http://blog.voidblossom.com in which Kevin Nielsen says very little about virtually everything Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:04:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en last night in this house we mop the dust of good years tomorrow's too soon On that note, I am shutting off my computer in this location for the last time. Gods, I'm tired.  Evidently my allergy to cardboard dust makes my hayfever look insignificant.  Tomorrow will be so exciting! http://blog.voidblossom.com/2008/07/12/last-night-on-ellis-street/ ...and I have proof. Tamar, my neighbor across Ellis St., knowing that I am a particular fan of the sweet pea for its color and fragrance, cut the first two sweet pea blooms of the year and gifted me with them. They are sitting in a small water ... http://blog.voidblossom.com/2008/06/26/summer-is-here/ Okay, I generally frown on content-less (that is, rant-free) posts. Nevertheless, here follow three videos I have greatly enjoyed recently. My musical tastes are expanding again after a long period of contraction (must be spring). The Class of 73 Bells Prefuse 73 with School of 7 Bells It's Showtime Electric Six Gotye Heart's a ... http://blog.voidblossom.com/2008/06/24/exercise-the-youtube/ winter hit kitsap but summer came to whatcom cured the destroyer The (pseudo)haiku is a lousy form of poetry. This is just a codification of events -- the death of Barry and Heather Bryant's youngest back in my home town, under tragic circumstances, the balmy air that has finally found us in ... http://blog.voidblossom.com/2008/06/21/friday-haiku/ Most reasonably computer literate folks will recall the brilliant visual rhetoric of the "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" ad campaign (which has continued expanding since the last time I looked, and which trashes incisively on Vista's lamentable stability and usability concerns). Some bright young person extended the iconography to include ... http://blog.voidblossom.com/2008/06/18/platform-iconography/ Today was a brisk, chilly, bracing sort of day. During my lunchtime walk I felt peppy enough to do a cartwheel when I thought no one was looking. Bad idea. My shoulders have not yet forgiven me. And my knees crackle and pop when I hacky sack. And my ... http://blog.voidblossom.com/2008/05/30/i-am-getting-real-old/ I totally need this stamp: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8326992@N08/2363227391/ Although, in retrospect it would probably actually be a really bad idea to get one of these for me.  I would certainly end up with permanent ink stars marring both of my monitors, and I suspect my colleagues' spouses would eventually object to the ... http://blog.voidblossom.com/2008/05/23/remember-this-when-christmas-comes-around/ I don't think I've ever seen this in a special weather statement before: ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE VERY TEMPTING TO JUMP INTO AREA LAKES AND RIVERS TO COOL OFF...IT WOULD NOT BE A WISE IDEA. WATER TEMPERATURES WERE STILL QUITE COLD OR IN THE 30S AND 40S. ALSO... RIVERS WERE RUNNING ... http://blog.voidblossom.com/2008/05/16/way-too-hot/ (10:34:44 AM) (Dude): we've been getting much feedback on this, i can get it to work sometimes but others not (10:34:49 AM) (Dude): with any luck it's something simple, eh? (10:35:23 AM) Zero: I have learned not to hope for good luck (10:36:11 AM) (Dude): hehe (10:36:19 AM) (Dude): spoken like a true ... http://blog.voidblossom.com/2008/05/07/ouch/ Ah, this made me happy. Especially the "cat yodeling" application. The "corporal cuddling" methodology is actually one we have used, with a great deal of success, with Ralph -- in fact, after repeated use, his middle-of-the-night berserker rages are a thing of the past. In comparing myself to geek ... http://blog.voidblossom.com/2008/04/22/cats-geeks-an-engineers-guide-to-cats/