Archive for March, 2005

Schiavo Dies 14 Days After Feeding Tube Removed

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

It’s all over the news. Schiavo died today from starvation/dehydration 14 days following the disconnection of her feeding tube appartus. CNN.com reports:
“Without liquids, it could take Schiavo two to four weeks to die from dehydration.”
I don’t get this though. Upon entering the office today, we began arguing about how long the human [...]

BoingBoing TidBits

Wednesday, March 30th, 2005

Via BoingBoing, we learn of the Watsui Cow’s rather well-endowed head. Link
Suprisingly, there’s very little information discovered about the watsui cattle through a quick google.com search. I also checked the Wikipedia, but nothing there either. I’d write something if only I had found a relevant source.
Also, this rather funny sign:

Hiding Spot #104

Wednesday, March 30th, 2005

My wife, Amy, called today in a panic asking, “did you take off Balthazar’s shoes last night…where are they?” I realized that shoes would still be in my car, where he took them off himself yesterday evening. The problem is that all of Balthazar’s shoes went missing yesterday or the day before, and [...]

Help Wanted: Space Colonist Need To Be More Than Astronauts

Wednesday, March 30th, 2005

The new Industrial Revolution is coming! In the years to come (and it doesn’t sound far off from the article on space.com), structures based on the moon and other planets will require a unique work aptitude. Many of the same skills will be necessary from our ‘trades’ crafts, though everything will be tweaked [...]

Scandinavians r l33t

Monday, March 28th, 2005

The renaissance is coming for my ancestral kin-folk, the Vikings. Once pillaging coastal cities with axe and arrow, their reach is now extended to the digitally connected world. Their great Viking DSL Longships ride the Internet surf to unleash hordes upon luddites of the modern world. Wielding now, their fancy cell phones [...]

Poor Logo Design Award

Monday, March 28th, 2005

Via Boing, Boing, we learn that Arlington Pediatric Center does inappropriate things to children.

SMS 2003 Health Check Results (Techie)

Friday, March 25th, 2005

The health check was more or less a complete success. We didn’t actually have any real problems in our environment, though we were given some performance tuning options to resolve any that *may* arrive later. That said, the single most important piece of information regarding an SMS 2003 engineering task has been this:
“The [...]

Viewer’s Guide to Spring’s First Full Moon

Friday, March 25th, 2005

Just as the vernal equinox appears to be more variable than they’ve led us to believe, Easter has a similar scheduling nightmare. As it turns out, the Vatican has held rights to the position of Easter in our calendar (admittedly, theres anyway), though it is noticeably in contrast to the astronomical projections of the [...]

Learnin’ From the Best (Techie)

Thursday, March 24th, 2005

Today I’m learning some new tricks in SMS 2003. Not that you want to read about that, I’m just laying the ground work for my excuse to ignore this blog. At any rate, I’ll be working with Brett F. at Microsoft to do a “Health Check” of our environment through Friday. Don’t [...]

Vermin

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005

I was just insulting a friend at work with the classification of “varmint.” I had actually misspelled it to match the colloquial pronunciation, but I stand corrected. Andy didn’t know of what I was speaking, so the insult fell a bit flat. Upon redirection of his attention from work to more serious [...]