Brrrrrrrrrrrr

Of course the hot water heater and the boiler picked the same day to crap out.

The hot water heater is dead, but the boiler is repairable. Leaky pump or something.

I was under the (erroneous it seems) impression that a hot water tank should last longer than 12 years. Goodbye giant jiffy pop:



I can has hot water please?



50 gallons and set to 120° Just about boiled myself with the first shower.

It was the red thing near the topish left that died on the boiler. Something widget garble thingly sprocket derbble technical stuff. Translation from Hubster. "Booster pump fucked":



The Hubster has it covered:



Soon, soon, soon there will be heat again.

But in the interim; Usually a freezer. Today a workbench:



FYI, I'm currently in long ski undergarments. What? TMI?

Well thbbbt to that.

And For Adults It's Exciting!

From the makers of Ass Kicker.

This is where backwards compatible marketing would come in handy.



A fine Mego product.

I'm Not Putting That In My Mouth

[hotcactuspepper's Photos]

I can't stand sweet liqueurs.

Which is probably a good thing or I might be really tempted to down a Popsy

Ewwwwwwwwww!

It Was an Itsy Bitsy, Teeny, Weeny...

...minuscule piece of art

Willard Wigan literally creates art in the eye of a needle.



See his site for more examples of his work.

Apparently enough people doubted his art that he rated a Snopes entry.

RFID "Magic"

[OsakaSteve's Photos]

Pretty sweet RFID table application.

Microsoft Surface. Check out the video section.

We saw this demo'd at the Innoventions exhibit @ Disneyland.

More info here

I want!

I'm So Comfy!

Guess who got a new chair?



Only good to 60 pounds, so no sharing with Mommy

Swish, Woosh, Swish, Woosh

Buh bye!



Hello!



It's gonna take me a year to figure out all the buttons & settings.

I Love Facebook, But....

...This is why I'm picky about who is on my friends list.


(From Idiots of Ants)

The PacMan screen grab is from my Facebook account, and that is a current friend request. I have no idea who the person is. We have no friends in common and don't live in the same city, or even the same part of the country.
So, bye bye!

Only vaguely related bit: While looking for a pacman image I ran across this:



This post on Geekologie.

Please to enjoy!

A Century In Video - 1919

[ Pat Peeve's photostream]

Note: Original clip was removed. I replace it with a Chaplin clip. It's from 1919. It has a car. Close enough.

Of course none of my text makes any sense now.

Whatever

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Here is a 1919 New York City street scene. Traffic was very chaotic.



I can't see any traffic lights in the film, although they were in existence by then.

If you look closely you'll notice that the cars have both right and left hand drive even though everyone drove on the right side of the road.

New York started driving on the right in 1804 but...

Early American motor vehicles were produced in [right hand drive], following the practice established by horse-drawn buggies. This changed in the early years of the 20th century: Ford changed to [left hand drive] production in 1908, and Cadillac in 1916.

Source

Admit it, even if they were slow and a titch drafty, wouldn't it be pretty cool to have just about any of those cars?

Sanctuary!

If no-one is willing to buy me one of these.

Howzabout this baby!

Have a look @ the demo film and go here for additional info.

Add a catheter and a telecommuting position and I'd never need to move again :-)

I'z On Your Computer Makin Da Wurdz

Apparently this is an actual problem. I know that my old cat used to like sleeping in top of the monitor, but I don't remember him sending email - Although I did wonder about all those free Pounce coupons that came in the mail.

Well if you suffer from typing cat, there is a solution.

Introducing PawSense. A program that teaches your computer the difference between your typing and your cat typing. If it detects the cat it disables your keyboard and plays an annoying sound, thereby reducing kitty errors to your PC.

A screenshot:



Although it seems to me that cats like printers and monitors more than keyboards.

Evidence:




And my Favourite.



Of course Brat doesn't need a computer, she goes outside to check her p-mail (Badum Dum!)

I think cats are generally more interactive with things like computers than dogs are. Although this dog is quite curious. (Reminds me of our old dog Baily)