Ninjas

I'm thankful this is a limited edition.  Who knows what the world would look like if ninjas were commonplace. 

Over 5 years!

This is crazy.  Really.  Why haven't I posted anything for five years? If this trend continues, the next post might not be until after the robot apocalypse and who knows what kind of input device I'll have to use in order to post.

I had to post (and not just because it has been almost a year since my last post). I am posting because this is IMPORTANT information:

A blog about superuseless superpowers. And from one of the comments, I found a video of David O'Doherty singing about very mild superpowers. Good stuff.

Also, I guess its good I laugh at my old posts, but I don't think it is good that I actually said, "That's kind of funny -- I should follow this blog". I'll see what I can do this year.

Another true souper-hero reveals himself. Reminds me of a story a friend of mine told me about how oversleeping and a hangover saved her from being at ground-zero on the morning of September 11th... Maybe Churchill's famous quote, "I’ve gotten more out of alcohol than alcohol has gotten out of me" isn't so ridiculous after all.

Holiday Break -- A time to spend with the family, catch up on blogging, wield a chainsaw, split firewood with a hydraulic splitter, spread mulch made from coco bean on the garden... wait a second, where the hell am I?!? I guess I shouldn't complain, but talk about "why didn't I think of that" moments. A garden that smells like chocolate is a shit-load better than the alternative.

I got an OLPC and it is awesome! It is not the fastest thing around, but it is very functional. The GUI takes a while to get use to (not that I am use to it), but I might've had an easier time if I were an 8 year old.

Which brings us to today. Being my research day, and the fortunate arrival of my little green friend last night, I was able to bring the OLPC into my secret government security lab and start messing around with it. Just me and what I believed to be the only OLPC in NYC. However, when I booted and started poking around with the wireless "neighborhood" it seemed I was wrong. Since this little guy can only transmit so far, I use my special souper-powers to determined it must be the digital media folks down the hall. Actually, quite a way down the hall. Scouting about a bit I found an open door and peered in. Seeing the distinctive green antenna, and knew I was in the right place.

Then the conversation became a bit unusual, as I asked the guy sitting in front of the machine, "Are you Pearl?"

He says, "Yea, are you Ashleigh?"

I suppose it's probably not that unusual on the Internet, but it was a first for me. Turns out Pearl is the prof's daughter's name and Ashleigh is, of course, my niece and intended recipient.

Anyway, actually they had two. One had apparently met its match in a button-mashing 4 year old. The X session, it seems, in protest just decided to ignored the keyboard and mouse. Some fiddling, a reflash, and we were back in business. The rest of the day, I guess, we spent as 8 year olds.

I say it was a big success. We broke things. We fixed things. It brought two labs together. I am even doing this post on it now... just don't tell my neighbors -- I'm using their connection.

Since I am a binge poster, let me just give you my revelation of the day: The problem with GUIs is that a hidden check-box can make a *HUGE* 7500-emailed-deleted-from-server
difference. Huff...

Holy Crap! It has been almost an entire year!!! A crazy year, with no signs of normalcy in the near future. Oh well, I'll just sit back and enjoy the pretty lights.