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3:30 pm
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Small addendum to 'Another quiz meme'
I've thought of some more R.E.M. lyrics I like since I answered that question in my previous post. More than I want to list right now, though.
Current Location: upstairs computer
Current Mood:  contemplative
Tags: addendum, meme, ogam, public entry, quiz
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9:15 pm
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Another quiz meme
Swiped from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ogam...
( Who sleeps in bed next to you? )
I'm still around. I just haven't had the blogging bug lately.
Current Location: upstairs computer
Tags: meme, ogam, public entry, quiz
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6:58 pm
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New homepage address
Because GeoCities is closing next month, I've had to move my website. I have a proper domain name now -- aaronofmpls.com -- so please update your bookmarks if you've got any. (The old site will remain up until GeoCities closes.)
I also made some minor updates to all pages on the new site (like removing the "This page hosted by GeoCities" notes at the bottom). It took a while, but it's finally done! (for now)
Current Location: upstairs computer
Current Mood:  accomplished
Tags: aaronofmpls.com, geocities, geocities closing, homepage, new site, public entry
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2:12 am
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Paternoster
I was Wikipedia-surfing during a break in class tonight. Looking up elevators led me to somewhat unusual kind of elevator: the paternoster
Also known as a cyclic elevator, a paternoster is an elevator made of open compartments mounted on a continuously-moving chain. The name comes from its being looped like a rosary (and possibly from the urge to say a quick prayer if you're nervous about stepping onto or off of a moving elevator car :-) ). Paternosters used to be fairly common in Europe (because they can move more people per unit time than a standard elevator), particularly in colleges and univertities, but most have been shut down due to safety concerns. There are still a few around, though -- some on the Continent (particularly in Germany and parts of eastern Europe), and a few in the UK (at the Universities of Sheffield, Essex, and Leicester).
More about them at Wikipedia and TheElevatorMuseum.org.
There are also lots of YouTube videos of them. Here are a few:
( 6 doses of YouTubage... )
And there are a ton more where those came from. :-)
Too bad (but understandable) there aren't any paternosters on this side of the Atlantic.
Current Location: upstairs computer
Current Mood:  amused
Tags: elevator, lift, paternoster, public entry, theelevatormuseum.org, wikipedia, youtube
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12:56 pm
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2008 US elections
I can't think of much to say that others haven't already. Better I just point to one of songdogmi's posts:
On the Presidential Election
It's fairly congruent to my own thoughts. As for who I actually voted for, you'll just have to guess. :-)
Now if they can just get our Senate race straightened out...
Current Location: upstairs computer
Current Mood:  hopeful
Tags: 2008 election, election, public entry, songdogmi
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2:16 am
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Interests collage
Swiped from cevyn...
( LJ Interests Collage )
( LJ Blogging Collage (long) )
I'm not sure how well the blogging one in particular represents reality, but it's interesting nonetheless.
More serious stuff to come later, when I feel like writing about it.
Current Location: upstairs computer
Tags: blogging, cevyn, collage, interests, lj, meme, public entry
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10:40 pm
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Kitty update
Our cat Sousa seems to be doing better now. He's eating now, so whatever nose/sore throat problem was stopping him seems to have abated, and he's not hiding in a corner any more. He still has the IV hookup thing in his arm (for now, just in case) and he's still bony from not eating, but I think he's going to be ok.
( A few pics... )
Non-cat news to follow when I feel like writing more.
Current Location: upstairs computer
Current Mood:  optimistic
Current Music: The Who - "The Song Is Over"
Tags: cat, public entry, recovery, sick, sousa
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2:25 am
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In other news...
Our cat Sousa has been sick lately. He caught some kind of upper respiratory virus when Dad took him to the vet for a checkup, and he's very reluctant to eat or drink anything. He fought back more tonight, though, when Dad gave him his eyedropper-full of preventative antibiotics (and several of water), so I think he's getting a bit better. We're still worried about him not eating, though (his nose is stuffy so he's reluctant to eat what he can't smell) -- too many days without food is not so good for cats' livers, and his test results from the original checkup were a little off.
Poor kitty... *sniff*
Current Location: upstairs computer
Current Mood:  anxious
Current Music: (in my head) Corey Hart - "Sunglasses at Night"
Tags: cat, public entry, sick, sousa
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2:20 am
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Obscure LJ interests meme
Swiped from ranka, this applet goes through your more obscure LJ interests and sees what those few other people are interested in.
Based on the LJ interests lists of those who share my more unusual interests, the interests suggestion meme thinks I might be interested in:
( In the cut... )
Red swingline staplers? :-)
Current Location: upstairs computer
Current Mood: amused
Tags: lj interests, meme, obscure lj interests, public entry, ranka
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7:22 pm
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Weekly word association
Swiped from subliminal.lunanina.com...
Week 269 - Saturday, March 29, 2008
Stuffed ::
Gills ::
Distance ::
Panties ::
Checkered ::
Fill in ::
Taunting ::
Diner ::
Pizza ::
Best friend ::
( My results... )
Current Location: upstairs computer
Tags: lunanina, meme, public entry, word asociation
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7:12 pm
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Google April Fools
What Google is up to, as of April 1, 2008...
( In the cut... )
A few more (along with previous years' April Fools) are conveniently listed in a Wikipedia article. I wonder what they'll do next year...
Current Location: upstairs computer
Current Mood: amused
Tags: adsense, april fool, blogger, custom time, gmail, google, google book search, google calendar, public entry, virgle, youtube
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7:56 am
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BSOD screen saver
Something I found while Wikipedia surfing recently: an official MS Blue Screen of Death screen saver! Made by Mark Russinovich of Sysinternals, for Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, and Server 2003, it displays a very real-looking NT/XP-style BSOD, followed by a simulated reboot (with the appropriate startup screen), followed by another (different) BSOD, and another reboot, and so on. The blue screens are generated from your computer's system info. You press any key to exit this screen saver; moving the mouse does nothing. :-)
I think I've found my April Fool's joke for this year... *big, devilish grin*
Current Location: upstairs computer
Current Mood:  devious
Tags: april fool, bsod, joke, mark russinovich, public entry, screen saver, sysinternals
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4:10 am
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Dr. Unheimlich's Disease Registry
Another one from The Surrealist... :-)
Doctor Unheimlich has diagnosed me with
Aaron's Lurgy | | Cause: | sexually transmitted | | Symptoms: | acidic blood, diarrhoea, squinting, mild space alien bursting from stomach | | Cure: | fire | |
EDIT: Too bad I didn't get this one... :-)
Doctor Unheimlich has diagnosed me with
Bob's Disease | | Cause: | allergy to junk food | | Symptoms: | automatic writing, punning, leg numbness | | Cure: | wake up and realise it was all just a dream | |
Current Location: upstairs computer
Current Mood: amused
Tags: dr. unheimlich's disease registry, meme, thesurrealist
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3:22 am
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thesurrealist New Year's Resolutions
Found via a 12 Days of Christmas meme at mordecai5's LJ.
According to thesurrealist.co.uk...
In 2008,  aaron_of_mpls resolves to... Give up roadgeeking. Take ranka reading. Spend more time with my early humans. Tell my family about cats. Connect with my inner evolution. Give some highways to charity.
He he he... :-)
Current Location: upstairs computer
Tags: meme, mordecai5, new year's resolutions, nik_xlii, ranka, thesurrealist
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11:27 pm
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Twin Cities, MinneSNOWta... :-)
It's been below freezing for more than a week now, and we got about 5 or 6 inches (about 12-15 cm) of snow here yesterday (Saturday 12/1). At least it came at the right time this year; we've had some relatively wussy winters recently. The NWS is forecasting around equal chances of above- or below-average precipitation this winter here (though a bigger chance of above-average temperatures), so hopefully we won't get either too much snow or not enough.
I'm hoping for some cold, clear weather in January and February -- I kind of like it when it's -5°F and sunny that time of year. :-)
Current Location: upstairs computer
Current Mood:  cold
Tags: climate forecast, cold, national weather service, public entry, snow, start of winter, winter
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8:08 am
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Weekly word association
Swiped from subliminal.lunanina.com...
Week 249 - Saturday, November 10, 2007
Treadmill ::
Stroke ::
Exclusively ::
Lash ::
Red carpet ::
Credit card ::
Points ::
Domestic ::
21 ::
Inject ::
( My results... )
Current Location: upstairs computer
Tags: lunanina, meme, public entry, word asociation
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7:58 am
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Aspie Quiz
Swiped from ogam, the Aspie Quiz...
( Guess which side of the spectrum I'm on... :-) )
Little surprise there. I think I should've scored a little bit Aspie-er, though, as I may have read too much into some questions.
Current Location: upstairs computer
Current Mood:  geeky
Tags: asperger, asperger syndrome, aspie quiz, meme, ogambear, public entry, quiz
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1:40 am
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Ben Franklin vs. slavery
I was Wikipedia surfing tonight, and ended up at (among other things) the article on Benjamin Franklin. Ben Franklin opposed slavery later in his life, and one of the last things he wrote before his death was a letter to the editor of the Federal Gazette in 1790, satirizing the most popular arguments in favor of slavery and the slave trade. I remember reading about it several months ago in a book about Franklin (among other places), and I wanted to find the full text somewhere. A Google search for the letter found it quoted in someone's blog, and a link to the source, the Benjamin Franklin Papers online.
( The pro-slavery arguments (boo!), and a link to Franklin's satire (yay!) )
I enjoy intellectual excursions like these, even when they keep me away from other things I want to do. :-)
Current Location: upstairs computer
Current Mood:  intellectually stimulated
Tags: benjamin franklin, history, public entry, satire, sidi mehemet ibrahim, slave trade, slavery, wikipedia
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11:47 pm
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Calm lake pics
A post in songdogmi's journal inspired this. He posted a "calm lake" pic (for those needing calm), and I started thinking of some of the pics I've taken.
Lake Auburn; Victoria, Minnesota, USA; July 22, 2004. The lake was smooth as glass that morning.
  ( More pics in the cut... )
Hopefully some of the calm from these pics will be passed on to those reading this.
Current Location: upstairs computer
Current Mood:  calm
Tags: calm, calm lakes, lake, lakes, loincloth, loincloth pics, pics, public entry, songdogmi
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11:45 pm
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What's new with me...
It's been a while since I've posted; I've been busy with school and work, and I've been spending my internet time elsewhere (particularly on Second Life -- you may notice I got around to adding that to my interests). So what's new? Well...
( School, work, family, car trouble, weather... (a bit long) )
Finally, a quote I found in someone's Yahoo profile tonight:
Naked ≠ sex, but it is nice when it happens that way! ...
Nudity = Freedom = Naked Given my warm-weather clothing preferences, you can see why I posted this. :-)
Current Location: upstairs computer
Current Mood:  reasonably well
Tags: birthday, birthdays, brother, car trouble, exhaust, hennepin tech, loincloth, mom, public entry, rain, red wing, school, sousa band, weather, work
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