General

I saw the trailer for Looney Tunes Back In Action today. It looks like it’s going to be awesome. It’s a mix of animation & live action like “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” but from what I saw in the trailer it looks a lot better. It’s amazing how much the animation technology advanced since then, and at the time I thought “Roger Rabbit” looked pretty awesome.

I saw “Dickie Roberts”. It’s actually a pretty good movie with lots of in-jokes. David Spade isn’t too obnoxious. By the end you actually start to like him.

Here’s what I wrote on this day two years ago:

What happened on this day was by far the worst thing I’ve seen in my
life.

I’ve been through a major earthquake, and while it was scary, it was
only a local disaster and didn’t come anywhere close to the destruction
caused by this attack.

I was born after Pearl Harbor, so I don’t really know how people felt at
the time, but I’m pretty sure this will go down in history as being much
worse. Pearl Harbor was a military target and less than 3000 people
died. This attack was on a civilian target in the largest city in the US
and another attack was on one of our government’s offices. Over 50,000
people worked in the WTC and I’m sure the death toll will be many times
higher than Pearl Harbor.

I can’t believe the WTC is gone. I’ve been in those buildings many times
and I’m familiar with that area. New York’s skyline is permanently
changed and tens of thousands of people are out of work. Many children
lost their lives and even more lost their families.

I grew up during the 60s & 70s at the height of the Cold War, and when I
turned on the TV and saw the WTC on fire I immediately flashed back to
that time and thought “the Russians bombed us”. It was so much easier
during that time. We knew exactly who our enemies were. It was like a
Western with good guys & bad guys – “Us” & “Them”. Now it isn’t so easy.
We don’t know who our enemies are and there isn’t one big “Evil Empire”
any more. There are hundreds or thousands of terrorist groups all over
the world and we can’t possibly wipe them all out. Even if we do,
there’ll be so much resentment that more will spring up. There will be
more attacks in retalliation and we’ll be targets of terrorists all over
the world.

if you haven’t already sold it on ebay, WeWantYourSoul.com will analyze your lifestyle and make you an cash offer for your eternal soul. [metafilter.com]

Mine is worth £8224.

I just got new glasses today. I only had my eye exam & ordered them yesterday – usually they take a week or longer.

I’m still getting used to them, even though there wasn’t much of a change. They’re a lot smaller & lighter than my old ones.

I’m really annoyed at sites like tribe.net & google AdSense which use an email address as the login and don’t let you change it. Assuming that an email address won’t change is just plain stupid. Most sites such as Amazon do let you change your email address.

I’m trying to get rid of my onepost.net address since I get far too much spam there. I used that as my public address to sign up for most websites. I expected that address to eventually become useless due to spam & I have several other backup addresses + my real addresses which I use very cautiously.

I’ve been trying to go to the gym a few times a week, but the last few times this really obnoxious couple has been there. They always take over the place with their own equipment & a boombox and they talk really loud. The last time I complained to them about it & walked out, since I could hear them even over my iPod.

I tried to go there a few minutes ago and they were already there, plus other people were using the equipment I wanted to use. I’ll have to change my schedule and start going later to avoid them.

I haven’t had much time to post anything lately, so I’m just going to catch up on a few things that have been going on.

• I put an 80G drive in my G3 minitower and reinstalled OSX Server on that drive. I spent the rest of the day & part of Sunday copying stuff from the old drive, restoring user accounts, and configuring services.
• I got the OpenOffice.org code set up on my G4, but I ran into some difficulties getting it to build under Panther. I haven’t really had a chance to do much with it.
• Midnight is a wonderful pet. I don’t understand why his previous owner abandoned him. He’s very sweet and affectionate with no bad habits. Unlike Cody, he’s not destructive. Cody doesn’t like him and often attacks him. Last night Midnight was sitting on my lap when Cody came over & bit his tail. Midnight took a good swipe at Cody and they chased each other for a while.
• We had a labor day cookout by the pool in my condo. There was a good crowd, lots of food, good music, and I spent lots of time playing darts.

And, of course, are convinced they did nothing wrong. Any bets on which right-winger who wants the Ten Commandments posted everywhere will do an about face and say these people shouldn’t be prosecuted due to “separation of church and state?”

It’s just too sad for words. [via Eschaton] [Life and Deatherage]

This is truly sick.

The built-in web browser in my cell phone sucks badly, as do most of them. Why doesn’t someone put an RSS reader in a cell phone?

I just stopped a 13lb cat running at top speed by blocking him with my leg to keep him from chasing the other cat. He almost knocked me down as well.