Archive for August, 2008

Entry 0097

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Not really sure what to put here – Today marks the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

I don’t really have much to say on this matter – it happened, and what we need to do now is work to prevent it from ever having to happen again.

I’ll be turning the comments off for this post – Consider it a moment of silence.

Entry 0096

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

An Open Letter to Panda Express

Dear Panda Express,

Can I please get a double order of the Beijing Beef without all the damn veggies?
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Entry 0095

Monday, August 4th, 2008

I was supposed to be in bed about half an hour ago, but as normally happens I decided to take one last moment to look over a few RSS Feeds, double check email and maybe write up something in this here blog…

Then I got to tinkering, which almost always leads to trouble. (more…)

Entry 0094

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

Dunny0.net Code Thing

Dunny0.net Code Thing

Many cell phones (mostly in Japan, but it’s spreading here in the US) and do this neat thing where they snap a picture of a barcode thing – as seen here, I think this is called a QR Code – and it’ll take you to a URL for future reading or to find out more about some product.

Or maybe it just contains a secret message for those clever enough to snap a picture…

This one? It just has the URL for this blog in it… I thought it was kind of neat. There’s a site that makes these into patches, but the patches are kind of lame in that they redirect to the guys own site, not to your pre-chosen URL. So… I thought I’d make my own.

Now I just gotta figure out how to make a patch with it. Ideas?

Entry 0093

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

So far, today has been a bit of a slow-day, as opposed to the break-neck pace as set by the previous few days. Not that I’m complaining, mind, merely making an observation.

This morning I slept in, paid my rent – and was greeted by a package in the office area.

What could it be, I wondered as I brought it home… (more…)