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…
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…
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…
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…
my new ISP
Time Warner Cable takes over Comcast in Socal. So I am being forcibly relocated to Roadrunner. They sent me a letter about it and told me to go to the appropriate site to switch over email etc. I went to the site. It said: We're sorry, we are unable to…
More appley baked goods
Apple & lemon cake. Also has pecans in it. Not markedly appley, actually, but very nice even so.
When come back bring pie!
Fruits (haha) of our trip to Oak Glen a couple of weeks ago.
Will the PS3 succeed?
Here we are, almost a month from the PS3 launch. And here are my thoughts on the subject. Sony really seem to be drinking the Kool-Aid. If the PS3 comes out on top, it will be through a miracle of marketing – I think the odds are stacked against it…
halloween is coming
I already got the flyer/catalogue from Party City. My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul elbeno goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as an anti-pirate. _skye_ gives you 11 teal vanilla-flavoured pieces of chewing gum. arielerilrondil tricks you! You get a wad of paper. auntysarah gives you 18 orange cola-flavoured wafers. editor tricks you! You…
OK, what can I do with:
a blood-soaked electric fan a severed hand a massive pile of band-aid wrappers a bag of swedish fish a painting a fire extinguisher a pigeon a ball-peen hammer a frame a photograph a roll of tape a portrait the left half of a coupon a steel key a bottle of…