funny looking kid

Happy New Year!

I realize I haven't posted here much recently. You may want to check out
my LiveJournal for more recent entries.

~ flk.

I just got unsolicited email about an IQ test from emode.com, with the subject
"Are you smarter than George W. Bush?"

Like I really need to click through on that link.

~ flk.

It's been a cold, wet, windy, rainy day and we haven't gone out all day. The
power went out this morning while I was in the middle of reading Heartburn.

The aroma of coffee still lingers from the box I packed yesterday. Considering
I put the coffee in a zip-lock bag before packing it away, it's surprising I can
still smell it. Maybe it's an olfactory hallucination.

I was IM'ing with chelle earlier and she said that her email hasn't worked all
day. Not surprising as it's provided by a friend of hers in the North Bay, which
got the worst of the storm today. Their power is probably still out. I hope the
weather gets better soon. I don't want to stay home all day again tomorrow.

But Selected Shorts is on KQED, and that's always good to listen to, so it's not so
bad. I'll go back to reading later.

~ flk.

well, it's finally done. the last of the address changes has been sent out.
so everybody now knows i'm in the bay area. in theory, anyway.

~ flk.

eBay scam alert

I can't believe people are doing this. And if people are actually falling for it...
well, that's really sad.

From: eBay@11649.autoimagery2.com ()
Date: Sat Nov 23, 2002 5:41:22 PM US/Pacific
To: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: Important notice from eBay!

Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by
(eBay) on Saturday, November 23, 2002 at 17:41:22
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

msg:
Dear eBay User

You received this email for one of the following reasons:

1. When you created your eBay account, you accidentally hit the back button, and the information was lost and not stored.

2. You lost your internet connection for a moment and none of the information was submitted.

We are sending you this email to inform you of the errors we saw and to have you submit your information again. Please be sure to fill out all the required fields as we have changed our site a little bit for verification purposes. YOU WILL NOT BE BILLED for resubmitting this information. If you do not send this information, your account will not be verified, and you will not be able to use the type of services eBay has to offer. Please connect to our direct site for an absolutely secure server - http://nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn/linux/ebaysecure

Thank You,
eBay Services

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Following the link in the email messge takes you to a page that asks for
information including: credit card number, mother's maiden name and
(the kicker) approximate credit limit. I mean, hello?

~ flk.

Note to myself: other books to look at

Computer Science and Perl Programming

Mac OS X for Unix Geeks

Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar Killer Tips

Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, 2ed. (ordered)

~ flk.

I've done a lot of thinking, and come to the conclusion that it may be time to spring
for Photoshop Elements 2.0. I don't need the high-end photo touch-up/processing
features, but I do need a way to edit/crop/correct things on the photos I'm scanning in.

And hey, the rebates just clinched the deal.

~ flk.

There's a restaurant in the Sunset District of San Francisco that serves the most
amazing garlic noodles. Last night I think I came fairly close to re-creating the
sauce that goes with the noodles. I'm extremely proud of myself for that. It wasn't
exactly the same, but for what started out as a trial-and-error process it came
quite close. And maybe the next time I do this I'll actually write down what I put
in there so it's reproduceable.

~ flk.