ploomf Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 [media]http://youtu.be/03hfCo1EiWg[/meda] It is my friend. Look! Aww he took his food. It was cute though. :p It reminds me of the time I gave my cat Val a little bit of tuna that was left in the can after I made sandwiches, he was happily eating when Boo sauntered into the room, hooked one claw over the edge of the can, and whisked it right out from under Val’s nose. Poor Val just stood there looking confused. :p
AnneLine Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 He does have a lot of fur to feed. Perhaps it is not THEFT.... he is uh... just distributing more of the goods in his own direction.... ;)
arfink Posted June 6, 2013 Author Posted June 6, 2013 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/nsa-phone-records-verizon-court-order The NSA has officially been caught red-handed spying on US citizens without cause and without warrant. They have used a twisted understanding of the Patriot Act to force cell phone providers (and very likely internet providers, among other service providers) to cough up huge amounts of their consumer information, without warrant. The NSA has been forcing Verizon in particular to provide them with records of every phone call in the United States and abroad which include the name and phone number of each party involved, the duration of the call, unique hardware identifiers, and the location of each participant in the call. As the law stands, this appears to be illegal, because this is domestic communications, right? Wrong. The NSA has decided that since they're not actually forcing Verizon to record your calls and turn that information over, that this "extra stuff" doesn't count as communications. It's just "metadata" and so they can request that without warrant. I'm sure the EFF will be filing yet more lawsuits over this infringement. Expect US news sources to ignore this story.
arfink Posted June 6, 2013 Author Posted June 6, 2013 Well, my birthday must be getting close. Family members asking me what I want. Is it bad I can't think of anything much? Well, I know what I want, but nobody can just give it to me. :P
arfink Posted June 7, 2013 Author Posted June 7, 2013 I rode my bike to the tea shop today, 5 miles round trip. It was a good workout, and I even took the much steeper route home and made it without too much huffing and puffing. :hehe: I finally have things on my bike tuned the way I like, with the exception of the brakes, which are still not quite right. I wanna build myself a pannier bag for my bike that can attach to the frame with velcro. That would be nice. I have a mass-produced one here with the usual spring clips, but it doesn't fit on my frame properly because I don't have the special attachment point that bolts onto the rear wheel axle.
AnneLine Posted June 7, 2013 Posted June 7, 2013 If you won't tell us what you want, ARFink, we'll have to guess. How about a nice sour cream and green onion cake...? Huh?
arfink Posted June 7, 2013 Author Posted June 7, 2013 Well, if you really must get me something, I could use new panniers for my bike, and new brake pads. The pannier I used today belongs to my dad, and isn't really suited for my bike. ;) Also, diet coke is good.
AnneLine Posted June 7, 2013 Posted June 7, 2013 (edited) Twill keep these in mind, ARFink. I can send you some willow switches that you could weave into panniers.... and perhaps some bunion pads you could share with your bike. Not sure about your addiction to diet coke... I wouldn't want to enable you. ;) Yes, :brutebeast: is an :evil: :rabbit: today; ended up having to do something in the middle of the night, and I didn't get my beauty sleep. :cloud9: Edited June 7, 2013 by AnneLine
arfink Posted June 7, 2013 Author Posted June 7, 2013 [media]http://youtu.be/nqD5tMgxH4E[/media] This is a pretty neat tune, from a video game called Hotline Miami. I don't really suggest anyone play that game, it's rather excessively brutal, but the music is awesome. Fortunately the music is easily separated from the game, thanks to Youtube. :)
arfink Posted June 8, 2013 Author Posted June 8, 2013 I'm finally going to go see Star Trek: Into Darkness! WoooOOhoooo!
AnneLine Posted June 8, 2013 Posted June 8, 2013 If you liked chocolate, we'd fix you a DARK chocolate cake to celebrate. Since you prefer gummies, here are these for you: Have a good time!!!!!!
arfink Posted June 8, 2013 Author Posted June 8, 2013 Those fellows look tempting. :eat: But I've had a big lunch, and I need to wait on having dinner. Perhaps a little reading, and/or a nap.
arfink Posted June 9, 2013 Author Posted June 9, 2013 (edited) So, I'm getting myself a (rather expensive) birthday present: a brand new Everdive N8 Yeeeeah. That's an SD-enabled flash cartridge for Famicom. I already have a different brand of flash cartridge for my NES, but the Famicom has better audio and the Everdrive N8 has better support for obscure Japanese games than the NES one has. :) Edited June 9, 2013 by arfink
AnneLine Posted June 9, 2013 Posted June 9, 2013 Huh? what is that? I don't think it is a South Dakota flash cartridge for a Family-themed convention. I gather it has to do with computer or gaming equipment. Can you translate that into basic Geek, please?
arfink Posted June 9, 2013 Author Posted June 9, 2013 Sure. Here goes: I have one of these, it's a Famicom, which is an old Japanese video game console made by Nintendo. It's kinda famous, and one of the prizes of my video game collection. Now, normally you would have a gazillion of these game cartridges, each with it's own game on it, and you load one into the system to play it. But I don't have many of those. For one thing, I don't live in Japan, so it's not like I can go to the thrift shop and buy them. Importing them is expensive. So I got the Everdrive N8. You download the games onto an SD camera card, load that into the Everdrive, and put it into the Famicom, and you can play any game you want. You can even load multiple games onto it, and pick them out from a menu, so you don't have to swap cartridges all the time. It's super cool. :)
AnneLine Posted June 9, 2013 Posted June 9, 2013 Ahhh... thank you! the Everdrive N8 sounds like a wonderful birthday present for you! And your explanation helped a lot!
arfink Posted June 9, 2013 Author Posted June 9, 2013 Well, I made up a new (to me anyway) pasta sauce today. Kinda just messing around. It turned out nicely, and spicy! :)
Chestertonian Posted June 9, 2013 Posted June 9, 2013 Well, I made up a new (to me anyway) pasta sauce today. Kinda just messing around. It turned out nicely, and spicy! :) I like spicy pasta sauce. Is it tomato based?
arfink Posted June 9, 2013 Author Posted June 9, 2013 It is! It was a very improvised kind of thing, made from canned diced tomatoes, garlic, dried red chili peppers, oregano, and vodka, with salt and pepperof course.
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