Cthulhu in Love Perfume - A ThinkGeek exclusive So what if its got a face full of tentacles? So what if its huge and scaly and exudes menace and dread? Cthulhu's got needs too, you know? And this Valentine's Day, Cthulhu has declared that it will not be alone. So, it's created its own signature perfume to help attract l'amour. And because we hang tight with the Great Cthulhu, we got some for you, too. It smells like ritual incense, untold sea substances, and mixed chocolates! Time for Cthulhu to get it on.
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Saturday (16th) I picked him up from the hospital and took him home.
He's moving fairly well using Mom's wheeled walker, but he's pretty cranky.
They didn't write him any new prescriptions.
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Check yesterday's post for the link to the article about 45 Manly Hobbies
( 45 Manly Hobbies )
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As declared by companies that sell tea.
But who cares? It's a good idea!
I'm gonna go have another cup RIGHT NOW.
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I just added the Garmin nuvi 1490T and ecoRoute HD (the latter available for preorder only) to my Amazon wishlist.
Just sayin'.
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The Art of Manliness Blog posted 45 Manly Hobbies.
I've listed them below (behind a cut). Either in a comment or on your own blog, repost the list and for each, say whether you do it often, occasionally, if you've tried it but decided it's not for you, are interested but yet to try it, or aren't interested--or whatever!
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So the Pate Museum of Transportation is closing. Newspaper article We were planning to go today but I did something to my back, so we didn't go. I'm really bummed. I've been, but it's been decades. Neither the wife nor her parents have been. In so far unrelated news, Exxon-Mobil is buying XTO Energy. XTO is well known around Fort Worth for restoring a LOT of historic office buildings, sort of turning downtown into their corporate campus. Here's my suggestion to Exxon-Mobil + XTO: Buy the Pate Museum. Fix everything. Operate the museum. Most of it is made up of machines that use their product.
It's a perfect fit! Posted via LiveJournal.app.
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http://www.star-telegram.com/local/story/1843291.html Posted via LiveJournal.app.
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Whether you think global warming exists or not; whether you think humans caused it or not; whether you think we can do anything at all about it or not, look under the cut.
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Thanks to pharyngula.
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I had this entry formatted. I posted it and it lost all the formatting.
So I edited it, this time in HTML mode and formatted it again. It lost it all again.
Meh. Not fixing it again.
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Apparently Dell LCD monitors, at least the E207WFP, but probably others, have a fairly delicate power button. Over time and use, the part of the power button that actually contacts a circuit board is pulverized. Once this occurs you can't turn it on (or off, depending on your luck).
This happened to my Father-in-Law's monitor. Being the good son-in-law, I swapped his with mine, and brought mine back home to do something about it.
Prevention: Turn on the monitor and never use the power button again. Just turn off your power strip.
Workaround:
Unplug the monitor from the computer and power.
Remove the front bezel. CAREFULLY, because the ribbon that connects the button circuit board is very short. You'll have to get something thin between the bezel and the case, and gently pry the case out to release the bezel. This is a pain and rather difficult.
With a tiny phillips (sp?) screwdriver, remove the very short screws that hold the circuit board to the bezel. Remove the smashed power button, leaving the other buttons alone.
Carefully put the circuit board back on, and carefully replace the four screws. Don't overtighten!
Snap the bezel back into place. It goes in pretty easy, making up, a little, for the difficulty in removing it.
Plug the monitor back in. There's a hole where the power button used to be. That square thing in the middle of the hole is the green power LED. Don't mess with that. To the left of that, barely visible through the hole, is a small metallic circle. That's the actual power button. Use something with a rounded point to push that. You'll feel it. The LED will come on, and the monitor will function just fine. The other buttons work too. I'll probably cover up that LED, it's distracting.
Look up at the Prevention step. That's the best way to work from now on.
Repair: If it's under warranty, call Dell. If not, see Workaround, above.
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After all this discussion about AT&T and their network and whining about iPhone users straining it and all that...
Barnes and Nobles new Nook eBook reader, the one that is going to compete with the Kindle, uses AT&T's network.
(The Kindle uses Sprint, in case you didn't know.)
At first I was going to gripe that the Nook uses AT&T.
But <i>hopefully</i> AT&T has learned its lesson, and they'll get more money per MB of data from their arrangement with B&N than they do from high traffic iPhone users. This would be GOOD and would give them more cash to upgrade the network.
Right?
RIGHT??
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I'm sure I wouldn't be able to hear the difference.
I've gotten too old.
But which would be better--
VBR (Variable Bit Rate) at an average of 256kbps MP3 that Amazon uses or 256kpbs AAC that iTunes Plus uses?
I just want to know.
Technical issues only. I don't want you to tell me that AAC is bad because Apple uses it...
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Go look at Ken Jennings's Wordplay Wednesday blog post, here.
I'll wait here. Just hit the back button.
Figure it out yet?
Here's one hint:
Hfr gur friragu yrggre. [Remember I'm in the United States.]
( I'll put another hint behind the cut. )
I was made aware of this via a tweet, but if I told you which twitter account, you'd figure out the puzzle too fast.
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Dear AT&T:
Unlike many blogs and editorials out there, I've never been anything but satisfied with your service.
I have an iPhone 3G, and my two years is up sometime in the first half of next year.
Whether I upgrade that and / or stay with AT&T is going to depend on a number of things:
1. New / improved features on the next iPhone.
2. Whether or not you've messed with my plan.
If Apple doesn't improve the next iPhone beyond the 3GS, I'll be in no hurry to get a new phone.
If you start metering data, I'll certainly have to do some real analysis as to which plans ACROSS A NUMBER OF PROVIDERS are best for me.
Fix your network; don't meter the data.
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My parents-in-law live in an area that isn't serviced by DSL or by a cable company.
They're considering Skybeam.
I already googled, but if anyone that reads this journal has anymore information, I'd like to hear it, even if it's second- or third-hand.
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via GPSObsessed.com
Now I just need to figure out if this is useful with Garmin Custom Maps.
Crossposted to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) gps_devices
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...according to TomTom and TeleAtlas:
- Seattle, Washington is the city with the worst traffic in the United States, with an average of 43% of its roads showing heavy delays. Rounding out the top five cities after Seattle are Los Angeles (38%), Chicago (37%), San Francisco (35%) and New York (31%).
- The "Bay Area" of California has the most cities in the top 30, with San Francisco, San Jose (29%) and Oakland (28%).
- The most congested "corridor" is between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. About 36% of that area's roads, largely in Montgomery County, are congested.
- While New York has many pockets of heavy congestion, the area also contains many major arteries for alternative routes. In fact, cities with fewer options for alternative roads were higher on the list.
- The least congested of the top 30? Minneapolis, Minnesota. Only 17% of the roads in that city are congested.
Via GPS Lodge
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I have noticed that when I finish my second cup of coffee, I seem to be breathing easier.
I know that psuedoephedrine, a common decongestant, is also a stimulant.
Caffeine is a stimulant; does it also have some decongestant effects?
Or does coffee, via some other ingredient?
I drink my coffee black.
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