IBNeko's Journal-Nyo~!

Coke + Mentos.

A LOT of Coke + Mentos.

http://eepybird.com/exp214.html

And you get a pretty fountain~ =^^=

http://www.msfirefox.com/

:D

Here's something useful, possibly for everyone:

http://www.incompetech.com/beta/plainGraphPaper/

Generates graph paper of all sorts, Axonometric, Equilateral Triangles, Hexagonal, Trapezoids, Asymmetric, Brick, "Engineer's Paper", Accounting, Logarithmic, Polar, Storyboards, Music (5 lines, guitar/bass Fretboard), Number Lines, Celtic (???), Lined, Cornell note taking (hehe!, graph and lined), Writing and Penmanship, Calligraphy, four different Chinese/Japanese Character Guide Paper (O.o I've never seen two of those...), calendar generator (on the side bar)

I wish I could back up the entire site, but I get the feeling there's some server-side scripts running, which is a pity... I suppose I could learn how to generate PDFs and make my own generator, but... honestly, time? Not in my hands...

Essentially, you can make your own route, and it calculates distance... I think it's based on zoom->mi/pixel distance calculations, and not actual streets, since it seems like you can click anywhere...

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/

Basic instructions for use:
Click start recording. Double-click on a precise location on the map to start. Double-click again anytime your route turns... (the map draws straight lines only)

Click on "Save route" to save the route.

Here's my route today http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=504651
On the way there, I passed the Dallas & Co Costumes & Magic, which turned out to be a better costume/outfit store than Dandelion, my destination.

Unfortunately, Dallas & Co Costumes & Magic lacked longer cat tails - they had 'cat tails' a bit longer than a foot, which... come to think of it - I don't know how long I want. I felt like it should be longer, but I can't remember exactly how long Ritsuka's tail was. Yes, I want to try and cosplay Ritsuka for Halloween. It should be relatively easy, since aside from slightly longer hair (mmm, may need a wig..) and that white-tape-thing on his face (in most pictures), and his blue jacket, he's pretty normal.

[edit] ::vaguely irritated:: Ritsuka's ears are also much bigger than the clip-on things from Hot Topic that I got back in high school. Blah.

[append] Jeeze, I now have a major disliking of Soubi. He's all "love, love, love,"...pedo. And Ritsuka falls into his clutches way too easily. Yes, he's lonely, yes, he's screwed up, but, narrrrgh. Stupid spineless brat. Am having second thoughts about cosplaying Ritsuka.

Dell laptop:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/07/28/another_dell_laptop_burns/
With a rather impressive picture - the entire battery compartment's gone. Time to run a system backup, and thank Paelimeo (the iBook) for staying alive so long.

And today, the last Friday of July, is System Administrator Appreciation Day! Whee!
http://www.sysadminday.com/

Need to remember to go to Cabaret@WST either tonight or tomorrow, depending on time.

Via porsupah:
Get paid to watch gay porn: http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/etc/180502708.html
Not too bad if you're desperate for money. And can stand watching gay porn.

Although one might think, if you watch at 2x speed, you get get through things a lot quicker, which means clocking more hours than you actually spend, so at $14/hr... :: shrugs:: If I wasn't already overwhelmed by two projects and a lack of time, I'd consider it~


(possibly of note to marbenais, although I don't know how truly bright these are)
10 year glow sticks. Uses tritium...? (radioactive isotope of hydrogen, apparently)
http://www.glosticks.co.uk/year-glow-sticks-tritium-keyrings-glowring-giftpack-p-37.html
...laser sealed borosilicate glass vials which are internally coated with phosphor injected with gaseous tritium which reacts with the phosphor to create a cold energy which produces a low level light source...
£24.50.

(Hm, here: http://www.copsden.com/blank?pageid=54&catstart=0&prodstart=0, it says 12 years is their warranty. Also, tritium things are controlled by Nuclear Regulatory Commission, so shipping them here from UK might cause issues?)


And finally, The.Secret.Life.Of.Machines? Movies, three parts(?), each about a GB. o.O

Torrent tracker here: http://poly.peptide.net:6969/. Yes, they're legal. See here: http://www.timhunkin.com/control/n_tv_index.htm (eh, you'll have to browse around a bit.

Strange statues around the world:
http://haha.nu/funny/strange-statues-around-the-world
Quite interesting, actually. Not work safe, due to some nude statues.

And uh, promote your fabulous single friend:
http://www.mysinglefriend.com/
^^;;; I think it's an interesting idea, but uh.. yeah, that's about it.
GOT A FABULOUS SINGLE FRIEND?
Just tell us how great they are, then stand back and wait for the magic. You even get to sniff out decent dates with your single friend (click above on 'add a single friend' to start).
ARE YOU THE SINGLE ONE?
It's not easy to put yourself 'out there', so let your friend do the bragging for you. Just decide who's best to write about you, add your own comments and start dating. (click above on 'become a single friend' to start).

Spammers launched a huge number of directory harvesting emails over recent days in an apparent attempt to update their email databases. The attack, which lasted several days, peaked on Sunday, 18 June when web security firm BlackSpider intercepted 109 times more of these malicious emails than it normally intercepts.
The flood of emails, used by spammers to collect valid email addresses, originated from a botnet of more than 90,000 compromised PCs, or 'spambots'. Directory harvesting emails are continuing to circulate but in far fewer numbers. Emails that formed part of the attack contained little or no text and were simply used to verify that email address were valid in cases where email servers didn't reject emails. Junk mail lowlifes then used the addresses in their own campaigns or sold verified lists on at a premium to other spammers.

...(more: http://www.theregister.com/2006/06/26/directory_harvest_attack/)

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I've forgotten about this song. :: purrs::

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Washington Post has pictures of the effects of our insane (and awesome) rain storms as of late: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2006/06/26/GA2006062600733_index_frames.htm?startat=undefined (link may not work. If it doesn't, check the Washington Post homepage.)

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Huh, looking at those pictures, I guess we were lucky. We didn't see anything that bad, although we certainly did see our backyard turn into a river of sorts, water at least 4 inches deep in places. A similar river formed in the common area behind our backyard. And both rivers merged into our neighbor's backyard to form a lake. The water flowing past our driveway in the front of the house splashed up possibly a foot, as it hit the other curb of our driveway. Kinda sucks that I just realized that I should have taken picture ^^;; Won't see this again, probably. Unless the weather system really does stay stuck over our area. I wouldn't mind that all too much, honestly, but it would be annoying for others. We'll see.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=IlKqBbatK_Y

via inomehigurashi on MSN. Quite worth it.

There's also this one, which I didn't get... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSV0g0Ush-Q&search=xemnas%20

http://youtube.com/watch?v=M0ODskdEPnQ&feature=Views&page=1&t=t&f=b

Via meiko. Get a livejournal, man. ;)

Hmmm, thoughts. I don't like it very much. It idea is cool, but you know, it would slow me down. Unless you can combine some nicer keyboard command based search/locate with that... And our current technology doesn't quite support it. Yes, there are tablet PCs, but using a pen to do this? Ehhhhh. Gonna be a bit awkward. A standalone tablet would be even worse.

Of course, I don't manage that many files on a daily basis; more art inclined people might find it more useful: imagine being able to play with images that way, and find the one you want at quick glance. No more naming of files~ just spread them out and find the image you want.

What I want is a desktop that fully supports touch-based window dragging. The prereqs of that, though, is either a big screen, or 3D sensitive space, so you can throw windows to the back, and pull them forwards, throw them off to the side, etc.

And hand gestures. Pointers wouldn't work well enough, being 2D... Imagine... conducting... combined with system manipulation... Of course, most people probably wouldn't need something that fancy; but coders, artists, system ops, etc. would probably benefit quite a bit. Gods, one can dream. =^_^=