Twin Lakes, July 2002

Using the IDS, perl CGI based solution, I’ve put together a slide show: IDS: Mike & Sheryl’s PhotoBlog :: of our recent trip to the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada.

There are more photos here.

I’m guessing this is mostly a guy (boy?) thing, but I got a kick out of it:

The Insanity Test

from declan’s politech mailing list:

politechbot.com: Peer-to-peer hacking bill officially introduced in House

ugh. my stomache just took a turn for the worse.

I feel like I’m living in a bad remake of bladerunner (the overall darkness came to mind, nothing specific).

“back in 03, congress wrote some bad laws which essentially allowed free-rein for malignant worms & viruses to perform seek & destroy ops on illegal copies of copyrighted material. unfortunately, once all these clever programs were on the loose, the consequences were NOT forseen. In an escalating cycle of attack, defend, revenge, things just got out of hand, or should I say the autonomous programs gained the upper hand. we became powerless to stop them. …”

I often think that cleverness and creativity are (when we’re not busy killing each other) two of the behaviours that strongly mark us as human.

You have to follow this link to “get it”. Google Search: hihihi

I haven’t tried this yet, but didn’t want to lose it, and I have been in the mood to try something like this, so there you go!
Recipe: Cold Noodles With Sesame Sauce, Chicken and Cucumbers
(Adapted from NY Times 6/12/02)

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