I was always terrified of these when I lived in Florida and swam in all sorts of odd bodies of water. Anyway…
A 14-year-old Lake Havasu boy has become the sixth victim to die nationwide this year of a microscopic organism that attacks the body through the nasal cavity, quickly eating its way to the brain.
From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional freedoms. And, argues Naomi Wolf, George Bush and his administration seem to be taking them all
I harvested and cut down my herb garden today, in preperation for winter. The resulting mix of oils, leaves and so forth from the rosemary, mint, chives etc… smell amazing.
Which reminds me, Steph made me wonton soup–veggie style and it’s the best thing I’ve eaten in years. Lots of fresh herbs and veggies. Good stuff.
That’s it. Doing some reasearch, photo editing and taking it easy today.
University of Colorado students have spent $44,000 to design and renovate an affordable housing project in Boulder, one of the most expensive real estate markets in the state. The home was unveiled to the public at an open house on September 21…
I’m recovering from the unpleasant necessities of the day, and Steph picked up Halo 3 for me. So, I’m going to go eat and then sit down and figure out what the big deal is with this Halo thing.
HIV Activist Jennifer Flynn: “When you use scare tactics, you really are curbing our right to dissent against the government,” she said. “The only thing this is serving to do is squash public dissent. By going after the organizers of a rally, you really are sending a message - ‘Don’t hold a rally.’”
It sounds like the plot for a scary B-movie: Germs go into space on a rocket and come back stronger and deadlier than ever. Except, it really happened.
I swiped this from BusinessWeek.
For blind people, mobility is closely connected with stress. They have to memorize their routes and rely on hearing to maneuver through their surroundings. During storms or when in noisy environments, orientation can become difficult, or even impossible. MYGO is an electronic guide dog that communicates information about the environment directly to users. The system offers permanent location identification and can provide full scene recognition in real time. Users interact with the device through the grip, and auditory feedback is transmitted through a head set. MYGO is powered by a hub motor in the wheel, so it doesn’t exhaust users. With a sleek, contemporary design that prevents users from feeling stigmatized and a functionality that gives people back their spontaneity, MYGO is more than a guide—it’s a sightseeing partner.
With a blockbuster title that will surely captivate millions across the globe, the Xbox 360 will be the most played video game console for the month of October and should catapult the system to the top of the video game world.
All these blog postings have a central theme. Can you guess it?
http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=363
http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=304
http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=336
http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=152
http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=316
http://andy-cooper.com/blog/?p=349
First person to guess it and tell me via email or in person gets $10… if you combine the theme with my new hobo nickname, you can still get the free lunch.
I’m tired
it’s showing.
While picking through TV shows for tonight — the only night I really watch TV, I noticed the Family Guy StarWars tribute was called Blue Harvest. I nearly had a geek fit and nerd convulsions (an unpleasant combo).
Uber-nerds and dorks will instantly recognize Blue Harvest as the secret name for Return of the Jedi.
Of course, I wouldn’t have known any of this if it wasn’t for the new interface on Media Center. I’ve even left the visual transitions on, which is something I don’t normally do in any OS. Very nice, very clean and the grandma factor is still evident.
Simpsons premiere and Family Guy StarWars premiere…yep it’s a full blown dorkapalooza tonight.
Scientists say they have evidence that a ferocious dinosaur made famous by the movie Jurassic Park definitely had feathers. Experts say the dinosaur, called Velociraptor, had a wing structure just like modern birds. VOA’s Jessica Berman reports.
After losing the sound on my xp Media Center for the last time… I decided to try the Vista upgrade again, especially since drivers were released for my tv tuner. Well, this time, unlike the last — it went well. Took about 1.5 hours and a minimum of interaction. New features look nice, UI is much prettier. I’ll blog details later.
A couple of people asked how I knew that certain people or businesses were visiting my blog/site.
It’s a simple answer, detailed server logs. Unlike using a free public hosting service, myspace or facebook…my blog has its own space on a remote host. From this host I can get detailed logs, including but not limited to:
* IP Address - (this is where your computer is accessing the internet from - this can tell everything from country to city and even your specific machine)
* Where you can from and where you went - (the logs show the site you were at before visiting me, and where you went to afterwards)
* How long were you on my site? What did you look at? What did you click? (every movement is logged)
* Did you contribute or comment on anything? Did you attempt to login?
You find out weird things. An enormous amount of people are looking to clean up their scratched ipod, want to know how to make balistics gel, are interested in monkey knife fights and theremin playing?
As a result of constantly accessing my logs and monitoring them.
I’d like to give a special hello to:
New Zealand
the FBI
UPMC Administration
The former Russian Federation
Greensburg, PA
the PIX router
McKeesport, PA
DARPANET
and HrvatskaÂ
Being Admin is good.
from wired via digg:
Gou (180 milliliters — better known as a rice cup for an electric cooker), pack year (cigarette consumption based on one pack a day for a year), nibble (typically four bits of binary code, or half a byte), score (20 of something), hand (4 inches of horse height), twip (1/20 of a typesetting point), thrave (24 sheaves of wheat), shake (10 nanoseconds), mickey (ratio of computer mouse movement to onscreen cursor movement), jansky (strength of radio signals from space), butt (two hogsheads, or about 126 gallons, of booze), smoot (a measure of length developed by some MIT students, equal to 5 feet, 7 inches — the height of one Oliver R. Smoot).
Blogging has got to be one of the most egocentric things in the universe. Why would any one person think their thoughts and activities are important to anyone else is absurd…and making it public is even more stupid. In the scheme of everyday life, no one cares. I repeat, don’t worry about what a single person thinks about you; because they don’t think about you. Everyone is too busy worrying about how you viewed them. We’re all too self-involved. Social networking my butt.
This page started as a place to gather family photos (which I rarely do), rant a little (something I do alot) and to honestly chronicle some aspects of my life. It has little resemblance of that.
Well, the site is a combination of the above and more. Although the some of the parts still adds up to something of little value. This isn’t me ‘boo-hooing’, it’s just a fact and is true about thousands of other sites and myspace pages.
The fact is, leaving a digital record is a terrible idea in this day and age. I can’t be honest on this page because I know the readership, while small, is composed of my friends, family, staff and general public. I was reminded of this several times in the past months as staff and others referred to blog postings that I barely remembered making.Â
Talking about being sick of chemicals after treatments is off limits. If I was truthful I’d tell you that it sometimes feels like my nerve endings are sparking against metal. I’d tell you that work is really stressful and pure willpower is the only reason that I haven’t quit. I’d tell you that I can’t stand south western pennsylvania much at all and there are a thousand reasons why. Telling you that I’m fighting with my ex-inlaws is stupid because you don’t care and stupid because they read the site. It’s the same reason I don’t discuss details about work, staff checks out this drivel too. Telling you anything meaningful is a fundamental liability and, again, a bad idea.
You see… I can still chronicle my life online and I can still manipulate my audience, which is the goal of any good entertainer. My blog is a crock. I don’t mean to say it’s untrue, but it’s guilty of the sin of omission. I’m not going to tell you I’m scared unless I want you to think that. You won’t think I’m mad unless that’s the goal—to convey that thought.
It’s kind of sick, but it’s like personal branding. The brand is more important than the person in this instance. So enjoy me as much as you can. Look up agent provocateur and someone please get me a job with one of the alphabet agencies, I think my skills are going to waste. I don’t have time to waste. The world needs troublemakers.
THE PRIZE: If you managed to read this and see me, in person, and call me by my Hobo nickname : Chewy Gumball… I owe you one lunch.
I finally cracked and pre-ordered Halo 3… can’t afford it, not sure why I wanted it, but it’s coming Sept 25th. Steph pre-ordered Manhunt 2. But I know it’s because she wants to kill with the wiimote and is po’ed they altered the content to M.
Marketeers, away!
I’ve been writing about games a lot, so I’m deleting a couple categories and adding some, one for gaming seems to be a must.
Btw, I think AO games have a place in society and should be allowed to be released on the major consoles (not just PC’s). There is little difference between the content in movies and TV and that of an AO console games. If major retailers chose to not carry them, so be it. If they are still successful through alternative channels then the market has spoken, if they aren’t successful..then the market has spoken. There’s no excuse or need for censorship in a market economy.
U.S. Sen. John Kerry’s speech at the University of Florida came to a dramatic close Monday, shortly after a vocal audience member was hauled off by police and shot with a Taser gun.
The only thing I find ’shocking’ about the incident is the fact that anyone is surprised. We live in a fascist police state. Deal with it. Like you didn’t know already?
As a country I encourage us to obey our corporate and government overlords and keep your dangerous independent thoughts and questions to yourself. Having been involved in active political protest the past five years I’m looking forward to my tasering… It’s probably cheaper than electroshock therapy.
Dissenting opinions will be silenced and the revolution, well…may or may not, be televised.
-Enemies List
-Friends List
-Media List
-FacebookÂ
still trying to get pics of Virgil’s house.
Things are calming down a little, but that’s a relative term.
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Monkey Picked Tea is a rare tea that is carefully picked by specially trained monkeys in a remote mountain region of China. I need Monkey Picked Tea. I just hope they wash their little monkey hands.
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