http://dalvenjah.foxfire.net Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:38:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today I saw, among other things, links to the user manual for the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. This got me thinking of the stereotypical user manual for crazy large government-scale objects, and how they always seem to begin with "Congratulations on your purchase of a Large Hadron Collider!" They ... http://dalvenjah.foxfire.net/2008/08/link-dump-6/ Tonight I had Target Swiss mac and cheese. It was decent for a ready-mix box. The links: A linguist tries to predict what english will look and sound like a thousand years from now. Mostly over my head, but the concept is fascinating. (via Digg) Art.Lebedev, the russian design house, has a USB ... http://dalvenjah.foxfire.net/2008/08/linkdump-3/ Not much today, for I am zonked. But here's what there is: Human exoskeleton helps paralyzed people walk. This is what science is for. (via Reddit) From the "well, duh" files -- Paitents suffer when healthcare and insurance policy limits collide (via Digg) Apparently perl under most RedHat builds is broken (via Reddit) The ... http://dalvenjah.foxfire.net/2008/08/tired-linkdump/ I only did one more food post at out of house and home -- for Oreo-style pots-de-creme. Quite yummy, though my attempt at creme filling still needs work. Links! Again with just one! I suppose the internet has started to take weekends off. The Daily Show welcomes the Republican National Convention to ... http://dalvenjah.foxfire.net/2008/08/more-food-and-linkdump/ Today was lots of fun, in a run-around-and-get-things-done kind of way. I'm quite tired now though. I put up only one post so far about the food, but with pictures, at out of house and home, our group food and recipe blog. But I got the pictures set up for the ... http://dalvenjah.foxfire.net/2008/08/food-post-and-single-linkdump/ Today was a day. Not bad. People liked my pots-de-creme. I'll try it again soon I think. Here are the links for your amusement purposes: A helpful book review (via Reddit) Don't mess with the librarians (via Neatorama) Beautiful vistas -- somewhere in Slovenia I think. No idea what the page says, but the ... http://dalvenjah.foxfire.net/2008/08/linkdump-2/ So today I took the day off; despite having got up at noon (i guess I really needed the sleep) I think I got more done today than I normally do on a weekend. Though I still didn't get everything I wanted done. I made kitchen joy today: I baked my ... http://dalvenjah.foxfire.net/2008/08/food-and-link-dump/ Today was just a day. Tomorrow I will make oreo pots-de-creme. Links! Crazy but reasonable hacks to get cross-country data replication working for Facebook -- I don't use 'em, but they're doing interesting things to keep up with their user load. (via Reddit) This looks tapestryshopp'd. (via Reddit) New York's going to start ... http://dalvenjah.foxfire.net/2008/08/link-adump/ The internet hasn't been doing its job for a couple of days, but I think I'm back. I took a fish class last night, and got some ideas on cooking halibut, salmon, and scallops -- yum. Also found out why steak from the midwest US generally seems to taste better than ... http://dalvenjah.foxfire.net/2008/08/dumpy-linky-2/ Today is just another day. But it is friday. Or it was, when I started this post. More craziness from Siggraph. This application is almost photoshop for video. I'm almost more impressed than I was by the Microsoft photo browser software from a couple of days ago. Drugstore annoyances. I was amused. Fun ... http://dalvenjah.foxfire.net/2008/08/linkdump/