Former US President Gerald Ford died earlier this week, at an amazing 93 (didn’t realize he was that old).
The markets should be closed on Tuesday as part of a national day of mourning. So I suppose I’ll get a four-day weekend (maybe), but that’s kinda bittersweet.
I actually found a story about his life on [...]
The Kind Healer
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End-of-Year Sadness
Happy Holidays!
I just realized that it’s been about three weeks since my last post here. D’oh.
Well, first up, the other tooth I chipped this year only needed a new, expanded filling (converting another one to ceramic format from the old silver amalgum). That was cool, if not a bit tiring.
Spent the following week on [...]
WTF??!?
Would you believe, on the eve of my next string of vacation days, *and* a few days shy of flying over to see my father…
Another tooth gets chipped. On a soft bagel – the last thing I’d imagine it happening on.
Argh! *stomps off to talk to dentist again*
–TSK
Hah!
User Friendly had a nice jab at SCO today. The laugh I got was well worth the week I’ve had.
Probably the fact I’m a fan of Sid Dabster; The dude reminds me of my childhood days of trying to do things with computers folks thought were impossible. ;-)
UF’s SCO cartoon from 12/07
–TSK
EDIT – [...]
Missing Grid?
In looking at the last few day’s postings over at the Official Linden Lab Weblog, I’m not as much worried about concurrency or City lag with Uru Live.
For those who have not heard, LL did a major and highly-anticipated update last Wednesday; The big change was to visibility, and it was twofold: 1) avatars [...]
