration, or an email addresses. Drops are not ‘searchable’ and not ‘networked’, they just exist floating in space, as points for exchange for individuals or groups.

Create as many as you want in as little as two clicks and set things like a password, whether others can add to the drop, and how long you want it to exist (you can renew later). Drops are a simple platform for sharing which are by default private, but can be flexibly used in a range of ways from sharing family photos and videos to collaborating on work documents.

Each drop has four primary input methods – the web, email, voice, and fax – and a few secondary ones like ‘widgets’.

Anything you input into a drop can then be retrieved on the web at the drop location

you can also:

A. email to create: Email/MMS new@drop.io to create drops on the fly, put in the subject line your desired drop name, attach the files you want dropped.
B. Download as zip: click download as zip, download the whole drop at once
C. Drop Logo Change: you can now customize your drop’s logo by clicking it
D. Mobile View: goto drop.io/yourdrop/m and it will format for your phone
E. Titling and text editing: just click on the text and edit
F. Subscription: get notices via email or RSS when your drop is updated

Attach media and email/MMS it in. scottobear@drop.io

Voicemail

Leave voice messages at this drop.
646-495-9201 x 45671

Conference call

The number below is your drop’s private conference call line. Please note, your call will not be recorded.
218-486-3891 x 247901499

To put a fax into this drop, sender must prepend this coversheet. Sometimes a fax can take up to 30 minutes to be received.

Current settings –

Type: Basic (100 MB)
Expires on: 1 year from last view
Others can: View, Add Notes & Files
Files: 2 files



Now that I’ve put this out there, I wonder how active it’ll become? Send me something, dear journal! I’ve got 100 megs just waiting. 🙂

Neil Armstrong was 38 when he walked on the moon. I’m 39. I can barely moonwalk. Just Sayin’.

Pictures of Newton, taken yesterday, while I un-kinked my back. This is how Newton looks when I first lay down… he climbs up on my chest, face to my face, and stretches his paws to my chin… usually just his right, but sometimes both.

Taken with the palmtop… sadly, it’s about impossible to get a good shot of Pyewacket, unless he’s under very bright light… he turns into a black smear with a pair of shiny yellow eyes. Newt’s black whiskers barely show, but his whites are pretty visible.


50 things I’ve done meme finally officially finishes with #50 – I…

50.’have run a live camera from my place (Newtcam ) for about 7 years now, most of it on 24/7… with only a little downtime due to power loss, internet issues, broken computer, etc. For the primary reason of looking in on Newton (and now, Pye, too) when I’m not at home. It does double duty as a security camera, as it collects photos of any motion and throws them to the net, both for people to see the most recent one, and an archive for me to sift through just for fun.. make animations or whatnot. The security side of things would be that someone breaking into the house would be caught on cam, and picture would be uploaded to the net – so even if the machine is gone, I still have some images stored offsite.

I like that so many people tune in to see what’s going on – Newtcam averages between two and five thousand hits a day, from all over the world.

I may do more of these, as they occur to me but at least I got my goal complete! I have no idea what #51 will be.


It’s been exceedingly hard to get out of bed the last week or two… this week especially. I feel so tired when the alarm goes off. I can’t even open my eyes properly until I’ve taken a hot-cold-luke shower. I think I’m going to have to start hitting the sack just a little bit earlier than my preset of 10/10:30, to see if that helps.

BHK made some of the best tofu/black rice stir fry last night… nom nom nom.


The Pope arrives today… that means even more traffic than usual for DC… it’ll likely brings it to Gridlock / Miami levels. Even though I’m not of that particular faith, I think it’d be interesting to see the man, but I suspect that I’ll be better off just heading on home.


1 year ago – breakfast with in-laws, Tina, taxes, soda pop lids

2 years ago – good saturday, dream, masamune, police thingum, spain’s easter, dr who

3 years ago – sleepy, mr t sings, music videos, flash gordon moment, sanjay patel, lobster vs sea hare, guy killed at my bus stop, orbital mind control lasers!

4 years ago – Ella Enchanted, army-men bowl, palm doodles

5 years ago – April Winchell’s media, pda burp, sleepy kitten song with some profanity

6 years ago – spam radio, falling dreams, walkies, fabric softener, story seed, NEWWWTON IS A GOOOOLEM

7 years ago – Easter, working on a shopping cart, my first 10 lj friends, family meal, walkies, css issueGeotarget