Done yesterday (20100730 Fr)

[mdlbear]

0730 Fr
  * up 6:40; W=194; drugs, nose, teeth; laundry, coffee
  @ dave_bryant: Commerce and piracy in modern space opera via haikujaguar
  @ xkcd: University Website
    ... and not just universities.
  * no walk to speak of -- just down to the deli and back
  : several requests to bring in Plink.
  * To Safeway for dinner: steak, sliced portobello mushrooms, and broccoli.
  * Dinner.  yum.
  * singing for Colleen She said to start at the start of my songbook.
    another, bbblues, bigger, heaven, bugs, can't
    Colleen says Another Country has grown on her, which is good.
  * PAY BILLS -- AX and MC.  
  @ GUADEC: Luis Villa points GNOME at the web
  @ Jennifer Brozek - The Need to be Interesting via slweippert
  : Mom's on FB -- probably have to join now.
  * 10:30ish laundry, snuggle, 11 bath, ~midnight bed, snuggle

A decent day, though all of my work day was spent researching a mysterious network speed problem rather than actually, you know, working. (Where "working" == "writing the stuff that's actually on my list of tickets". This is, admittedly, a limited definition; a large but hidden part of my job is to provide generalized wisdom and experience.)

No walk to speak of. I did, however, get a couple of people asking me if I'd brought in my guitar. Plink has been making friends.

Stopped at Safeway on the way home to get dinner: sirloin steaks, sliced portobello mushrooms, and broccoli. Yum. Steak-and-eggs for lunch today.

Sang for Colleen about 9pm: she said to just start at the front of my songbook. I skipped a couple of clunkers, but sang Another Country, Big Blue Blues, Bigger On the Inside, Bound For Hacker's Heaven, Bugs, and Can't Get It Up.

My Mom invited me to join Facebook. I may have to give in and do it.

Quite a few good links under the cut. xkcd: University Website doesn't just apply to universities -- if I can't find what I need on a product's site, I'm unlikely to become a customer.

Comments

[chatworthy.livejournal.com]

If you -do- join Facebook, learn how to block game results.

[mdlbear]

Thanks for the tip. Sounds like a good idea.

[spiritdancer]

It's fairly easy, but it'll be time-intensive (sort of) at first.

ON FB, your "home" page has postings by your friends (including memes, games, etc).

If you see an entry for something you don't want to bother with, hover your mouse (or other pointing device) over the entry - a "hide" button will show up at the upper right of the entry. Click on that, and you get 3 options: Hide the person, hide the application or cancel. Choose whichever you prefer (I generally hide the app) and go on. Repeat for each app you want to ignore (there are LOTS).

After doing this consistently for a while, I very rarely see something I'm not interested in.

You can do the same thing, more or less, when you get Requests for various apps & such - there's an option to block requests from any given app.

(I really ought to post this somewhere on my LJ, and then just point folks to it *grin*)