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A quest for the fountain of youth spanning the interlocking timelines of a 16th century conquistador, a present day research scientist, and a 26th century astronaut. Not what I expected. The film, drenched in a feeling of desperation and sadness, is sometimes far out, often very beautiful. Poetic. The climax didn’t move me but I [...]

We attended our school’s open house again last night. I always get a kick out of the projects posted on the walls. One of the projects was a “Meet My Parents: Through a child’s eyes” page the kindergartners wrote. Some classic stuff. Flattery will get you everywhere, kids: My Mom is 20 feet tall and [...]

Very funny. A crescendo of British comedy with a satisfying and touching ending. The scene with the friend and Uncle Alfie is worth the price of admission. Alan Tudyk (Wash from Firefly) has moments of genius. Also, it’s directed by Fozzie Bear so this is one of the few DVDs where watching the extras is [...]

Ultimate recipe? Sure, if your definition of ultimate is “good enough for Fridays.”

I received a notification from Google today that one of my posts contained “badware“. I didn’t find anything at first. But then I noticed that the content of the post contained an iframe that I didn’t add. Apparently, it was injected at some point in the past due to running an older, vulnerable version of [...]

Update: Thanks for your help, everybody. No more testers needed. I’ll be releasing it soon. Over the weekend I created a photo uploader for Linux, specifically for Gnome desktop users: I’m looking for some people who can install and try the package out before I release it publicly. Ideally I’d like several people to run [...]

Me, singing: Look at this stuff / Isn’t it neat? / Wouldn’t you think my collection’s complete? / Wouldn’t you think I’m the girl / The girl who has everything? / Looking around here you think / Sure, she’s got everything / I’ve got gadgets and gizmos a-plenty / I’ve got whozits and whatzits galore [...]

Stumbled across a site for making checklists and discovered some lists on parenting. Here’s one: What kids should be able to do on their own (age 6+). Cute but not very practical. Science has shown that children are non-stop engines of destruction. This is a fact (look it up). Knowing that a child should be [...]

Just a quick note to let you know about some minorish changes to the blog. I’ve added a new section called Asides which you can get to from the link on the menu at the top of the page. That section contains an overview of my recent online and offline activity. “Feed Clips” are blog [...]