Done yesterday (20110908 Th)

[mdlbear]

0908 Th
  * up 6:30; W=194.2 (!); drugs, nose, teeth, laundry, dishes, exercise, light 
  @ Invisible Illness Awareness Week starts Monday/
  @ Armed and Dangerous » Ecoforming and 1493
  @ Trinh Cong Son (via (EWS lab tech) Gloria)
  * sent the FSA documentation for the dental claim.  Still missing the Kaiser
    mail-order pharma one; no idea why they keep questioning these.
  * bring in EWS tablet.  Why is it still at home?? -> because it came home in
    the recycling box.
  @ Logitech - Webcam Pro 9000 has linux support
  @ Wireless USB looks good for wireless audio
    search for certified wireless usb products
  @ Look Up! It's A Star In The Midst Of A Violent, Bright Death 
  @ Pakistani tech wiz harnesses Internet for the poor 
    via (coworker) Manoj
  : An office with walls does little good combined with a drop ceiling. 
  @ Flukso household power metering - not in the US, alas.
  @ IAXmodem
  @ Michael Hart, Project Gutenberg's e-book loving founder, passes away
    @ obit: Michael S. Hart - Gutenberg (1947-03-08 - 2011-09-06)
    @ RIP Project Gutenberg founder Michael Hart - Boing Boing 
    ! sad; distressed.  Shocked - only 5 days older than me!
  @ World Public Library
  @ The Ferrett's Journal - Call Me A Psycho, But 9/11
  * buy: pantsu, loperamide, Tums (large bottle), 
  @ 8 Star Trek Gadgets That Are No Longer Fiction
    11 Astounding Sci-Fi Predictions That Came True 
  @ melannen: Some Minor Historical Notes on Copyright and Censorship
    (via ysabetwordsmith)
  * Thankful Thursday
  * Trinh Cong Son songs on YouTube.  They all sound sad.  Ok, not all.
    Impermanent Flower - Hong Nhung - YouTube this one's happy!  Well,
    parts of it are happy.  A song with mood swings?
  % 11:15ish - sleepy.  Splat.

An office with walls does little to prevent sound leakage from the adjacent offices when the building has a dropped ceiling. Other than that, though, it's very nice. I'll cope.

I got quite a lot of work done, but no walkies.

Quite a few links. I was saddened and shocked to learn of the death of Project Gutenberg's founder, Michael Hart -- shocked, because he was less than a week older than me. I'm feeling old now. And mortal.

I spent quite a while in the evening listening to songs by Trinh Cong Son on YouTube; Joan Baez called him "the Vietnamese Bob Dylan". He was recommended to me by our Vietnamese lab tech, Gloria, when I said goodbye to her last Friday. Go give Impermanent Flower a listen. It's worth it.