Dusty Chalk

I'll probably be getting myself a laptop (my first!) at some point in the next several months. I hate touchpads. What are my options? Disable in software Disable in firmware Disable in hardware (open, disconnect or snip, close) Build my own Lenovo X200 Sony Vaio Lifestyle Any others?

For those of us who are URL-maniacs, what part is the important part, this one: &tag=headcaseorg-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957...? I.E. is this the part we append if we want to, e.g., bookmark this? I.E. I tend to go straight to Gold Box, would the altered version look like this? (I took out location and IE -- I presume those aren't necessary.)

Don't ask, don't tell.

New Playboy CEO "Flanders"...any relation to Ned?

Aw, man, don't post that, that was going to be my halloween costume!

x3 -- aw-sum.

It depends on the stand. 'Inert' and 'sturdy' are more important than material. That said...I like wood, it just feels more inert. In general. But filling a qual stand with sand can make a metal stand pretty inert, too. I'd get something like this.

Look like LCD's. Pretty high resolution, I'm not seeing any artifacts.

I wonder if he knew that. Next Wednesday, albeit Baltimore. Will have to try and make that.

It's actually a hella lot better than that crap copper-under-transparent shit.

Condom pillows is an idea waiting to be marketed.

A (non-head-case/RL) friend emails me today and says that I should really check out this Emilie Autumn chick.

Drove around -- left the house around 12:45, didn't get back until after 6. Just errand after errand after errand.

I've seen them several times -- yes, you do. There is something about that music, multi-percussionists, and silly bald very blue men that just add up to something greater than the sum of the greatness of the parts.

Wait -- to the DAC? So, what...does it reprogram an HDMI driver on the computer? I.E. how do it do it?

We just need to design an HDMI DAC.

That's pretty awesome, if I may say so. I have a great admiration for anyone who can instruct anything.

Yello, Touch Yello

FTFY? And then we can have AmeriCansJam, and then AmeriCansJamToo...

I lollered. And then I lollered again.

I've been playing lots of Porcupine Tree in the car since the concert -- mostly In Absentia, Deadwing, Fear of a Blank Planet, and, of course, The Incident. Soon, I'm going to roll over to the earlier albums and just go through them all (or rather, most of them -- will skip Metanoia, Voyage 34: The Complete Trip, &c.). Right now I've got "Darkest Eyes" stuck in my head. I think I'll leave it there. EDIT: Of course, it would help if I got the name right -- "Blackest Eyes".

Ooo. Aaaaa.

So Sunrise would take about 2-2.5 hours? And above the arctic circle, it could take days on the longest "days" (what are days based on sunrise/sunset called -- solar days?)?

Awesome.