There haven’t been any pictures of Fuzzball for a while. Here she is doing her favorite afternoon thing, napping so she’ll be rested enough to MEEOOOW a lot when dinnertime rolls around. I’ve had a clumsy 24 hours. Broke a glass on Sunday night, forgot my cellphone on Monday morning and didn’t remember until I [...]

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Sometimes, cats will do stupid things.  This is no exception. Reading another of L.E. Modesitt’s books, The Ethos Effect.  This one appeared fairly standard until about 200 pages in, where the author starts talking about what happens to a society where money is respected more than honor.  I’m not sure if I buy the author’s [...]

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There are too few sporks in life, but you have to have some sense of proportion. While this looks cool, it was probably a total pain to deal with. “Poly”: many. “Ticks”: bloodsucking arachnids. That’s what I thought while I was filling out my early ballot on Saturday. Also, some people planted signs at a [...]

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It’s Caturday, but the Patagonian Cavies would like it to be Cavy Day instead. And boy, do they disapprove. Fixed the RPM problem at work, put together a script that should do a bunch of Neat Stuff, but I won’t get to test that script until next week. Also, next Tuesday, they’re sending me to [...]

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Anyone who’s ever been around young kids can empathize with this picture. John recently got a job after being unemployed for a while. Yay! Starting Monday, he’ll be doing contract work for Comerica. Not the world’s greatest job ever, but a lot better than being unemployed. I think he’ll be working with large IBM boxes [...]

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Ponies make lousy car mechanics. The lack of opposable thumbs really hurts them when it comes to removing or adding components. The usual Wednesday night Linux/video games thing didn’t happen, mostly because it was Steve’s wedding anniversary. Well, family generally is more important than friends, so no problem. Fuzzball appreciated that I was home instead [...]

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Tired cat is tired. I expect to be as well, since I have to get up before 5 am on Wednesday to kick a set of servers. Update: That went less well than it could’ve. I knew that NFS stands for Nightmare File System, but I was not prepared for the problems that the implementation [...]

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Monday, it was actually about 60 F in the morning when I walked to the bus stop. It felt colder than it should’ve. Well, I was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, as I’ve done every day since March. I saw people wearing spring/fall jackets when the bus drove through downtown. I do wonder what would happen [...]

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Fuzzball with a camera flash reflecting off her eyes. Currently reading Testing Testing, by F. Allan Hanson, which is an examination of how historical and modern testing has shaped culture and people. I haven’t found any great insights in it yet, though. The author is from U Cal Berkeley, though, so whatever conclusions he draws [...]

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I got my Schlock Mercenary book in the mail on Saturday. Yay! And unlike last time, I didn’t get laid off immediately before receiving it. So I’ve got that going for me, which is nice.  It’s satisfying to read the comics all at once, instead of clicking a mouse button and waiting for each JPEG [...]

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