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Monday, 7 December 2009
altivo
 | 2237 - Phantoms
We watched the Andrew Lloyd Webber Phantom of the Opera this evening. Gary pulled it out of the discount bin somewhere. I had seen the old 1925 silent film and read the book, but he had neither read nor seen a full telling of the story. I have to say, for a translation to stage musical and then to film, this wasn't bad. Of course Lloyd Webber is a master composer and he does the drama right. The scenery lived up to my expectations from the book, also unusual.
Snow, snow. They can't make up their minds, as usual. First we go up from "Winter Storm Watch" to "Winter Storm Warning" then we're downgraded to "Winter Weather Advisory." Boone County, just ten miles away, still has the storm warning. They've extended the hours though, from 24 to 36, starting at dawn tomorrow. Still predicting snowfall rates up up to an inch an hour (which we've seen before, and believe me, it's impressive.) Possibility of thunder-snow farther west but probably we won't get that. Darn. The predictions on accumulation still vary wildly, but at the moment it looks like five to ten inches are likely, with the extremes of the forecast ranging from three to twelve. I suspect the library will lose its evening hours tomorrow so that no one has to drive home in that, as the peak is supposed to hit right before rush hour.
Gary is set to tune up the snowblower tomorrow morning. We brought it in from the barn tonight so he could work in the somewhat more comfortable temperature. I'll go to work, and probably stay all day. Not my day to work evening, though.
location: Frozen oak grove
current mood: ![[mood icon]](http://pics.livejournal.com/altivo/pic/0003d7dz) bouncy
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blogunderschlok
| 0308 - Schlock Mercenary iPhone App “Apple-Approved!”
http://www.schlockmercenary.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/07/schlock-mercenary-iphone-app-apple-approved/ http://www.schlockmercenary.com/blog/?p=1538 The Schlock Mercenary iPhone app, which is disambiguously called “Schlock Mercenary,” was approved by Apple today, and is now available in the App store. Click on the application image to the left, or follow this link to go directly to the iTunes store to have a look. If you’re not using iTunes you can still check out the developer’s page here.
With this app you can now enjoy your daily fix on the go, luxuriating in features not available on the web! For starters, all strips are 28% larger than online, and the app lets you see the future with strips available 3 days ahead of the web. You can pan and zoom, or use the simple panel-by-panel navigation.
You can create your own bookmarks, and they can automatically follow you through the archives, all the way from the very beginning.
Yes, you get all this and more for only US$0.99 a month. You can also buy 6 months for only US$4.99. The first month’s subscription is included with the initial purchase of the app for US$0.99. Subscriptions are purchased in the application with your iTunes account.
Note: Requires iPhone OS 3.0. An internet connection and current paid subscription are required to download content. Strips are cached on the device, but are not stored permanently.
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film2edit
 | 2256 - 13" TV/VCR with remote (free)
I have one available if anyone wants it. It's going away as of 3PM this Thursday. If you contact me via here before then, it's yours.
It'll be first come first serve.
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kinkyturtle
 | 2026 - A riddle
What brand of pasta is most favored by Canadian animators?
( Answer )
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midwest_furfest
[film2edit]
| 1714 - The Ear Tag Project at MFF.
Greetings everyone.
MFF has come and gone. I’m still trying to get things back to normal.
I wanted to thank everyone who donated towards the project. I have a ton of cardboard cut out and will be assembling the packages soon to mail out the remaining donation tags in between the house transition that’s been happening at home.
For those wondering what the project was about, it was inspired from a number of things. Partly Codex from a random conversation involving being silly and pondering if someone put a “Made In China” tag on fursuits, the Dorsai’s tag and release, and the large present tags that were at Megaplex this year.
( About each tag. )
( What's does the stuff on the front and back of the tags mean? )
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film2edit
| 1644 - Ray of sunshine.
There's a possibiliy something good may be happening on the job front. I'll still be hunting, but I'm hoping good news may come as of next week.
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mzmadmike
 | 1259 - Short, Succinct and Brutal
From a post I made in the Bar.:
Test question 1: is the Earth warming?
We're recovering from the Little Ice Age, so yes.
We're recovering from the Last Glacial Maximum, so yes.
Geologists who specialize in tectonics say that we're moving away from a landlocked polar ocean, without which there is no basin for a cap (North), and a continental pole surrounded by water (South), without which there isn't a platform for a cap, so yes--for the next several million years. During most of the Earth's history, these conditions did not exist, and there were no poles. It's currently colder in general than anytime in the last 300 million years, and the average is 5-8C higher than now, based on a 500,000,000 year analysis. 500,000,000 > than the 6000 Creationist nutjobs claim, which is > than the 30 years AGW nutjobs claim for their average.
The Sun continues to put out increasing radiation as it ages, so yes. In fact, sometime in the next 50-100 million years, that level will get high enough the Earth CANNOT compensate and will bake.
According to currently known solar cycles, we're in a slight dip, so no (a small dip in all the other increasing vectors).
This is an example of how complex the field is. Don't let anyone try to point at one thing and tell you it's the answer.
2: Is man responsible? Certainly a small part of it comes from our industrial tools if nothing else.
3: Is there anything we can do about it?
We have no control over 999.9 parts of it.
So, among REAL scientists, there is no debate. The Earth is going to generally get warmer, and there's fuck-all we can do about it.
4: Test Question Two: Morally, should we do something about it? Nature dictates that NY, San Fran, Florida, London, et al are destined to sink beneath the waves, do we have any moral basis to try to prevent the course of nature?
If you say "Yes," you are voting to put people above nature. I agree with you. However, that means you have NO MORAL ARGUMENT to make for reducing any human-caused warming, since it seems to be in our interest.
If you're looking for words for what just happened, I just seized your moral high ground, sited my artillery on it, and launched a TOT salvo that destroyed the low ground.
You're welcome.
location: Office, after much travel.
current mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/classic/smile.gif) amused
current music: Look At All These Idiots, Monty Burns, The Simpsons Sing The Blues.
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film2edit
| 1222 - Living room and the couch.
I've spent most of this morning sticking some of Chris's things in boxes, clearing things away from the beige couch, collapsing boxes, and throwing more things away.
Chris's dad and mom just came by to grab the couch and a few boxes and tubs of his things. I'll be heading to Fan Tastic Thrift to drop off some of my personal things and contacting someone about attempting to set up an interview either this afternoon or tomorrow with a book store near there. I'm hoping this happens.
Ryan and Ben came over last night. We determined moving the couch upstairs was a lost cause. Instead, Chris was able to get in touch with his dad, so that solved the couch situation. This also leaves more room in the attic for Chris to go through his stuff to sort, box up, or toss.
Ryan was awesome and was able to clear all the dust off the fan blades. I thank you tall genetics also! He stuck around for Klavi's radio show that I help with on Sundays. We tried to help Justin with Radio Unifurse, but the levels didn't work out with it cutting out on his end. I'll be testing that on Tuesday.
While cleaning last night, I found my new Pay Pal card to activate, contact info for a temp agency, and a number of other important things. I also now have a lovely stack of papers to shred. Sadly, the shredder is MIA (the bucket itself is here), so I may end up bringing them to someone to shred.
For some reason, I keep finding rolls of various types of tape and hangers. Finding random tupperware seems to have ended.
Klavi, I still have your juice, the CDs, and one of your tupperwares here. Poke me when you're free so I can get those to you.
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midwest_furfest
[duncandahusky]
 | 0853 - Would You Like To Take a Survey?
As promised at Closing Ceremonies, we have posted a Feedback Survey for Midwest FurFest 2009 at http://www.furfest.org/survey
We would appreciate you taking the time to fill out the survey and help let us know what worked, what didn't, and how we can continue to make Midwest FurFest the best convention we possibly can! Just to sweeten the deal, we're throwing in a little bonus - one respondent's name will be chosen at random to receive a free night's stay at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare, to be used any time before November 22, 2010 (which means you can use it at Midwest FurFest 2010!). Participation in the drawing requires you to enter your contact information, but it is strictly optional and is not required to complete the survey. We look forward to your responses, and thank you for your help in improving Midwest FurFest!
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