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Joshua Tree in the Snow
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Busy Birds
We had snow this morning, so it took me a bit longer to get going. (I had to phone people who might have come to a meeting and tell them not to.) When I got outside, I saw the quails had already run every which way:
Note that my Canon Powershot A620 seems to have gone missing — I had it Saturday. Monday morning I couldn’t find it. — so these photos are taken with my venerable A60. Sigh.
This is Inspiring
Making the rounds of the websites I read: 40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes.
When the Man Comes Around
Just watched the final episode from season 1 of Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles. It’s a great show; can’t wait until summer when season 2 comes out.
But what made the ending so excellent was the use of Johnny Cash’s “When the Man Comes Around.” I hadn’t heard it before, but I went to Amazon and got a copy right away.
It’s the perfect song to accompany the events that serve as a revelation to FBI Agent Ellison:
More SF love for my fellow geeks.
It’s good to know that somebody actually watches the show. They know why Guy Fleegman is terrified.
Submitted, then, for your viewing pleasure: Redshirts.
Kudus to Ace.
Getting Email Working under Linux
I’m working on migrating myself to the mutt email client. If you’re at all curious about why, and how I’m doing, read on.
My New Look
If you’re curious what I look like with a beard, here you go:
Look at it while you have the chance; there’s no telling how much longer I’ll keep it.
Ubuntu Update
There’s plenty still to be done, but this Ubuntu looks like it’s going to work out. I’ve got wifi working and my email set up. I’m am able to play DVDs, and listen to podcasts and my MP3 music library. I can’t sync to my ipod. The Inspiron’s volume is too weak to listen to anything with headphones (much less the built-in speakers) and the rightmost of the two headphone jacks seems dead.
The mail clients I’ve tried (evolution and thunderbird) make me pine for mutt. I’ll have to get on that, learning how to POP and SMTP and IMAP in a mutt-friendly manner.
As I type this, I sure miss MarsEdit. I doubt if there’s going to be a Linux version any time soon. (And even then, could I install it as simply as “apt-get install marsedit“?) Hardly. Anyway, I’m not going to fight with wordpress tonight to put links in this post, so it’s just plain text for now.
And lots more to go with all that. But it’s enough for one day.
Update: I forgot to add an obligatory screenshot:
A Stirring Tribute to John Williams
This guy is the man:
(Via MakeUseOf.)
Update: It turns out that these guys are the men. (It helps if you read the video’s description on YouTube.)
Now I Know the Source of Her Ineffable Appeal
According to the AP report, Governor Palin drinks what I’m drinking:
“I never asked for anything more than a Diet Dr. Pepper once in a while,” Palin said as she returned to the governor’s office from her two-month odyssey as the GOP vice presidential nominee.
(Emphasis added.)