We spent 10 days in Newfoundland, attending Gareth’s godmother’s wedding (Frances was an attendant). A little lag time, but here are some shots from the trip. Gorgeous scenery, and the most generous people I’ve met in a long time. As I remarked to Frances, I’d live there, if it wasn’t at the ends of the… Continue reading Finally, some pictures from Newfoundland
CD ripping morality flowchart
From BoingBoing, I saw this chart, a cool visual of the moral flowchart suggesting whether to rip a CD to mp3/OGG/AAC files on your hard drive. I’m in the push at home to get all our CDs ripped to MP3s — I’m at over 28GB, 5500 songs, and about 50% of the way through —… Continue reading CD ripping morality flowchart
I need a 40GB iPod
5176 songs and counting now imported into iTunes — and I’m not even halfway done. The 10GB iPod just ain’t cutting it any more….
In the distant past…
…somewhere B.C. (Before Children), I spent a lot of time playing Mechwarrior II online, through Kali. It was a wicked combination of online community and online gaming, long before there was Battle.net, Gameranger or any of the other online services. Often frustrating, as pings would climb impossibly high on your 33.6kbps connection, and, being out… Continue reading In the distant past…
In Terlingua, no one can hear you scream
Did you know there’s a Chili Appreciation Society International? I didn’t. Found while doing some research for the annual Fort Frances Chili Cookoff competition, which I participated in two years ago. Dressed as Boba Fett. With an apron. The most bizarre part of the CASI site is the picture of the trophy. There’s a nice… Continue reading In Terlingua, no one can hear you scream