Archive for February, 2006

Feeling better, thanks

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

Wednesday morning I came down with a cold/virus/something and for three days my temperature bounced between 97 and over 100. Wed evening I had terrible abdominal pain and was paranoid it was some sort of appendicitis or something so we spent two hours at the Shands emergency clinic until I just couldn’t stand to sit [...]

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Saturday, February 18th, 2006

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Lilys interview

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

A brief history of one of my favorite bands. It’s hard to describe to non-musicians how Kurt’s music stands my ears on end. Of course there are the straight-up hooks for the kid in me, but there’s also the complex harmonies for the music geek in me. A piece like “The Tennis System [...]

Of Montreal free tonight!

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006

9PM in the Reitz Union’s Rion Ballroom.
I read somewhere it’s “first-come, first-served” but students get priority so I’m guessing, once filled to capacity, men on horses with nets will drag non-students out.
I saw them last in Athens.

The Convincer!

Monday, February 13th, 2006

This contraption is genius. Designed to “convince” spectators of the importance of wearing a safety belt, the Convincer carries an unlucky participant down a sled that stops abruptly, painfully. Sandi captured this moment: the officer’s grin, the woman’s trusting smile. A moment later the woman was convinced right onto a stretcher and taken away [...]

Opera 9 closes in

Monday, February 13th, 2006

Opera 9 Technical Preview 2 rendering of the Acid2 test:

Acid2 allows at-a-glance testing of browsers against web standards, particularly the most needed and under-supported features of CSS2.1 and HTML4.01.

War on spam

Thursday, February 9th, 2006

Today I had 531 comments awaiting moderation. I just moved my suspicion words (put in moderation if the comment contains) into my blacklist (delete, I don’t wanna see it) so now if you wanna talk drugs and casinos with me you’ll have to e-mail me I guess…