I just spent way too much time modifying the java script for a couple of silly knitting progress bars on my knit blog.

I know way more about the div tag than I ever really wanted to, and it think my brain is leaking from my ears.

At least the damn things look pretty.

Tags: geek
Current Mood: sleepy

I just wrote out my initials (AHW)

Converted them to HEX code (41 48 57)

Converted THAT into binary (010000010100100001010111)

And then converted the binary into knitting (k1, p1, k5, (p1k1)x2, k1, p1, k4, (p1k1)x2, p3)

Just because I thought it would be cool to do.

Perhaps I will use this to sign my knitting from now on.

(wanna do the same? you bunch of freaks! Go here)

This has so much geek related knitting potential, I'm giddy!

Tags: geek, knitting, sillyweird
Current Mood: geeky

I think I may have just gotten myself addicted to Sudoku puzzles.

All thanks to a geocache. in my area that has one for a clue.
(that one was faulty, but workable if you know other things like the general area of where it's hidden by the description, and roughly what the minutes are for that area.)

I've been solving them at the brain bashers site all day, right now I'm most comfortable with medium, but I can solve the harder ones if I'm really careful and patient and take my time.

Tags: games, geek, links
Current Mood: chipper

http://www.takara-usa.com/bowlingual.html

bowlingual, the dog bark and body language translator.

What will they come up with next?

Tags: critters, geek
Current Mood: chipper

Oh yeah, look at me, gotta web cam!

http://geocities.yahoo.com/webcam/public/alien_sunset

I'm such a dweeb.
:P

Tags: geek, links
Current Mood: dorky

Actuall conversation:

Dad: "did you go online to windows to get it fixed?"
Me: ::confused :: huh?
Dad: repeats
Me: "dad I have no clue what you just said."
Dad: "of course not, it's been in the news for months but you wouldn't know" (like that has anything to do with anything, I usually know some stories before he even hears about them)
Me: "What are you talking about?"
Dad: "Windows is supposed to crash and they all sorts of things on the web for you to fix it."

(ok, now come on, windows crash all the time, I mean hell, the computer I'm typing on right now has crashed like 5 times, no biggie, you reboot fix the problem and go on with life. What the deal with it now?)

Me: "Umm?"
Dad: "well? Windows is supposed to crash!"
Me: "Ok... so what you're saying is that all versions of windows are set to spontaneously crash at a certain time?"
Dad: ::serious:: "yes!"

(Ok I admit it, I burst our laughing, and it just sounded so absurd! I mean come on! This is coming from the same guy that freaks out very time there is a e-mail virus alert, even though nether of my computers have ever received a virus through e-mail (I delete all my spam w/o opening, and I haven't ever seen the usual tag lines, nobody has ever sent be a subject 'I love you') so his sky is falling mentality when it comes to computers is quite laughable)

Dad: ::Starts yelling and going on that if this computer crashes its all my fault and I'll never be allowed to use a computer again, and hell be taking my computer which is in storage.::
Me: "Dad! It's not very plausible, I mean really... Windows somehow has it set so that all versions of their software are just going to crash? Come on, maybe Windows XP crashing I can see, but everything?"
Dad: ::yells even more, apparently some hacker had it set from the get go and now all versions of windows from 3.x to XP are going crash::

o...k

so why haven't I heard anything about this?
And really is that even plausible? And if so, WTF? Is it a flaw in the programming, a Virus, or is this hacker going to just hack into every individual windows machine out there and push a 'crash' button?

Bah.


{EDIT}

I just did a search on the NY time web site for news items on Microsoft, this is what I found:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Microsoft-Worm.html (another e-mail worm, see above comment)

http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_2100-1002_3-5059056.html (somebody hacked Microsoft's web site, sheesh.)

http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_2100-1009_3-5059263.html (hackers taking advantage of yet another windows flaw and using IRC to do it, umm... I don't use IRC, or anything like what they describe. I barely use Kaza)

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-hackers-internet.html (a convention full of hackers an geeks :: shiver :: anyways, this look like it has some merit, but still, the viruses and worms they are listing as predecessors and relatives to the 'big bad wolf', never even got close to my computers...and it seems to be more concerned w/ private networks and companies, not individuals)

http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_2100-1002_3-5059198.html (the predecessor to the above article, once again, aims at big businesses and companies, as well as Networked computers. How does this concern me?)

all in all it looks like a simple firewall will be all I need, gods, my dad is such a chicken little.

Once again, I say 'bah'

Tags: family, geek, links, rant
Current Mood: bitchy

This is so freaking awesome!
They used absolutely no camera tricks, its all physics, and it all happened on one shot (albeit, after 605 takes, but still...)

** COG **

Read the little article that comes with it for more info.

Tags: geek, glamour
Current Mood: amused

I feel slightly saddened, my keyboard died today, and I don't know why, but it would type "j" instead of space and if I tried to use the back arrow I would get a "]" and then it wouldn't go back any further. Technically its still under warrantee so I'm going to see if I can get it fixed or replaced because I love the small compact size of it, and it so much more quiet than this damn old clickey clackey one.

Tags: geek
Current Mood: sad