Aiming at Nothing

Allen’s ramblings, broken down… and left that way.

Archive for August, 2007

29 Aug

Got Mail?

A friend forwarded this to me. Now we know why email is sometimes so “slow” to arrive.

28 Aug

Insomnia has its rewards

Moon says, “Hey, yer blocking my light!”
Beauty. In the dark.

24 Aug

What is Starbuckin’?

Timothy Sandefur has some wonderful (if not also depressing) observations about Battlestar Galactica (the new one) over at Positive Liberty. Actually the really good stuff is in this older post of his that I somehow missed. What is wrong with me?
Warning: There are spoilers behind these links for those of you who have not yet [...]

22 Aug

NACK!

Oh no.
Second Life is down for maintenance. Yes, it was planned this time… and I knew it would be happening… but… what am I supposed to do now? I might have to go outside or maybe even talk to someone in meatspace.
I wonder what my avatar does when the grid goes down. Does he dream [...]

16 Aug

Unintended Consequences and GMail Labels

“Work”? I need to create a GMail label named “bed.”

Yawn. Coffee is kicking in…

15 Aug

Sammach

Boy, oh boy, is this ever wrong. Quiet? Me? Quiet? Please.

You Are a Ham Sandwich

You are quiet, understated, and a great comfort to all of your friends.
Over time, you have proven yourself as loyal and steadfast.
And you are by no means boring. You do well in any situation - from fancy to laid back.
Your best [...]

04 Aug

Network Tee Vee Shocker!

I didn’t see the Dateline program because I haven’t watched network “news” magazine programs since the mid-eighties. Apparently this isn’t a joke. Dateline reports that — are you sitting down? — people steal iPods.
News!

Apparently not understanding that Apple isn’t the police, Hansen actually calls Apple’s corporate security line to report stolen iPods, because…well, he flunked [...]

03 Aug

Markets and Second Life

I’m not an economist. Not at all, in fact. I figure as long as I have checks, I’ve got money. I’m not wrong, am I? There are checks left in the book, right? So I have money! Did I mention that I’m not an economist?
There’s a fascinating (to me, at least) article by Matthew Beller [...]

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