Friday – 21 March 2008
Today is Good Friday.
And it’s a “good Friday,” to boot.
Win-Win.

This morning’s commute was to the tune of 2112: Overture and Temples of Syrinx.
At lunch, and I are going to Ye Olde Driving Range.
(Did you know that “Ye” is actually supposed to be pronounced “the?” It is.)

Stray Toasters

  • The Red Balloon that’s a few doors down from Dr. Volt’s has gotten a new shipment of Rokenbok. In the shipment was Tower of Rok Mania. I deem that this shall be the next addition to my collection. (And, to be honest, I wouldn’t mind adding another Monorail Metropolis Start Set to the equation, either.)
  • SaraRules is helping to… tame… the volumes of comics that I have – at least the ones here behind the Zion Curtain. Until a couple weeks ago, they were stored in seven long boxes in one of my closets. Currently, they are stacked – unboxed – in my living room. When stopped by yesterday to take SaraRules to lunch, he saw the stacks. After lunch, he asked me how many comics I have. I asked if he meant here or overall. “Both.” So, after a few minutes of mental gymnastics, I figured that I have:
    • UT: roughly 2500
    • MD: 1200 – 1400
    • NC: between 2000 and 2500 (probably closer to 2500)
  • broke someone’s day; I am proud of her for the method with which she did so.
  • Soft Pretzels: Round 2 – tonight.
  • I was reminded of a tech fact about “cookies” that I had forgotten (and a fact of which most people are unaware):

    Cookies are a way for a server to store information about the user (on the user’s machine) so that the server can remember the user over the course of the visit or through several visits. Think of a cookie like a name tag: You tell the server your name, and it gives you a name tag. Then it can know who you are by referring back to the name tag.

    Cookies have gotten a bad rap because users believe cookies allow a server to know too much about them. However, a cookie can only be used to store information that you give it, so it’s as secure as you want it to be.

  • This made me laugh.
    (It even made laugh, too!)
  • David Letterman’s “Top Ten Reasons to Watch the New Season of Battlestar Galactica“:
  • I have a possible new addition to the Covet List: Tetris Mirror Pieces
  • if (!$error) {
    print ‘Looks like you might actually have SOME idea of what you’re trying to do!’;
    } else {
    print ‘You FAIL…’;
    }
  • Why Pulling the Fire Alarm at the Gas Station Is a Bad Idea

This post has been brought to you by the letters “C” and “Y” and the number 2112.

Namaste.