Student: I’m making myself ill.
Master: Well that won’t help!
Category: Philosophy
Think deep.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I prove myself by taking the hard path.
Master: The easy path does not imply the lazy path. It does ensure greater opportunity for success.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Destiny?
Master: Puppet show.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: The walls are closing in!
Master: Get rid of some stuff!
The Difference Between Women & Men
I tried to find a source for attribution but this picture is pretty much in the public domain now. It’s everywhere!
Pornstar Service Announcement
Why yes! It is safe for work! Barry says its not safe for work. She never reveals anything! And her one wordy dird is bleeped.
I love the last thing she says.
What’s the right way to attribute a source?
I am loving this discussion. Bloggers, programmers, and geeks need to jump over and join in the fun!
Update: I wonder how many people are linking to Michael’s post. Jail Lail has linked to it. He even twittered it. Music City Bloggers have it covered. Has the NYT actually linked to it yet? If so, how did they attribute their story?
See also: Technorati and be sure to digg it.
Hit from behind
We were on Lyons View Rd, where the wealthy houses are, and a garden truck backs into the road with the aid of a home owner motioning to stop traffic. I’m not going to drive through that large truck nor race around the back of it so I slow to a stop only to heard the dreaded squeal of tires. Some college girl decides she wants to park in the back of our van instead of the parking garage at the mall where she was heading. So much for the joyously good mood I was in. When I heard the tires I released the brake and accelerated a little so the impact was minor. I’m sure we will be sore and I am worried about the children but we turned down the ambulance and have decided not to see the doctors. The bumper hangs a little lower on the back right corner but it is almost unnoticeable. I heard the squeal. I just couldn’t find her in the rear view mirror. Something was wrong. I should have been able to see this coming and move out of the way!
We pulled into the Cherokee Bigotry Club because state law says if no one is hurt we clear the scene. Their big parking lot made sense. I point at some damage on her car and she says, "that’s from a different one." While waiting for the police to show up, a Mercedes Benz backs into the driver’s door of the college girl. That’s when I started looking for the cameras because surely this was a joke! After waiting a bit, the old guy in the Benz who owns a construction company doing work at the country club lectured us about being on private property and drove off. I took a moment to give him a few lecturing words of my own before he drove away.
Dammit. Now I have to spend the next 5 years berating myself and trying to figure out what I could have done differently to prevent this!
Update: I should add that when I called non-emergency I got no answer so I had to use 911 which the automated system put me on hold.
Update: Body shop said the bumper did its job and there is no damage to repair.
Moan your IP address
Yesterday I mentioned a service that geographically tries to put your location on a map based on your IP address. An IP address uniquely identifies you (in some cases your network) on the Internet. If you are using a cable company or phone company for your Internet service, your IP address may periodically change. For privacy purposes or other reason you may want to know what the current address representing you.
As a side note, often the public IP address is simply that of the modem at your house. If you have a network behind that modem (which would be connected to the modem by a router), then the world will see all computers in your house as having the same IP address. Technically, the world thinks you have only one computer.
When I wanted to know my ip, I used to jump over to http://www.whatismyip.com/. But never again! From now on, I want a sexy girl to moan my ip! When you go to http://www.moanmyip.com/ your speakers need to be on. Although the voice might get you some looks, the site should be considered worksafe. If you are concerned, http://www.hearmyip.com/ is absolutely worksafe.
Make sure your toolkit of bookmarks includes http://www.dnsstuff.com/ and http://dnsreport.com/.
Dane Cook has 2 million MySpace friends!
The details are in this video. Warning! Adult language and topics are breached.
Dane Cook Gets Two Millionith Friend – Watch more free videos
In the video:
Dane Cook http://www.myspace.com/danecook
Jackie Dawn http://www.myspace.com/famewhore (see also: the real one)
Jon Lovitz http://www.myspace.com/jonlovitz
Bob Saget http://www.myspace.com/bobsaget
LOL Twits
This is really good! Some are just perfect. Thanks to bluesloth (and bluesloth and bluesloth)
Today’s Mug
Coffee cup choices are important. The cup has to match the mood or the productivity mode. The wrong cup can put you out of sync and make programming or creative thought more difficult. Cups inspire. Cups bring memories. Sidebar: Why "Cup of Joe"? (Powell) Today this cup is helping me. Thanks to Ozone Ferd.
Procrastinate and Pay
I knew the forecast. Odds were rain would come last night and I still had the driveway covered with stuff from the garage. Mother Nature had been kind to me and gave sunshine so I could get caught up on work. Throughout the day I would go to the driveway and pull in an item or two. I should have taken 20 minutes and gotten it all in. Last night, Mother Nature watered the remaining stuff. Doesn’t look like anything is damaged terribly. Will let the sun dry things today and throw away anything that took significant damage.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: What’s that under my butt?!
Master: I call it fire.
Protect the stores!
There are more than 30 events planned in Knoxville for a National Night Out against crime. [Source]
