Gecko Bloggle

• The Steampunk Workshop
  I *wish* I had the capability to do things like these guys. I’m thinking about doing one of the keyboards they have listed here, just ’cause it seems like about the level of mechanical aptitude I’m capable of.
  (tags: art blog computer cool design diy)

Nifty video from Nike Momentum (drum circles cause adrenaline, who knew?) via the often interesting and always well-written How Advertising Spoiled Me.

In the video, stars (it’s Nike, they can afford it – I’m surprised they don’t have them breakdancing), are squaring off, sorta, and you end up with tennis players slamming a ball at a soccer player, etc.

And I called it about a two years ago.

’cause I wanna see a game that places the sports against each other.  The game’ll need some serious play-balancing, and would be a pain in the butt to do physics for, but after watching this little video, I’m thinking it’s time to check my idea in, since it’s got at least the first wave of questions and “yeah, but”s answered.

So watch out, Nike Commercial People, you’re on notice.
{Speaking of being “On Notice,” the Stephen Colbert “On Notice” Generator is gone, sad.}

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• Stage6 · EFF · A Fair(y) Use Tale – Video and Download
  Nice little 10min explanation of copyright and fair use, using Di$ney snippets to e(d)it together sentences. It takes a little ADHD to follow, but it’s fun to watch.
  (tags: movies)
• Stage6 · I Hope This Finds You Well – Video and Download · joekinney
  This is some flat-out amazing guitar work. I’m guessing from the tags on the site that it’s a DireStraits track. But in the words of Caitlin, my first response was “SHUT… UP.”
  (tags: music guitar)

So, after the main drive on our server decided to pack it in after only six years of:

• running on a sad little Pentium III 733
• Windows 2000 server (and IIS, ’cause they said it couldn’t be DONE)
• not enough air flow
• multiple power surges and outages
• three different low-profile power supplies
• a warm day combined with the door on the cabinet sealing shut

the drive made this horrific clicking noise when attempting to boot.

Now thanks to

• some SERIOUS drive recovery karma (I think I’m around 95% on over 100 drives in my carreer: freaky, huh?)
• Arwen‘s CompSci degree
• blind faith to KEEP TRYING even after you’ve already consciously accepted that everything’s gone
• backups I started on a daily/weekly/”otherdrivetarget” back in February

72hrs later, we’re back up. New hardware, new server OS, new everything. NEW.

Same ol’ data though, which is the new sweetness.

Arwen, Monkeypants, Pomodoro and I are all back.

So, “Temple” is in ruins, and “Blackhole” is here to stay, we hope.

Email/comment (if you can) if there’s any weirdness.

Oh, and Email’s not *quite* back up just yet, so Monkey and Pomo are not emailable at this domain for the next little bit.

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I’m running into an autosave bug that acts more like a “save and revert” of some sort.  It’s BRUTAL to be typing for five minutes, rest for a second to think about what you want to say next, and then watch it clobber most of the last paragraph and replace it with some earlier text.

I was doing a little post just now, to give it another chance, and it LOST THE POST I was typing, even though it seemed to think everything was just peachy.  Ctrl-Z to undo?  It put back the last word I had deleted.

Niiiiiiiice.

I think I’ll stick to wBloggar for now.

Also, I found A Softer World via Karlababble:

• Windows Live Writer Beta
  (tags: blogging download software windows)

Here’s me testing Microsoft’s new Windows Live Writer, and so far, I gotta say, there’s some pretty amazing things it’s doing right outta the box:

• It downloaded and installed in about 30 seconds (no activation, no stupid link/login things.
• It’s doing live spell-check as I type.
• It’s doing an auto save every three minutes (Arwen’ll like that).
• It’s showing what I’m writing using the style-sheet from my own blog, so I know what the layout is, and how it’s going to look ON MY BLOG. (Sorry Facebook, and LiveJournal, you’ll be stuck with whatever happens during translation).
• {Uh, randomly deleting the word I was typing *right* before it autosaved?  Hullo?}
• Allegedly can do pictures and things like that there, so we’ll just have to see about that, won’t we?

Okay, that’s enough of that.  Daily Show is on.

Oh, and everyone think good thoughts about my moms, mkay?  She’s in hospital with a thing, and we’re all happily pretending we’re not scared poopless.

{Okay, wtf? The autosave is actually REVERTING to what I was typing a little while ago, th’hell?}

• G.S.A. – Global Security Alliance
  I have *NO* idea what these guys are talking about, but it’s sorta interesting to let my brain try.
  (tags: radio transcript)
• Urban Exploration Resource: Welcome to the Urban Exploration Resource!
  Interesting site with a nice database for bridges and abandoned buildings. What got me though was some of the freakishly gorgeous photography. Worth checking out.
  (tags: photography architecture)
• www.be-funk.com – Belgium Funky Beats
  (tags: music)

• Female gecko simulates sex, breeds alone
  The female Mourning Gecko has found a way to simulate sex and produce eggs, rendering her male counterpart redundant.
  (tags: gecko nature weirdness)

• LINA – open source everywhere
  (tags: Linux opensource virtualization Windows software)
• Blue Circle Music Pumps and Purse
  I don’t. I just… What the hell? I was googling for “procrastination pie chart” when I stumbled across this. I dunno, but I’ll have to read this later.
  (tags: ebay weirdness)