In preparation for I Love the 00’s, I read the 2004 Google Zeitgeist and it was pretty interesting. The most interesting part of the page was the article on Google’s innovative use of PigeonRank™ to give its search engine speed and accuracy. It’s one of those ideas where you wonder why no one else ever thought of that before. Kinda like the Gingerbread CPU.
Old Blogger | Kabitzin 12/23/2004 | 
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I had a bunch of these stored up, so I figured I’d share them. Here are some shots of Sydney around the house, at the mall, and in the snow:
– It’s been getting colder lately…
– Sydney has to exercise a lot to keep warm
– These looked really cute, but we all agreed they tasted like crap…
– Awwwww, he’s biting the squirrel’s face off! How cute!
– Sydney prowling the mall… for sales!
– Don’t eat the yellow snow Sydney
– My, your tail sure is fluffy
– I thought this picture looked like a calendar shot of a wild cat =)
Old Blogger | Kabitzin 12/21/2004 | Comments (0)
Woo, it was quite an exciting weekend. I moved the busted stove outside, and there is this funny empty space in the mini-kitchen now. The new stove is on special order (it has to be less than 26″ across), but since I’ll be out of town, it’s not that big a deal. Cooking is now dominated by microwave and toaster cuisines, and rounded out by restaurant food. Bunky and I were able to spend some real quality time together and we caught a few movies over the weekend. We saw Closer in a theatre, and rented Elf. Both movies were quite good, albeit very different. I thought Closer was very well done, although not quite what I expected. The acting was excellent all around.
We even got a chance to go to the mall in Norfolk. Unlike the crappy local malls, the MacArthur Center has more than one floor, and more than 4 stores that you would actually want to go into. I went into a walking shoe store and had a computer analyze my feet. To my disappointment, I had normal feet (ZOMG, the soreness in my arches was all in my head). Bunky learned she had high arches. It was kinda fun. And for the first time, we didn’t get lost on the way home. This was the first time we made this trip in the new Scion xA, so I was pleased that the gas cost was about 1/4th what it would have been in the old Blazer.
Even the cat was getting in on the holiday cheer. Sydney got his picture taken with Santa at a crappy local outlet mall, and the pictures came out very nicely. Bwark, bwark, bwark, all those leash training sessions really came in handy. Sydney also got a stuffed fox toy (it’s for dogs, but he loves these things) that he has been wrestling with a lot.
In an attempt to combat holiday fatness, I renewed my membership at the gym. More importantly, I finally (FINALLY) convinced Bunky to go with me. I usually just run around the track or play basketball, but Bunky prefers to use the machines, so I tried them out for the first time yesterday. We have our orientation of the weight machines tomorrow, so we just rode the bikes. I hadn’t been to the gym in a while, and I was reminded of why I prefer to wear workout clothes to the gym instead of changing there. Prodigious amounts of old nakedness were burned into my brain; why does everyone feel the need to carry on loud, long conversations while scratching their nude bodies in the changing area? JUST PUT ON YOUR CLOTHES PLEASE!
And to complete the holiday spirit, it snowed last night. Nothing enhances a Monday morning like having to scrape ice and snow before heading to work!
Old Blogger | Kabitzin 12/20/2004 | Comments (0)
Anyone know where to find that Japan Break Industries flash file? It used to be at http://www.viplt.ne.jp/midopure/swf/jbi_ee.html and also at http://www.iichan.net/f/src/1090851926799.swf, but it seems the sites are down. I had the awesome ASCII goodness on my computer, but my hard drive crash wiped it out. For lyrics and other good links about the real (that’s right, it’s real) company, check out Harbringer’s site. If you know where the file (with the weird ascii cats) can be found, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!!
Also, where does the line “My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing!” come from? I’ve been hearing it a lot lately, and I think I used to know where it came from. Now I can’t think of it, and it’s bugging the hell out of me…
Old Blogger | Kabitzin 12/17/2004 | Comments (2)
