September 04, 2009
Short Updates
Good morning. Dropped the six young adults off at middle school. Head over to St. Pats for Mass & Rosary on this First Friday. VPN'd into work for the rest of the day.
Michelle has removed the outer bandages and is eager to take her first post-op shower.
Overheard on "Seize the Day": "If you play in the mud with white gloves, the mud doesn't get glove-y".
Quiet night! Claire is sleeping over at Shauna's. Abby and the boys are in bed. I'll probably catch up on a few things in NetNewsWire/Google Reader before calling it a night. Meanwhile Unison is pulling down gigabytes from Usenet.
Bookmarks I made today:
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Comment: Another in the Mario & Luigi series comes out Sept 14th. Abby and I have loved these little role playing games.
Excerpt: Everyone's got the blorbs! Mario and Luigi are missing, and Bowser's got a tummy ache! Check back here for breaking video updates from the scene...
Men lose their minds speaking to pretty women
Comment: Do you ever ask yourself: how do I get to be involved in research like this? It sounds a *lot* more interesting than say... modeling the pixel performance of a graphics engine. I'm just sayin'...
Excerpt: Talking to an attractive woman really can make a man lose his mind, according to a new study.
DDD - Data Display Debugger
Comment: I can't believe I went this long without hearing about this. I've been so used to running GDB under Emacs/GUD that I didn't realize there were other great interfaces available. A coworker recommended I try it. Will have to next week...
Excerpt: GNU DDD is a graphical front-end for command-line debuggers such as GDB, ...
Facebook, Twitter Revolutionizing How Parents Stalk Their College-Aged Kids
Comment: Ahah! Now we know the real reason adults use Twitter and Facebook! ;-P
Excerpt: 'E-Mom' Gloria Bianco shows Jim and Tracy how geographical distance is no longer a roadblock to shamelessly interfering with the lives of your children.
HTC Hero Arrives on Sprint with a New Look and Surprising Price
Comment: Yeah! Sprint is going to be getting a Google phone next month. I was wondering when Sprint (our network here at home) would get a Google Android phone.
Excerpt: The third Android phone to land in the US, the HTC Hero, has been confirmed for an October 11 launch date on the Sprint network. [...] Hero's 3.2-inch multitouch screen, 5-megapixel camera, and speedy 528-MHz Qualcomm processor.
Milford seeks input on dams
Comment: My town is looking for some dam feedback. (bah-dum-bum)
Excerpt: The town wants help in exploring the possible removal of the two downtown dams – and it needs that help soon.
Snapshots I took today:
