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Goldfish got stuck

funkbrotha — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:21:27 +0000

Yesterday afternoon, I came home from work to find one of my goldfish stuck between the filter and the aquarium glass. Somehow he swam and wedged himself stuck. I moved the filter and he swam free. My new “check on the fish every day” initiative is already saving lives!

Was 1982 the best year ever for Sci-Fi movies?

funkbrotha — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:49:29 +0000

Look at what came out that year:

E.T.
Blade Runner
TRON
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
The Thing

Find me a year that tops this list.

Lost my photos. Doh!

funkbrotha — Wed, 12 May 2010 12:00:28 +0000

I don’t know how but a whole bunch of my archived picture files were deleted off my computer. Dang it. I had been backing it up to another hard drive but on that hard drive, they were also missing.

I need a new strategy.

Last night the former library page in me took over.

funkbrotha — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:24:50 +0000

When I moved into my condo, I converted my bedroom walk-in closet to a small library. I bought shelves. I brought all my books and placed them on it.

Haphazardly. Out of order.

Last night I decided to organize them, finally.

I debated different sorting strategies. I could sort the books by Subject. I could have the most popular books kept on one shelf.

Ultimately, I decided to sort alphabetically by author.

And… use Goodreads to create virtual shelves.

I’m thinking that with this system, I’ll have some organization as well as the ability to find my books really quickly.

This project will take a few days, I think.

What happened to the stock market yesterday

funkbrotha — Fri, 07 May 2010 12:11:35 +0000

Yesterday, the Dow had its biggest intra-day drop ever. 998 points.

What happened?

First, a rumor suggests that “A trader may have accidentally entered $16 billion – instead of $16 million – in a deal involving Procter and Gamble, sparking the massive selloff.”

Second, “At around 2:43 p.m., the New York Stock Exchange halted trading in a few stocks for about 90 seconds in order to help traders stabilize prices. At about the same time, it looked as if something went wrong — badly wrong — with a program trade. Because the NYSE had halted some of the trading, the trades went to secondary markets, where there were no buyers. Individuals who had borrowed money from their brokerage firms to buy stocks or had sell orders at specific prices were instantly sold out.”

Wow.

P.S. Whoever bought Accenture at $0.01 made a killing. At one point during this fiasco, someone was forced to sell at a penny. The stock eventually closed at $41.09. Lucky buyer!

Work Fridge Haiku

funkbrotha — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:56:08 +0000

Dried flecks of cat food

Circling the rim of the cup

Oh… It’s your oatmeal.

Long may you run cover

funkbrotha — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:21:46 +0000

These Germans do a catchy cover of Neil Young’s “Long May You Run”.

This little girl can parallel park better than you

funkbrotha — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:20:56 +0000

Striking a blow for feminist equality, this little girl demonstrates the kind of parallel parking skill more often associated with gristly movie stunt drivers. Don’t try this at home, unless you’re also impossibly cute.

Grandma, Nooooo!!!!

funkbrotha — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:03:15 +0000

Busted a gut when I saw this:

For those not in the know, I recommend googling lemonparty.org instead of visiting the site.

Let’s go back to calling orcas killer whales

funkbrotha — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:05:47 +0000

What code phrase has activated the murderous sleeper cell of orcas?

Remember the Sea World trainer?

Earlier this week, there was a report in Seattle of a pod of orcas attacking a gray whale.

Yesterday the 5th gray whale this month was found dead.

Suspicious, isn’t it?