For the sake of 10 minutes. Because Mrs Elbeno insisted that I turn off the computer NOW and go to bed last night, and /tmp gets cleared on boot. Grrr. If you’re reading this, Mrs Elbeno, I’m never listening to you again over such matters!
Month: December 2006
Wii gubbins
5183 7827 7354 6715 I’m pro level at tennis! And advancing rapidly with the bowling (high score 197). Golf I haven’t touched yet, baseball is fun but takes too long, and boxing is a bit hit and miss (har) for me.
the yearly mail merge
Yule is almost here and Mrs Elbeno and I have been writing the letter, which means that once again I get to figure out how to do a mail merge from the address book spreadsheet to a sheet of labels. And every year it changes slightly. This year it was quite easy though, despite the… Continue reading the yearly mail merge
a thought experiment
I followed the story of Christopher Soghoian with interest over the last few months. As you'll recall, he is the security researcher who put a fake Northwest Airlines boarding pass generator on the web, and was subsequently visited by the FBI. There are two amazing parts to this story, for me: first, that the FBI… Continue reading a thought experiment
Book sale haul
Today was (is) the quarterly Culver City Library book sale. $15 got us: The Eleventh Hour by Graeme Base How The Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin 3 Hardy Boys Books: The House on the Cliff (2), Hunting for Hidden Gold (5), The Mystery of Cabin… Continue reading Book sale haul