Done yesterday (20100426 Mo)

[mdlbear]

0426 Mo
  * up 6:30; W=197.2; drugs, nose
  @ Nina Paley passes Netflix DRM and thousands of dollars
    Nina Paley: My Decision To Turn Down Netflix Due To DRM 
  * Barnard returns.  The "what was fixed" only lists the microphone, but the
    battery seems to be charging now. 
  @ Confused Users Keep Racking Up Ridiculous 3G Bills, Wireless Carriers
    Keep Helping Them 
  @ Video: Rule, fairy tale cartoon created in Sleep Is Death - Boing Boing
  @ Young Mad Scientist Alphabet Blocks in Boing Boing Bazaar - Boing Boing
  @ Lynne Naylor's new art show "Godyssey" - Boing Boing
  @ Google highlights fair use defense to YouTube takedowns - Boing Boing
  @ Chris Ware's rejected Fortune cover - Boing Boing
  @ Dr Seuss in Yiddish -- vey iz mir! - Boing Boing
  * P (now great grand-boss) said he read my notes on what I'm doing and found
    them humorous.  That pleases me; I sometimes take myself too seriously.
  * I can haz new boss -- BS (his actual initials!) accepted our offer 
    ! a bit excited, a bit scared.  Relieved at lowered uncertainty.
  * mothballs in the bags I still have in the bedroom.  Tossed them in the
    corner to get them out of my walkway. 
  * restored barnard.  Luckily still had to.do open on dorsai, since I
    cleverly smashed it by restoring onto dorsai first.  Careless bear!
  % X -query dorsai  works fine on argo, but many of the defaults just don't
    work on a small screen.  Consider a separate login for laptops.
  @ boingboing via @snipeyhead: today is not only Boobquake day, 
    it's also Charles Richter's birthday!  
  * bed ~10:30

My netbook is back! It probably got a new motherboard; the sheet that came with it has "microphone" checked off, but the boxes are right next to one another so I assume it's a typo. It's Dell, after all; I don't expect competence.

(I don't expect competence from myself, either: I nearly destroyed the directory that contains my journals, by restoring the backups in the wrong terminal window. Careless bear! Luckily I had backups of the fileserver from Sunday, and the one file changed since then (to.do) open in Emacs. But it was a near thing.)

I can haz boss! BS (his actual initials) accepted our offer. Meanwhile the person who is now my great grandboss said that he read my rambling notes on where I think I fit in and found them amusing. That pleases me; it means I'm not taking things or myself too seriously.

Plenty of links. under the cut. Trust BoingBoing to notice that yesterday was not only Boobquake day, but also Charles Richter's birthday!