Another weekend come and gone, and mostly I just slept. And read. And felt a lot more of a sense of accomplishment than I probably should have for the little bit of cleaning I did around the house. But at least something got done, and I apparently needed the sleep. People have been getting sick around the office, and so far I’ve avoided the worst of it, and I’ll keep telling myself that plenty of sleep is the reason. That’s a good reason, right?
When the weather warmed up again this weekend, it almost felt like we were past the worst of winter. I’m still expecting one really big snowfall, and maybe even another cold snap, but I guess being busy with work through the worst of winter has the benefit of keeping me from getting those mid-winter blahs. I am getting itchy to get out with my camera again one of these days, but in the mean time I’ve been pulling pictures from the archives and dressing them up for posting on flickr. There’s plenty of that to do through the rest of the cold, I’m sure.
- An Irishman asks Cá Bhfuil Na Gaeilg eoirí? or,
Where are all the Gaelic speakers?
Apparently 25% of all folks in Ireland say they speak Irish. But when he tried to get around the country speaking only Irish, he wasn’t treated especially well. [colby cosh] - Davezilla had some Failed Valentines Sentiments. Touching! As was jr’s card. And one couple is looking for some Space Love for their honeymoon. That’s pretty much the Valentine’s wrap-up. [davezilla jr and boing boing]
- Joel Johnson Returns to Gizmodo to Spank [them] All for Supporting Crap. Priceless rant! [boing boing]
- The New Yorker’s article on Capturing The Unicorn by way of digital imaging. A pretty cool, but lengthy read. [top]
- Sen. Dodd has introduced the Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007, trying to restore Habeas Corpus. Sounds like a pretty darned good idea. [flutterby]
Weather in Minneapolis for February 19, 2007 February 19 in History
Yeah, I’ve been busy. But I’ve actually had a few days off this month, so I’m starting to catch up on things around home a bit. And that includes updating the blog. Not a whole lot of text, but apparently I had built up a good backlog of links, so there’s lots of clickability if you’re one of those people.
Beyond that, I really don’t have a lot. I’ve got a lot of projects around the house I should be tackling today, and I need to get started on ’em. Hope to see you next weekend.
- I’ve mentioned Lightroom in the past. Well, it’s official: Adobe Announces Lightroom 1.0 and reveals price [photoshop news]
- I managed to get the list of Minnesota Gun Shows updated in January, at least. That’s something, right?
- Via Dan, the Cyclists’ Apocrypha. Because I haven’t had much about biking around here and it’s the middle of winter. [flutterby]
- Why commit your sins one at a time? The “Seven Deadly Sins” Combo Chart lets you double up–want to commit both sloth and greed? Try being passive-aggressive. Want to hit lust and gluttony? How about some edible undies? [accordionguy]
- A Santa Clara court makes Apple pays 700,000 for bloggers’ legal fees for the costs of defending against subpoenas issued to bloggers to find out who had leaked trade secrets to ’em. The court ruled they were journalists and allowed them to protect their sources. Mixed reactions here. A definite Yay? Sure it’s nice that at least some bloggers have been declared journalists, but if I haven’t broken any laws, why should a company like Apple (or a government for that matter?) be able to compel me to say anything, whether I’m a journalist, a blogger, or just some schmuck on the street? It’s just like my gripe about hate crimes, when you start giving certain groups more rights, doesn’t that take them away from the rest of us? [scripting]
- In I Was a Cybercrook for the FBI, Wired takes a look inside the business of organized credit-card fraud. [boing boing]
- A “new” “Origami lens” slims high resolution cameras, by using a technology straight out of the 17th century. Limited aperture, limited focusing ability, and probably of limited use on a “real” camera, but it’d be neat on a cell-phone. [top]
- jr’s got a cute little trick in No, It’s MY Space. Wish I had time to hook that up around here. [jr]
- Apparently There’s Some Mighty Pissed Off Flickr Members Right Now. Huh. I guess I just don’t get it, but that’s often the case with me, it would seem. [holy schmoly]
- Did you know about Flickr’s Dirty Little Secret? I didn’t. [accordionguy]
- Interested at looking at the night sky? What’s Up–365 Days of Skywatching will tell you at least one interesting thing to look at every night. Spiffy. [kirsten]
- Dan points to Our little Churchills, which makes the point that criticizing the leader is not criticizing the war, and that real leaders will admit their mistakes and take responsibility. I think that strength of character is completely absent in nearly all of the politicians in our country today. Can’t speak to other countries, but I suspect it’s not just here. [flutterby]
- Various people probably want to know How to get rid of Snap’s obnoxious link previews. Well, there you are. [boing boing]
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