Archive for May, 2007
450 POSTS! Oh, and boring selector updates.
Posted on May 21, 2007
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First things first, the SafeTinspector blog has trooped past the 450 post mark. On account of my dearthening (currently waning) and Arthbard’s animation sabbatical, this last fifty took quite a bit longer than the previous fifty. Look for more content, though; the dearthening is almost gone and I feel great. I just needed to be properly sized. Ask me about how I use quantum physics in order to operate the shift key!
Secondly, Arthbard has updated his selector*! This is great news for you, the reader, as it gives you quicker access to the nougaty goodness that huddles pink and quivering in his shell.
At the top of this page, where you see “Normal …for Arthbard,” you can now click on “Normal” and choose a category of Arthiness. For his excellent animations, for instance, you may click on “Arthimation”. Now, where you saw “..for Arthbard”, you will see “Cartoons!” Click on “Cartoons!” and you will see a handy list of Arthbard animation for your viewing pleasure. Once clicked, a thumbnail pimping your selection should replace the crab graphic on the left side of the header. Now all that remains is that you click “Arth!” and off you will go to be amused and amazed.
* This navigation system is the SafeSelector, and is a bit of Javascript I threw together last year sometime. I know, I know, abso-friggin’ incredible. Also a pain in the ass to maintain, which is why I’m entertaining the idea of moving to WordPad where such things can maintain themselves.
Caveman Theater: The Language Barrier
Posted on May 18, 2007
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Unfortunate Bug No Longer Lives
Posted on May 17, 2007
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There was bug on the floor outside my office door, a large beetle of some kind. Stunned, dead or dying, I’m not sure which, I stepped over it on the way in. And again on the way out. And again later, when I returned.
Each time I secretly wished it would stir and crawl its way off to look for what might pass for sustenance under the shelving which lines the shop.
But then, in passing, I stepped on it by accident. It is crushed, and the issue of its quick or dead status is resolved permanently.
Now I’ll have to pick it up and bring it into my office*.
In other news, Microsoft claims that Linux violates over 230 patents. If you are a geek like me, you probably think this is complete crap. Claiming that someone else’s work belongs to you because it looks a little like something you own is mind boggling usury.
Here is a well-written Wired blog entry about this crap: Wired Blog Entry
* That’s where my trashbin is.
Changes
Posted on May 15, 2007
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Look! The tag board is gone. No one really used it, and I have a sneaking suspicion that it was summoning forth popup ads.
Look! The BluntCogs navigator is gone! Its been partially busted for a long time, and no one else ever used it or cared about it. I euthanized it with a gentle liquid detergent. It went peacefully and lemony fresh; that’s all anyone could’ve asked for at this point.
Want to hear something funny? Hell, so would I. I got nothing. Look at this picture of Samantha at a Red Wings game and smile a little for me.
Oh! Oh! Oh! The 15th was Heather’s birthday. My wife turned 31, and she spent the day fielding a flurry* of phone calls from a certain troubador who sang her the birthday song over and over again. 
At one point the singer was accompanied by the tinkling strains of music from an old Miracle** keyboard he has stashed at his office for just such an occasion.
* Why is it that I constantly fight the urge to spell ‘flurry’ as ‘floury’? Why? WHY?!?
** Miracle is an early-nineties piano teaching system that included this keyboard, some DOS software, and optionally SNES or NES cartridges. It pretty much broke Software Toolworks, which never recouped the costs of development. Too bad, it was a very nice keyboard and learning system for the price. Its rare now; sadly, I broke one of the keys in half. Click HERE for more information.
Teeny Weenies Need More Ketchup
Posted on May 15, 2007
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I’m still getting smaller, and now I can feast for days on a single fun-sized bag of Doritos. Practical uses of diminuition*. Did you watch Arthbard’s video yet? YOU SHOULD. It is funny, and it took him a long time to make it, and you love him. I think I’ll sit here, scrape a handful of Dorito dust off the nearest chip, and hop up and down on the mouse button until the video starts again.
I’m getting even smaller… I think I still see me, I know I still see the video.
* I think that’s a real word. If I made it up, then its a pretty good word for a small guy.
