Mental Break
lack of focus has put me behind on some critical work; however, every now and again we still need to step away for a few moments. i suppose the good news of the day is that i tested officially negative for TB. there will be a retest in march, but i do draw some comfort getting one more thing off my mind.
- how many wives would do this?
i dunno! maybe she is dead set on making his life hell!
- wacky warning labels
heh! a label that reads "If you do not understand, or cannot read, all directions, cautions and warnings, do not use this product." just takes the cake doesn't it? we have become such a fucking litigious society. here's a plan, remove stupid warning labels and allow natural selection to take its course!
- U.S. jet accidentally bombs Yorkshire
come on, we all know that despite winning the revolutionary war there are still some americans that would like to kick england's butt again. [snicker]
- quick kudos to 3rd string netminder brian boucher of the phoenix coyotes on 5 hours, 32 minutes, and 1 second of shut out hockey. you rock dude.
- #13 is back!!! it's being reported that dan marino is heading back to the dolphins. it is a shame that it is a front office job. either way it is good to know danny is back!
- this past saturday (Jan 10 05:37:04 2004 PST), unix time officially began using 31 bits. if you don't understand... never mind. next up, the year 2038.
- here is an interesting business starting up -- ripping cds to mp3 plus they return it organized. tempting!
lastly, and i just read about this myself, adobe has confirmed that they have added code to some of their products to thwart counterfeiting efforts. apparently the software is identifying some distinctive constellation of dots in various currencies which keeps photoshop from opening/editing the image. there are workarounds (of course); however, there could be some interesting applications of this. imagine putting the same constellation in your photographs published to the web. not that it is a big deal, but it will be amusing to see how long it is until someone posts a crack to jump around this check. my guess, by weeks end.
Posted by ac at January 12, 2004 02:28 PM