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October 15th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
oh for an anti acid
October 15th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Morning Pan, the Sun is shining, and it appears that Dubai is not the place to get frisky in public:
http://tinyurl.com/44luwq
October 16th, 2008 at 12:21 am
Yikes.
Hey Van, I thought of you when I spotted this link on Rudy Rucker’s site:
http://www.cs.sjsu.edu/faculty/rucker/#Softwaredownloads
October 16th, 2008 at 2:07 am
I’ll checkout the asteroids clone later Jack…no java on the phone.
October 16th, 2008 at 2:35 am
Hang on…
FILE > SAVE AS > JackMangan23
I had to go save Jack. He was stuck in an infinite loop on the last comment page.
October 16th, 2008 at 3:37 am
Good thinking Ed.
I need to check my own code for a “do loop” as I seem to be going nowhere fast.
Oh, and might I add -
Six is natural
Six is fun
Six is best when it’s one on one … plus 4
October 16th, 2008 at 4:20 am
Morning Deadpan!
I’ve been without internet for several days now, I’m going into withdrawal.
my story: They are doing construction in the lane behind my house. The stupid construction people cut my internet line. Now nobody wants to take responsibility for fixing it. so all I’ve been getting is, “it’ll be fixed tomorrow” for the last few days.
I tried taking my laptop to a friends house and hooking into his wifi, but it turns out, he didn’ set up his connection and didn’t even know you needed a password, let alone what it was (at least it was a secure network :) )
right now, I’m at my downtown office. I’ve overridden the security proticols on the internet so I can get some WF and personal work done, but will have to put them back on and get off the line soon to do real work as, without internet, I’ve been unable to connect to the office and get anything done from home.
It’s quite the sob story.
October 16th, 2008 at 4:31 am
I’ll just play the violin for you TEB.
October 16th, 2008 at 4:37 am
If I don’t get it up by lunch time today, I think I’ll hit the mall with my laptop. They’re supposed to have open WiFi
October 16th, 2008 at 4:37 am
So now I know I know the name of the waitress at the coffee shop I offended saying she didn’t need an iPod. But only cos a pensioner asked her directly and I overheard.
Am I a man or a mouse?
Squeak!
October 16th, 2008 at 4:59 am
I don’t know Van. Is she cute? I suppose you can use it as an in as getting to know her ;) Maybe you can make up for offending her.
October 16th, 2008 at 5:08 am
Just got a call from my hubby. It seems the hot water tap in the bathroom doesn’t want to shut off. I guess I’m going to my local Revy from here to get a new set of taps.
oh joy.
October 16th, 2008 at 5:37 am
My current Gutenberg project, James De Mille – The Dodge Club, is really
fighting me on the html version.
Normally, I wouldn’t bother, but this book has 92 beautiful illustrations that deserve to be preserved, and html is the only way Gutenberg lets you do that.
October 16th, 2008 at 5:58 am
Yes she is cute TEB, but I’m not. A much more fundemental problem
… LOL
October 16th, 2008 at 6:00 am
Well Pan. It’s been a slice. I’m not sure when I’ll have internet again, so maybe you’ll hear from me in the near future, and maybe you won’t.
Ta
October 16th, 2008 at 6:00 am
Quick note:
that doesn’t always matter, Van
October 16th, 2008 at 6:30 am
TEB – you might check that faucet. Given the construction foul-ups, perhaps that is actually raw Interweb that is pouring out of that pipe!
BTM – any chick that can over-ride security proticols is aces with me! :)
October 16th, 2008 at 6:31 am
Van – why am I reminded of Sting’s “7 Days”
October 16th, 2008 at 7:05 am
19thies!
October 16th, 2008 at 8:11 am
Twenty! Super busy today at work for a change.
October 16th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Sad to say jj that sting reference passed over my head.
October 16th, 2008 at 8:15 am
Joe, I’m afraid that one also bounced off my shoulder and kept going. I just can’t quite catch it either.
October 16th, 2008 at 8:31 am
from “Ten Summoner’s Tales”
“Seven Days” – http://tinyurl.com/4gcrqx
complete with the lyrics
“Ask if I am mouse or man
The mirror squeaked, away I ran ”
good song really. If you like clever lyric and melodic music.
October 16th, 2008 at 8:31 am
It went over my head as well, but perhaps by viewing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RbOFm8W5Wk
it will become clear.
October 16th, 2008 at 8:32 am
I swooon for singer/song writers.
If they ever want ME to watch “American Idol” they’ll have to make the contestants perform at least 1 ORIGINAL song.
October 16th, 2008 at 8:35 am
This is a quote from Sting about “7 Days”
“On ‘Seven Days’, we wanted to do something in 5/4 time with a kind of reggae beat and chords that come out of a Broadway show. It was a hybrid and the fun was in trying to make sense of this three-legged animal with two heads. I’m working with musicians I have to keep challenging and make demands on them by asking them to do things that aren’t natural.”
5/4 time! Take that you damn pop idol wanna be’s.
October 16th, 2008 at 9:19 am
I recall the lyric, now that you quote it. J0e. But I couldn’t remember the song without Rhett’s link.
Decent album. “Shape of My Heart” just might be the absolute best of Sting’s ouvre.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:08 am
I think “Sensual World” speaks highly of Kate Bush’s uvula.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:21 am
So after listening to DP 108, I suspect Essbee is covering up that she really worked for Mossad…
October 16th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Rhettro – really? Somehow I can’t picture her in a Swedish made car.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Oh I can JOe, I can.
October 16th, 2008 at 11:45 am
CP: You’re Pitiful — Weird Al
October 16th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Wow. $69 a barrel oil. Whodathukit?
October 16th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Deadpan, I bring dire warnings!!
Watch out for Space People!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZKGgo5JMRo
October 16th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Snap to that dude!
He obviously has waaay too much time and his hands … and some talent.
http://tinyurl.com/3nlb4n
October 16th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Not sure if Rhettro has posted this link before, but if you have the PC version of portal check out:
http://tinyurl.com/4g5yvo
for some nifty extra levels.
October 16th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
That asteroids clone was a bit weird, the rocks running away from the spaceship’s missiles was a bit surreal.
October 16th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
far too much use of bit in that previous post
October 16th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Well fuck.
“Your music was great, but we’re really cutting costs, so we’re not going to be paying for any more live music at this time.” WTF — I was guaranteed every weekend in October, otherwise, I wouldn’t have promoted it so heavily. Oh well. Apologies if you’d been making plans to go.
October 16th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
I would so be there if I was even within an hours drive!!!!
There is no getting around the dissapointment here. If you want to try and put a shine on it though … maybe you can invite your pals to come and hang with you for the next two Fridays … but instead of meeting at your place you just move it to the pizza place. Visit with your buds, drink a beer and play when you feel like it. What … are they going to fire you?
I’m just saying.
Dissapointing to be sure but you’re Jack Mangon … I know you’ll make the best of it. :)
October 16th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
… wait, am I confused ???
October 16th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Are you confused? Thanks for the words of encouragement, J0e. There will be other gigs.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Morning Pan, sorry to hear about the gig cancellations Jack, bloody chilly this morning.
Listening to an old Coverville with a cover partly performed by Nina of 99 red balloons fame. She has a voice with the power to move….
October 17th, 2008 at 3:46 am
Jack, you know if you keep teasing the deadpanites who can’t get to you, we’re all going to rise up and demand a virtual concert. Just sayin’.
Sorry about the gig death. *hug*
October 17th, 2008 at 3:51 am
I found out last week I missed Trevor Boris. He was twenty minutes away from me, and the tickets were $6. Six bucks!! Megaouchies.
I need more shows for the bed-ridden. Of course, it’d be uber creepy to have a bunch of strangers in my room, watching me ill…
Okay, I need more streaming content.
October 17th, 2008 at 3:53 am
CP: David Bowie – Seven
October 17th, 2008 at 4:00 am
CP: David Bowie – Survive
October 17th, 2008 at 4:19 am
CP: David Bowie – Slow Burn
October 17th, 2008 at 5:52 am
Jack: Sorry to hear that. That totally bites.
October 17th, 2008 at 6:45 am
Gutenberg project, James De Mille – The Dodge Club, uploading now. 100 hrs of volunteering well spent? Or horribly wasted? You can decide when it goes live :)
It usually takes a couple of days.
October 17th, 2008 at 6:45 am
CP: David Bowie – A Better Future
October 17th, 2008 at 7:45 am
My Grandmother died last night.
She was 95 and has been telling me for at least 2 years now that she was ready to go. Not whining but just very mater of fact. She couldn’t quite get around as well as she used to and really, she thought she had pretty much done all she wanted to do.
I drove to see her this summer (she lived a good 13hrs drive from me) and we had a good visit. She was clear and alert and could still get around under her own power. We went out to lunch and to a park.
The last 5 or so years I had really connected to her. I made a point of calling her regularly and found that I could talk to her about my own father as a youth or even about current events. She had a pretty good sense of humor too and while other folks might “dance around” normally sensitive topics with her, I could joke with her about that stuff and she would just laugh.
Given her age, she had a pretty interesting prospective on life. War, political scandals, natural disasters, pre-occupation with celebrities … she had seen it all at least once (if not twice) before . She also let her age give her permission to say what was on her mind. She didn’t offer her opinion un-solicited but if you ask her she would tell you, direct and to the point.
I’m not sad for her but certainly for my Dad and for myself.
Okay, I didn’t mean to bring the room down with this but I needed to talk with someone about her.
Thanks Deadpan.
Please resume all irregularly unscheduled activities.
October 17th, 2008 at 8:00 am
Joe…*hug*
When you lose someone who you could reasonably say had a good run, it still sucks. It sucks harder. The longer someone awesome is in our lives, the more it only seems fair that they should be there forever.
The greatest gift we give each other is time.
October 17th, 2008 at 8:51 am
Joe: sorry to hear that. It sounds like she lead a good life.
October 17th, 2008 at 8:51 am
CP: Have You Ever — Incubus
October 17th, 2008 at 8:51 am
Thanks marlodianne.
October 17th, 2008 at 8:52 am
J0e: *hug* I’m sorry to hear that.
Jack: That’s too bad, too. I agree with you and J0e, though: There will be other gigs.
October 17th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Condolences on your loss jj.
October 17th, 2008 at 10:42 am
My condolences too JOe. It’s never a good time when your grandparents pass away. She sounds like a remarkable lady.
Jack, sorry about getting cut on your gigs, but as you say there are other gigs out there. I look forward to you performing at one soon.
October 17th, 2008 at 11:34 am
I greatly appreciate the kind words from everyone about my gigs. But yeah, that’s trivial, compared to what J0e is feeling.
Sorry for your loss, J0e. There are a lot of positives there about her life, but that still doesn’t lessen the grief and pain. I’m here for you as a sounding board, amigo, as is the Deadpan.
October 17th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Thanks everyone.
October 17th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Holy crap, we are quiet lately.
October 17th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
I think I brought the room down.
QUICK! Someone give us a link to some silly kittens!!!!
October 17th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Morning Pan, todays not so inexplicable event:
three pints of milk put in the fridge door, all in a row, the middle one had a large chunk of ice at the top (enough to push the top off) the other two were still totally liquid.
Off to work, but just for jj:
http://blogs.westword.com/demver/kitten.JPG
October 17th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Oh silly rather than cute…doh!
October 18th, 2008 at 2:46 am
Sounds like fridge contents that need to be called in, Van.
Yes, I’m up at 3:46am. Goodnight Goon
October 18th, 2008 at 5:57 am
Holy cow, I’ve been living in this apartment for over a month and a half, and it hadn’t even occurred to me to call in the contents of my fridge until you mentioned it just now! I’d been so focused on Questors and on real life that I’d totally forgotten about that. I’ll have to record what’s in my fridge soon.
October 18th, 2008 at 5:58 am
By the way, Eastern time (which I’m on) is 4 hours ahead of Deadpan Time.
October 18th, 2008 at 6:18 am
Hi Deadpan! Long time, no nipple.
JOe – I’m sorry for your sadness, brother.
Jack – I want to open a bar so you can play in it.
Van – I could obviously tell you about the Mossad, but then I’d have to kill you. I think I’ll keep that one to myself . . .
I’m in and out this morning. I was missing you all and just had to say hi. Life is kicking my ass at the moment, but I think I’m winning.
October 18th, 2008 at 6:41 am
(cheerleader mode)
Go EssBee Go!
Go EssBee Go!
Go EssBee Go!
Gooooooooo EssBee !!!!
(/cheerleader mode)
October 18th, 2008 at 6:44 am
btw: haven’t had my coffee yet and so I didn’t feel qualified to make the appropriate, inappropriate comment about “I’m in and out this morning.” …
… so, I will just have to trust each of you to silently make your own comments at home.
October 18th, 2008 at 7:03 am
If you are feeling starved of conversation:
http://www.elbot.com/
Just ignore the advice about not pressing the red button.
October 18th, 2008 at 7:04 am
Well I didn’t want to bring up the Hokey Cokey again jj.
October 18th, 2008 at 7:09 am
JaJ, condolences, buddy.
It’s been the week of chaos around us this week. Darcy’s show went into the first couple days of Tech, so work on finishing that has been rough, especially the day her serger broke down. At least this was a good excuse to buy a $150 used one along with getting the other one fixed (not that we could really afford either, but she gets paid for using them so…)
They bumped our work move from 45-60 days to thiscoming Monday, but then the sales/CS folks never built in a “Moving Day” into the sched, so it has been chaos at work all week. Just have to remind myself that the 42 miles daily reduction on my commute will be oh so nice…
And coming into Friday, Fox and Darcy picked up the latest cold making the rounds too.
October 18th, 2008 at 7:16 am
Morning Deadpan!
Guess what! I have internet again. Woo Hoo!
October 18th, 2008 at 7:24 am
Just read the comments. Hugs to Joe and Jack.
October 18th, 2008 at 8:08 am
I thought this weeks Podcastle story was rather fun:
http://tinyurl.com/5npydz
October 18th, 2008 at 8:17 am
I am waaaay behind in my podcasts (no internet, unable to download :( )
Well Pan, I’m off to kick some butt. Talk to you later!
October 18th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Ah the Amazon bunny has left the stage..
October 18th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Did someone request silly kittens?
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/07/19/funny-pictures-couch-must-die/
October 18th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
I have lolcats and loldogs on my rss feeds. I need them.
They’re as essential to my continuing existence as the Daily Show streaming and Video On Trial on youtube…
October 18th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
*crawls out of the way of lurching tumbleweed*
October 18th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
That’s it. I am not trying any more random podcasts. Why was I so stupid as to try. Grrrrrr….
October 18th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
*whaps another tumbleweed, goes back to scanning*
October 18th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Yeah – as with any media – random sampling will generally turn up crap.
I hear that Wander Radio is a good one. You can probably get lots of good recommendations from the guys around here, actually.
October 18th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Just back from seeing this guy:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SfkBbSnwigY
Hopefully the tumbleweeds will enjoy it…
October 18th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Warnings are almost as good as recommendations MD, what horrror of podcasting did you discover?
October 18th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Maybe it was Wander Radio that she is talking about…oh my nerves…
;)
October 18th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Late greetings all. I’ve been somewhat out of pocket working on something I’ll share tomorrow.
Joe – condolences on your grandmother. Sounds like she was a special one.
Jack – definitely unfortunate about the gig cancellation.
I know almost nothing about what’s been going on in the world since Thursday. Have I missed much?
October 18th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Most of the world has gone dark.
Europe, Asia, the middle east, Africa.
Reports are sketchy.
Satalite communication went first. Then land lines.
Our government is working on some sort of emergency package that involves giving Haliburton executives our space shuttle fleet and the remaining inventory of Fort Knox.
… they’ve also inexplicably started issuing life jackets.
I’ll type more as it bec
October 19th, 2008 at 6:19 am
US Life on Mars..Harvey Keitel..WTF!
Today’s moral, watch screeners with caution.
October 19th, 2008 at 7:17 am
Morning Pan!
plus two right now, making it a beautiful autumn day.
Am being bad. Have decided to ditch a WF meeting today so we can go see Max Paine this afternoon :evil:
October 19th, 2008 at 7:32 am
My, how things have changed…
“We cannot continue along the same lines because the same problems will trigger the same disasters.”
October 19th, 2008 at 7:41 am
some people have way too much talent
http://toysrevil.blogspot.com/2008/10/exclusive-peek-at-wooden-wall-e-by.html
October 19th, 2008 at 7:45 am
Have you seen the trailer for the movie Push? It looks a little bit like Heroes
http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/push/
October 19th, 2008 at 7:59 am
Ahh, the Ed Wood of our Time
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Tunnel_Rats
October 19th, 2008 at 8:01 am
Jack, why does WP hate me today?
Twice now, it’s sent stuff to moderation hell.
Well, I’ll show you.
I repeat: The Ed Wood of our time
http://tinyurl.com/3gx7rw
October 19th, 2008 at 8:03 am
Just in case you need help formulating that master plan:
http://www.darksites.com/evilplan.php
October 19th, 2008 at 8:09 am
finally, for those into D&D. you just can’t beat FFN
http://tinyurl.com/2l9497
October 19th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
100ties!!
skimming over the comments:
j0e- I am so sorry for your loss
I hope everyone is good.
Bunny is your internet back yet?
Ed- whats this bif project?
Jack- sorry about the cancellations.. Glad I saw this before I asked you how your shows were this weekend :)
jB- hope things get less hectic
as for us.. this is my only stop by and we will continue to be MIA for the next couple weeks.
Going to Houston next week where maybe we will get a chance to hang with Ed *swooooooon* :)
October 19th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
So how was the movie TEB? MP has been slagged off by the reviews I’ve seen.
October 19th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
At last I can share what I’ve been up to the last few days. Even though the 401k has taken a big hit this year, my job looks solid, even with the unfortunate likelihood of an Obama presidency. For 12 years, my 1996 Accord has been a workhorse and was the first new car that my wife and I purchased when we graduated from college. A few weeks back, it crossed 200,000 miles.
But, especially over this last year, it’s been having little failures along they way that have been putting it in the shop more often. The most recent forced some appointments to be canceled while we juggled getting the kids to school and me to work. We were going to hold off and replace the car next year. But, the weak auto market lead us to see if we could get a good deal now.
And get a good deal we did. I hate buying cars and dealing with the “stealerships”, which is one reason I make my vehicles last as long as I do. This time proved a pleasant exception. For the first time, I walked out knowing that I got a really really good deal on my purchase.
Some of you probably won’t be surprised at my choice. The wife and I tested out several cars, and while there were some serious contenders, we ultimately both agreed that we had found our car:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ultimate_ed/2957054372/
This thing is amazing inside and out. I had done a lot of research and thought I knew a lot about this car. Even I was surprised at the amount of thought, detail, and creative gadgetry that have gone into this car.
The whole experience with this particular dealer was actually pleasant. I’m actually looking forward to the next time I’ll be in the market for a purchase.
I could have bought a Benz, BMW, or Lexus. But, I would have been buying something to impress other people. I don’t really like any of those cars, for a variety of reasons. This car is a reward for me and I’m now looking forward to the work commute each day.
October 19th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
You know, one thing that has always bugged me about Gmail is the inability to put pictures in the message and have them display directly. Well, looks like there’s a way around it, using Google Docs to compose the message.
http://groups.google.com/group/Gmail-Help-Composing-Messages-en/browse_thread/thread/24217ecbb63ee5ae?pli=1
In case the video isn’t clear, you basically build your message as a Google Doc, then click SHARE and Email as attachment. You’ll get a mail dialog to put in recipients and title. Choose the “Paste the document itself into the email message” option and your recipients will get the message with the inline pictures.
Enjoy!
October 19th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Wow Ed! That’s like the Cadillac of family vehicles! Congrats on the sweet new ride.
And with all the extra money you have during an Obama presidency, plus the lower gas prices we’ll have, you’ll be able to drive it a lot more often! ;)
I kid, Ed. I still don’t fully believe that anything is settled.
I hope you get to take the Smarty Hotties for a ride in that thing.
October 19th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
THAT is a pretty sweet looking ride Ed. I’m under the impression that it has a few horses under the hood to!
zoom zoom ! :)
October 19th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
Morning Pan, nice looking car Ed, rain again here, but at least no soggy feet.
October 20th, 2008 at 3:51 am
I need to get out more. Watching the latest Family Guy, looking at the Me109Gs and Lancaster bombers depicted in the episode, and thinking “Hang on, those weren’t around in 1939..”
cough
October 20th, 2008 at 4:04 am
CP: A-Ha – Take On Me
October 20th, 2008 at 4:13 am
Morning Pan!
In answer to your earlier question, Van. I enjoyed Max Payne. You have to go in with no expectations. I never played the games, though my husband has. The trailers are a little deceiving, so you have to also ignore those. It’s a pretty good cop type movie following the formula of: “Cop loses wife in horrible crime. Spends the last three years as desk cop, but searches for wife’s killer during off hours.” (that’s all I’m going to say or I’ll start to get into spoiler territory). If you like those kinds of movies, it wasn’t too bad.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:16 am
The problem I’m having with podcasts is they all think they’re being cute by overlaying music with dialogue. I don’t care what dick tells you that is ‘professional’; it’s not. What it *is* is creating a a situation where all I hear is painful noise.
So, content totally aside, since I can’t get enough to rate that fairly, the problem I have is the same one that smacks me down in every aspect of the universe in general: it’s not disabled accessible, and it’s proud of it.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:19 am
Bunny, the Max Payne games have some of the best story writing anywhere, in any medium. So I so not touching that movie, because it’s doomed to suck. They blow ‘game movies’ anyway, but this one will be more embarrassing because of how far they will make it fall.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:35 am
That’s probably where I was at an advantage, MD. Not having played the games myself, I took the movie for what it was. My husband, who played the first game, and maybe the second (I can’t remember on that one) said the movie was “ok” but wouldn’t comment to more than that.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:45 am
I loved the games so much, I played them multiple times. While I’ve played other good games, I usually don’t give in to the urge to replay them. But Sam Lake wrote such good stuff, I had to.
I knew the movie was a write-off when there was winged angel / demons in the first trailer.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:48 am
And wow, you think fonts are ridiculously tiny now? The new De Mille project I’m working on, it looks like 4pt, tops. Insane.
Thank all I can work from the scans, or I’d have to bail.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:54 am
As I said, MD. Ignore the trailer. I don’t want to give too many spoilers, but suffice it to say, the winged creatures are not as they are portrayed…. If you don’t mind spoilers you can e-mail me ryahatnucleusdotcom, and I’ll tell you the meaning behind the angel/demons
October 20th, 2008 at 6:00 am
Well, the sun is just starting to add a little pink to the horizon. I don’t think I like this getting up before the sun business.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:15 am
So can anyone tell me (not really, I’m not totally serious) why is it, the US economy is dying, yet it’s our dollar that’s dropping. Shouldn’t it be the opposite since our economy is holding fairly steady?
October 20th, 2008 at 6:24 am
You have a ways to go before you hit Germany post-war levels and have to take a wheelbarrel of cash to buy a loaf of bread.
Yes, that was literal.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:32 am
And another thing… (it’s rant time, obviously), if I live in gas-rich Alberta, why is my at pump price higher than Ontario’s?
October 20th, 2008 at 6:34 am
Because we’re all Ontario’s bitch.
Except when we’re Quebec’s bitch, which is worse, because they whine about it.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:36 am
TEB: The dollar’s falling because of falling commodity prices, especially oil.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:37 am
CP: I Flow — Hearts of Palm
(via IndieFeed)
October 20th, 2008 at 6:42 am
CP: The Hot Spot Podcast
October 20th, 2008 at 6:43 am
Doesn’t currency fall for the same reason the stocks do? Twits are panicking.
They bail like lemmings, and things go bad, so they panic more. It’s vicious cycle 101.
Maybe we should just be hosing lithium down their throats…
October 20th, 2008 at 6:49 am
MD: Not quite. Someone that understands economics better than I should probably answer this, but as I understand it, the valuation of a country’s monetary unit has a lot to do with government policies, and the country’s economy as a whole, not it’s stock market.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:52 am
Here is a video from an old Dream Cast game. If I were a game advertiser, I’d hang my head in shame.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga62uiXbEjI
October 20th, 2008 at 6:53 am
If that’s the case, ditto, as I said, we should be doing better than the US. There’s obviously more to it than that.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:55 am
I thought it has to do with investor’s confidence in the currency. People want the dollars they think have value. Although your dollar also goes up and down based on the currency it’s compared with, so it’s not just what they think of you directly…
It’s all pretend anyway. It’s like someone claiming they know the mechanism of a chemical reaction.
October 20th, 2008 at 7:00 am
MD: Very true.
October 20th, 2008 at 7:03 am
As of this minute our dollar is worth 0.8371 on the US. I hope it goes up again within the next month as we are planning to book a spring trip in November.
October 20th, 2008 at 7:23 am
Looks like a busy weekend for everyone. Good to see most of the regulars back. :)
October 20th, 2008 at 7:26 am
Morning, Deadpan.
October 20th, 2008 at 7:42 am
morning Rhettro, EssBee
October 20th, 2008 at 7:44 am
‘ morning EssBee! :)
October 20th, 2008 at 7:46 am
Morning EssBee.
Morning TEB.
Morning Marlo.
Morning John Boy… er.
Oh, nice Caddie Ed. I bet she drives like a dream.
October 20th, 2008 at 8:14 am
TEB is going to do another rant. I live in Alberta. Cattle and truck country. So why is it, everybody I know, owns small vehicles.
I rant because I’m leaving in about half an hour to move a bunch of WF08 books from our mailing address to our storage locker. I’m always the one asked to help move, because I have the biggest vehicle of the group. And I just have a Toyota (what is the) Matrix. Tomorrow, I get to pick up the souvenir books. I need to get to know more “Alberta Rednecks”.
October 20th, 2008 at 8:27 am
The car almost reads my mind. I just hope it doesn’t turn into Christine on me when we do eventually part ways.
October 20th, 2008 at 8:28 am
CP: See The Light — The Jeff Healey Band
October 20th, 2008 at 8:30 am
I’m off to load books. Fun, fun fun.
talk to you all, later!
October 20th, 2008 at 8:33 am
CP: Just Came Back — Colin James
October 20th, 2008 at 8:34 am
I expect most probably caught the reference, but just in case
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine
October 20th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Now who remembers Killdozer?
October 20th, 2008 at 8:55 am
As long as it doesn’t start playing Enya Ed, you should be okay. ;)
Killdozer, must update Netflix que.
October 20th, 2008 at 8:55 am
me
never crawl inside a galvanized pipe to get away from a killdozer.
stupid.
October 20th, 2008 at 9:13 am
“Killdozer” and “Killer Klowns” would probably make a good double feature.
October 20th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Holy crapmuffins!!! I just got a phone call from the hospital, offering to move my surgery up.
You probably all heard me yell: “Yes!”
Of course, now I’m shaking in terror, but reminding myself that this is good thing. An excellent thing. A total awesome.
October 20th, 2008 at 9:55 am
Awesome Marlo! My hope is that you won’t be in continuing pain much longer. :)
October 20th, 2008 at 10:06 am
Thanks Rhettro :)
I keep flipping from scared to excited to just plain stunned.
October 20th, 2008 at 10:33 am
Congrats, MD!!!!
October 20th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Most murders in horror movies are dumb.
Congratulations on the medical news MD.
October 20th, 2008 at 10:45 am
CP: The Life — Fisher
October 20th, 2008 at 11:20 am
CP: Welcome Me — Indigo Girls
October 20th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
CP: Oculus Ex Inferni — Symphony X
October 20th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
You bought the Symphony X album? =]
October 20th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Reaction time test: http://www.mathsisfun.com/games/reaction-time.html
0.263
My last time was not my fastest.
October 20th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Rhettro: Based on your recommendation, yes.
October 20th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
CP: Rock And Roll – The Velvet Underground
October 20th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
0.224 and the last dot was my fastest.
October 20th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Hope you liked it ditto.
October 20th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Yep.
CP: You May Be Right — Grapes of Wrath
October 20th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
All moved in to new temporary workplace location. Looks like it will be a big improvement, even if it is only until new space is renovated for us. Bright, I can see the outdoors, morale much improved (note this message), and generally happier place…
October 20th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
0.321
Is that a boney hand on my shoulder?
October 20th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
No wonder I’m no good at Defender….
October 20th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Average 0.194 with the last being the fastest at 0.173
Well, there goes another excuse for why I suck and Call of Duty. I’m fast running out of excuses beyond just generally being a lousy shot.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Great news about the surgery, marlo!
October 20th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
What happens when you take a pop video too literally:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8HE9OQ4FnkQ
October 20th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Remixes of the Thanatos theme tune:
http://remix.kwed.org/index.php?search=thanatos
October 20th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
0.366
October 20th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Stiff trackpad buttons can make a big difference..just did the test using a mouse and got it down to 0.258 average.
October 20th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
.296, where my first and last tied for fastest at .273, and the middle was next with .279…
October 20th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
I got a mass e-mail earlier today from the Wine Bar owner. He’s selling the place.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Average time: 0.416.
Fastest time: 0.253.
My average is skewed by my time on the last dot, which was 0.97 – my reaction was not to startle, but rather to go, “huh? what’s this? oh, it’s a different color, yeah.”
October 20th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Tried the reaction-time test again, using the mouse button on my laptop instead of my separate USB mouse. Since I knew what to expect, my average when down to 0.29, and my time on the last dot was my fastest this time (0.234).
Now let’s try it with the touchpad only!
October 20th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
.293
maybe I’ll try again now that I know how the game is played.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Using the touchpad made my time WAY slower, because the motion I made with my finger was much more careful and deliberate. It brought my average time all the way down to 0.421, with 0.336 as my fastest (second to last dot).
October 20th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
second time around was .273
meh
I think Ed does intravenous caffeine
October 20th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Re: wine bar
Woa Jack. So how much would we each have to pitch in to be silent partners ?
A “brick and mortar” Deadpan. Is it big enough to hold a small Con?
October 20th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
dangerous thoughts, joe…..
hmmm, a few years ago, I probably coulda used my shiny new car that I have no equity in for collateral. Alas, those days are probably behind us.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Whoa… the Deadpan Bar becomes physical reality… that would be absolutely awesome. I sure wish we could actually make it happen. :-)
October 20th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
On my second try, I’m down to .245. My fastest time, from the first test, is still .214. It reminds me a bit of some of the tests in Brain Age.
October 20th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
So how much cash can we scrape together? I think I have about $1.46 in loose change on my dresser.
October 20th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Well I just found 2p behind the settee…
Well judging from the reaction tests, todays words of wisdom are:
Never challenge Ed to a game of ‘Snap’.
http://tinyurl.com/6pz6p5
October 21st, 2008 at 2:32 am
Well, I tried it again, just to make sure it wasn’t some sort of fluke.
Umm, averaged 0.196 again. So, while I still suck at COD, it’s apparently helped my reflexes a good deal.
I’ll have to pass this on to the game forum to see what the other players manage.
October 21st, 2008 at 3:08 am
Awesome reflexes, Ed!
October 21st, 2008 at 5:45 am
I’m thinking Ed plays waaaay to much video games.
Jack – I’ve found about $3.82 (don’t forget the couch cushions and under your car seats!
I’ve always thought that the best way to have a successful bar/club type establishment … would be to make money some OTHER way with that same space. For instance, have the back room be full of servers and you actually make money as storage space or web service.
Or maybe you have some sort of web based design service.
Or maybe you have a meth lab in the basement.
The key is NOT to have to turn a profit with the bar itself. This leads to a more relaxed atmosphere and allows you huge flexibility with entertainment should you choose to provide it.
OK
So, all we need now is a Deadpanite with sound business experience, a Deadpanite with an upstanding enough “permanent record” to qualify for a business loan and we need an excruciatingly clever plan.
We are soooo close on this one.
October 21st, 2008 at 5:53 am
Well, which Deadpan Bar do we like better, the hopping and bustling one or the dead quiet one? The various text versions have ranged between the two, and the audio versions have the “Death of Jack Mangan” which was no business, and the Origin Story, with hopping business…
October 21st, 2008 at 6:14 am
Morning Pan.
Glad you like you’re new work digs, JB.
For the bar, I have a Toonie – but I think that only works out to $1.70 US.
October 21st, 2008 at 6:17 am
Toonie?
October 21st, 2008 at 6:24 am
That’s what we call our $2 coin, Van.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toonie
October 21st, 2008 at 6:26 am
That’d be a $2 coin, Van. The Canadian $1 coin has a loon on it, and they did away with their paper dollar at the time they introduced it. The $1 got to be called a “Loonie.” Accordingly, when the $2 was issued (a marvelous-looking two-metal coin like a silver coin center with a gold hug) it was pretty easy to go to “Toonie” in the vernacular.
October 21st, 2008 at 6:26 am
Or you could just read the wiki, I guess…
October 21st, 2008 at 6:27 am
D’oh! And I got the metals reversed, too. I haven’t been north of the border since Summer ‘01, sadly…
October 21st, 2008 at 6:28 am
Ha, JB! Leave CDN trivia to us Canadians ;)
October 21st, 2008 at 6:29 am
perhaps you need to go visit … soonie
October 21st, 2008 at 6:34 am
I have a guest bed-roomie
October 21st, 2008 at 6:43 am
So, in other news, I think one of the Black Belts is hitting on me. It’s very strange.
October 21st, 2008 at 6:50 am
I’ve been asked to stay after class a couple of time to “refine my technique” (this is not as bad as it seems as, whenever a blackbelt stays late, other people stay late to continue practicing so we’re not alone)
He’s also said when I test for my yellow belt (which would have been on Nov 1st but had to be pushed back a month because I won’t be there for WF), he was going to be my testing partner. Even other belts have commented on how unusual this is because black belts don’t partner with whites, usually it’s greens or even blues. Nobody has ever heard of a black belt being a testing partner for a white.
He also like to hang around me in class and “give me pointers”
It’s not uncomfortable, yet. I just think it’s strange because he knows I’m married.
October 21st, 2008 at 7:22 am
Perhaps he detects that the Deadpan in you is strong.
October 21st, 2008 at 7:29 am
CP: PC Mag Radio
CD: A Warm Hug on a Cold Day (AKA hot chocolate)
October 21st, 2008 at 7:30 am
Luckily my husband is not the jealous type. I could tell him and he knows I won’t let anything go to far.
October 21st, 2008 at 7:45 am
That’s a shame TEB, maybe he’ll get the hint soon that you aren’t interested in him that way before things get sour.
October 21st, 2008 at 7:51 am
Although I suspose it’s good for the ego that getting ‘hit on’ is still happening.
October 21st, 2008 at 8:07 am
Getting hit on in Karate class?
October 21st, 2008 at 8:15 am
Yes it was an unfortunate choice of words.
Insert correct terminology here —->
October 21st, 2008 at 8:18 am
Playing with Drupal this week. So far I’ve installed the wrong version and then uploaded the correct version to the wrong directory and deleted it before realizing why I couldn’t find it…
On the up side, I’m having fun playing with the click timer thing. Thanx for posting that one.
And EB? “I just think it’s strange because he knows I’m married.” In my very limited experience, that’s a warning sign that he doesn’t care. Be careful, okay?
October 21st, 2008 at 8:20 am
Scry, if it starts to bug me, I just have to let the teacher know, Master Park, and he’ll put a stop to it very quickly.
Well Pan, now off to transport more books for WF. It looks like people will be getting well over $200 in books in their membership bags. (extra weight charges on the airplane :) )
Ta
October 21st, 2008 at 8:28 am
TEB -perhaps you should ask him (with a broad smile) to teach you how to kill him.
Not that I am advocating that … I’m just say’n, is all.
October 21st, 2008 at 8:32 am
Naw, I actually think it’s funny (and, as Van said, a little flattering). the minute he decides to ask me for coffee or anything outside of class, I’ll put an immediate kibosh on it.
OK, really, really am going.
October 21st, 2008 at 9:32 am
“I’ll put an immediate kibosh on it.”
Wow, I didn’t think they taught that move until like brown or yellow belt!
;)
October 21st, 2008 at 9:47 am
Due to a hectic morning, I didn’t have time to put together a lunch, so I’m off to discover what Maple Grove/Osseo has to offer. Sadly, I don’t have the time today for a leisurely lunch, so I’ll have to go with whatever I find first instead of looking for what’s best…
October 21st, 2008 at 12:09 pm
While I’m certain Osseo offers a nice Main Street alternative if I look for it, I opted for the regional chain sandwich shop Erbert & Gerbert’s down in Maple Grove. Some lunch hour when I can take my time, I’ll check out Osseo, I promise.
Of course, I can hardly afford to forget to make lunch at home all that often, so it might take a while.
October 21st, 2008 at 12:56 pm
At first glance I thought JB wrote “Due to a celtic morning …”
Also … I hear Siskel and Ebert gave Erbert & Gerbert 2 thumbs up!
October 21st, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Heck, they might have, the chain is based out of Madison, WI, or at least started there, so there’s a decent chance they spread down to Chi-town as well as up to the Twin Cities…
Of course it would have had to been back when Ebert still had a tongue and Siskel still had life…
October 21st, 2008 at 2:57 pm
So after watching the lastest Chuck….I have the urge to watch Grosse Point Blank again..
October 21st, 2008 at 3:00 pm
snap
October 21st, 2008 at 3:01 pm
crackle
October 21st, 2008 at 3:01 pm
….pop!
October 21st, 2008 at 3:10 pm
But the cat fight in the shower..errr..ummm..
October 21st, 2008 at 3:37 pm
I have chuck in my tivo backlog…
October 21st, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Alas BJB is no more:
http://tinyurl.com/3ojna6
He did some great short stories as well.
October 21st, 2008 at 4:10 pm
I saw Bruce Sterling tweet about Barrington Bayley the other night. Not familiar with his work, but apparently he had some good stuff. Alas.
October 21st, 2008 at 5:25 pm
I’ve got 79 cents in change in my wallet, and 45 cents on my dresser.
October 21st, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Hmm, wonder if WP would have a cow if…
October 21st, 2008 at 5:34 pm
October 21st, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Yup, a total cow, figured as much…
October 21st, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Milk it, JB.
Can you tell us what you were going for?
October 21st, 2008 at 5:57 pm
Hey guys!
Wow, it must be good to take the cow metaphor this far. I’m expecting great things, JB!
October 21st, 2008 at 6:01 pm
I herd the metaphor is worth the weight.
October 21st, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Pimpage on behalf of one who helped me out…
I’ll link to…
http://tinyurl.com/68u3o6
Forgot WP doesn’t really use html code in here…
Plays will get me a t-shirt…
October 21st, 2008 at 7:08 pm
JB – I clicked, hope I helped your t-shirt goal
Anyone here know how to make this day just completely disappear? Just like it never happened? It would be greatly appreciated.
October 21st, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Gimme a few hours, I can make today no longer today.
“Like it never happened,” …that I’ll have to think on…
October 21st, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Sorry Smarty Hotties :(
Take the bull by the horns, JB. Good luck.
October 21st, 2008 at 11:27 pm
http://podcampaz.org/top-ten-things-to-bear-in-mind-when-preparing-your-presentation-for-podcamp-az/
October 21st, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Morning Pan, Baker Street is playing on the radio, and it’s chilly here.
October 21st, 2008 at 11:42 pm
On reflection TEB, you could always use the N word on the guy, amost as effective as kicking a bloke in the balls.
October 22nd, 2008 at 12:00 am
+l
October 22nd, 2008 at 2:52 am
You know, with the latest Heroes, things are finally getting interesting. And yet, I cant’ help but get wrapped up in how recursive it all is. If future Peter hadn’t come back and taken today Peter to the future, it seems much of the trouble wouldn’t have happened.
October 22nd, 2008 at 3:03 am
Plotonium?
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:49 am
absolutely plotonium.
October 22nd, 2008 at 5:06 am
Not that it’s the strangest word in the world, but I listened to two podcasts in a row just now that used the word “ephemeral.”
October 22nd, 2008 at 5:11 am
I first encountered that word on a Doctor Who episode in the 80’s.
October 22nd, 2008 at 5:12 am
That was selected as the podcaster’s “word of the week”.
You get points for using it. Double points for actually using it in an appropriate manor.
You must not have gotten the memo.
October 22nd, 2008 at 5:13 am
Peter Davidson era, the one with the sailing ship space race.
October 22nd, 2008 at 5:15 am
I finally got around to watching the “Heroes” season premiere last night.
Thank heavens for the fast forward capabilities of my TiVo. I wouldn’t have made it through it otherwise. I find I no longer care about most of the characters.
All in all, I kind of wish I had spent that 1.5 hours doing something else.
October 22nd, 2008 at 5:36 am
JohnBoze: I clicked. The original Descent promo makes me nostalgic for 2006.
October 22nd, 2008 at 7:28 am
Ah Heroes, while this week’s episode is an improvement, I can’t get over the idea that the characters are just doing a lot of “stuff” without rhyme or reason. It’s getting harder to care what happens to them. It’s still a fun show but it isn’t the “awesome” of first season.
October 22nd, 2008 at 7:30 am
gotta wonder if the original writers have left. Maybe they had to move onto other projects during the writer’s strike.
October 22nd, 2008 at 7:39 am
I kinda wonder the same thing. It’s starting to feel more like a soap opera to me now.
October 22nd, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Wow, it’s been a quiet day here.
I posted the reaction time test on the game server forum that I follow. Average response there is looking to be about 0.21 with a couple that were faster than me.
See, video games are good for something :)
October 22nd, 2008 at 2:23 pm
The tumbleweed is looking bored and I can’t play the harmonica..darn.
October 22nd, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Maybe a link youtube link to a Deputy Dawg cartoon would help:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YuAqF7OAml8
October 22nd, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Just saw in the flyers with today’s mail:
AC/DC – first new album in eight years. Only at Wal-mart.
WTF?
October 22nd, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Exclusivity contracts promise more profits, Ed. In these cases anyway.
It can also make for lots of unforgiving rage though, especially when you’re dumb enough to sign an exclusivity deal with a store chain that has locations like 3000 km apart.
Plus your sales will blow.
October 22nd, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Wal Mart makes some interesting demands. So, if you are just an individual with product (like say, an independent film) it can b very difficult to do business with them. For instance, they agree to put your product on their shelves but you have to be able to deliver a hundred thousand units to them. All well and good except that they don’t pay you must shell out the cash to have these things produced in the first place. Let’s say, oh … $30K out of pocket.
Gets better though. They pay you for the items BUT you have to sit on that cash because they demand that you must buy back ALL unsold stock after a pre-determined length of time. Will they sell 5 of the items or 50 thousand? No one knows. So you better not spend that money they gave you.
All of this is “just doing business” if you are Sony or Disney. For the independent artist though … it’s pretty daunting.
October 22nd, 2008 at 6:05 pm
oh … hi Deadpan.
October 22nd, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Thank you for trying JB. The new day did come :)
Hugh and I must rest now. Tomorrow we will leave our liberal safe place to visit the great red state of Texas.
night pan
hope you are not up too late with the new pan, Jack
see you when we return to Chicago
October 22nd, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Unshow this week?
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:02 am
ZP examines the latest Silent Hill game:
http://tinyurl.com/6e8xsl
You ain’t seen me right?