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
I have my Wii
Played with it a bit last night. Fun! I can see that Wii Sports Tennis is going to be great. But I was too jet-lagged to play much. I set up my Mii and did the online update, played a bit of Tennis and Bowling. Now I just need a component video cable, and Zelda… Continue reading I have my Wii
Wii!
I’ve won (the right to purchase) a Wii in the office lottery. Our office is getting just over 100 of them in two shipments. The first shipment has already arrived, and the second shipment will arrive shortly after I return from holiday!
Windows Vista: Restrictive EULA?
The Windows Vista EULA has been in the news a bit today. It contains several worrying features. Other sites were complaining about how it allowed just one re-install on different hardware; that is now fixed. So you can upgrade more than once and transfer it. There has also been some complaint about the clause that… Continue reading Windows Vista: Restrictive EULA?
the only meme you need
What are you? A meme by Elbeno. Choose wisely and reveal your true self… Q1 Paint a picture Write a song Run a marathon Q2 Louis Armstrong John Lennon Britney Spears Q3 July 20th, 1969 November 22nd, 1963 June 6th, 1944 Mostly A's: You're the blue face of a Rubik's Cube. Dependable and true, you're… Continue reading the only meme you need
Halloween is almost here…
What should I do? 1. Wear the old Homestar Runner costume of 2003. Homestar seems a bit passe these days. 2. Head to Party City and get whatever dregs they have in my size. 3. Carve a pumpkin, give out candy, dress up mini-Elbeno as a dragon and be done with it. No costume for… Continue reading Halloween is almost here…
Propositions 86 & 87
(For the non-Californians: Prop 86 proposes a hefty tax increase on tobacco with 100% of the raised money going to various health concerns, and Prop 87 proposes a $4bn tax on oil companies to fund alternative fuel development. The oil companies are not allowed to pass the tax on to the price at the pump).… Continue reading Propositions 86 & 87