Smart brain. Of course Danilaw likes 20th century rock music. First of all, it's a worldbuilding point (which I will not spoiler.) But if he speaks archaic English, however haltingly, it also lets him talk to the people on the generation ship, now doesn't it?
1629 words on Grail today--just over quota, but as soon as![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
batwrangler gets here, I have to go to New Jersey. This is my last commitment for a good long time, though, and I'm looking forward to crawling into my hole and pulling it closed after me until I get a couple of these damned books written and revised.
The more accomplished I become as a writer, and the more confident I am in my skills, the worse my drafts get. In a lot of ways, this thing I am writing looks very much like a really elaborate outline. It's full of bracket notes that say things like [show don't tell] and [make these characters' voices sound different]. I'm choosing to believe that this is because my subconscious has accepted that there will have to be heavy revisions once I figure out what the book is about, and the only way I have ever been able to figure out what the book is about is to work through it.
Sometimes I outline. Sometimes I don't. Sometimes I go back and outline stuff I've already written to see where it's going and get some distance on it. Sometimes I write out of order and sometimes I'm linear. Sometimes I scribble bits of scenes on scrap paper. There are no rules, only tactics that work or do not work.
Lately, my process seems to involve writing all sorts of sketchy things, bits and fragments and scribbles--and then later constructing a narrative out of them. This would terrify me, except I already did this on Chill and Bone & Jewel Creatures, and the final drafts of both books strike me as rather decent work.
Mean things: fears of the Other, barbarians, fretting by the phone.
16640 / 100000 words. 17% done!
1629 words on Grail today--just over quota, but as soon as
batwrangler gets here, I have to go to New Jersey. This is my last commitment for a good long time, though, and I'm looking forward to crawling into my hole and pulling it closed after me until I get a couple of these damned books written and revised.The more accomplished I become as a writer, and the more confident I am in my skills, the worse my drafts get. In a lot of ways, this thing I am writing looks very much like a really elaborate outline. It's full of bracket notes that say things like [show don't tell] and [make these characters' voices sound different]. I'm choosing to believe that this is because my subconscious has accepted that there will have to be heavy revisions once I figure out what the book is about, and the only way I have ever been able to figure out what the book is about is to work through it.
Sometimes I outline. Sometimes I don't. Sometimes I go back and outline stuff I've already written to see where it's going and get some distance on it. Sometimes I write out of order and sometimes I'm linear. Sometimes I scribble bits of scenes on scrap paper. There are no rules, only tactics that work or do not work.
Lately, my process seems to involve writing all sorts of sketchy things, bits and fragments and scribbles--and then later constructing a narrative out of them. This would terrify me, except I already did this on Chill and Bone & Jewel Creatures, and the final drafts of both books strike me as rather decent work.
Mean things: fears of the Other, barbarians, fretting by the phone.
- Mood:
drained - Music:Junior Brown - Long Walk Back To San Antone
Title: Public Gestures and Private Emotions
Author:misura
Rating: PG
Warnings: none, really
Prompt: Katekyou Hitman Reborn, Dino/Hibari: love/hate - one finger salute
Summary: These things can happen in between 'hello' and 'goodbye'.
A/N: A drabble.
( Dino/Hibari: love/hate - one finger salute )
Author:
misuraRating: PG
Warnings: none, really
Prompt: Katekyou Hitman Reborn, Dino/Hibari: love/hate - one finger salute
Summary: These things can happen in between 'hello' and 'goodbye'.
A/N: A drabble.
( Dino/Hibari: love/hate - one finger salute )
From here, performed closing day of Scans Daily 2.0:
Thank you. Thank you, everyone! Be sure to tip your Pedobear!
Title: Cleanse
Author:silver_magess
Rating: PG-13 for mentions of violence and death
Warnings: Introspection of sorts, vaguely implied m/m
Prompt: Rurouni Kenshin, Enishi/Kenshin: hair fetishization - blood and snow
Word count: : 307
Summary: Enishi's hair serves as a reminder of what he needs to do.
Notes: Sorry for being a day late. Nano has been very distracting.
( It makes him sick. Just as sick as looking in the mirror )
Author:
silver_magessRating: PG-13 for mentions of violence and death
Warnings: Introspection of sorts, vaguely implied m/m
Prompt: Rurouni Kenshin, Enishi/Kenshin: hair fetishization - blood and snow
Word count: : 307
Summary: Enishi's hair serves as a reminder of what he needs to do.
Notes: Sorry for being a day late. Nano has been very distracting.
( It makes him sick. Just as sick as looking in the mirror )
- Mood:creative
Today's poem draft
Yesterday's NaNoWriMo writings: ( Read more... )
And I put all my poems into the file, basically to pad out my word count. Even with that, I didn't get near enough words to be on track to finish this year. There's still time, but signs point to "No". At least I'm keeping up with the poem a day challenge :)
Paradigm shift
How do you draw a new figure?
the only canvas a palimpsest heart
the old lines too dark, deep to remove
Yesterday's NaNoWriMo writings: ( Read more... )
And I put all my poems into the file, basically to pad out my word count. Even with that, I didn't get near enough words to be on track to finish this year. There's still time, but signs point to "No". At least I'm keeping up with the poem a day challenge :)
In a few hours, I will be heading for the airport, to catch the plane, to get back home, to milk the cow, that kicked the dog, that chased the cat, that . . . er, that is, to get back home.
It has been a wonderful and very relaxing holiday.
Sniff.
It has been a wonderful and very relaxing holiday.
Sniff.
Title: the passionate approach
Author/Artist:incandescens
Rating: M
Warnings: Three in a bed
Prompt: November 14th - Bleach, Ukitake/Shunsui/Nanao: touch - It is the touch of their hands that undoes her at last.
Word count: About 400
( the passionate approach )
Author/Artist:
incandescensRating: M
Warnings: Three in a bed
Prompt: November 14th - Bleach, Ukitake/Shunsui/Nanao: touch - It is the touch of their hands that undoes her at last.
Word count: About 400
( the passionate approach )
Ever since unexpected updates this week, WoW has hit latency hell for me (I've logged latencies of over 9000, no joke). This has led to some rather inconvenient d/cs in the middle of raids and instances. A few of my other guildies have been experiencing the same issues.
Has anyone else? Does anyone know how to correct this?
Has anyone else? Does anyone know how to correct this?
- Mood:
frustrated
Title: Jealousy is a Spiky-Haired Puppy
Author/Artist: Ni Flow
Rating: PG-13 for language and compromising positions.
Warnings: None.
Word Count: 1,966
Prompt: - Final Fantasy VII, Angeal/Zack: Jealousy; preferably on the behalf of Zack with insecurity and worth undertones- "I was nothing compared to him.... He was his past, present and future. Not a chubby pup from Gongaga." - NOV 14th
Summary: Zack is bitter. Angeal sweetens him up.
( It happened faster than Zack could remember how. )
Author/Artist: Ni Flow
Rating: PG-13 for language and compromising positions.
Warnings: None.
Word Count: 1,966
Prompt: - Final Fantasy VII, Angeal/Zack: Jealousy; preferably on the behalf of Zack with insecurity and worth undertones- "I was nothing compared to him.... He was his past, present and future. Not a chubby pup from Gongaga." - NOV 14th
Summary: Zack is bitter. Angeal sweetens him up.
( It happened faster than Zack could remember how. )
Remember "The Fly"? Where through a teleportation experiment, a fly and a monster are combined into Jeff Goldblum? We obviously need a teleporter that only moves cells with human DNA, 46 chromosomes. That would work better!
But non-organic stuff wouldn't go. That's likely for the best, so that one doesn't get combined with their belt buckles. On the other hand, it means the belt buckle stays behind, along with your synthetic fiber clothing, your jewelry, and for that matter, your piercings. And more worryingly, any non-organic internal material stays in the original transporter, People with plates in their heads, artificial knees, or fillings will be startled when they get to the other side.
So, our test subject will appear in the receiving teleporter with sore teeth, missing joints, and missing clothes.
Amusingly, I think this means tattoos won't go over either. The ink is non-organic. So the original tube will have some of your clothes, your fillings, your tats, and maybe an artificial joint or two floating in the air for a moment before they all crash into a pile.
We're also not sending organic cells with anything other than the human 46 chromosomes. Your organic clothes have cotton or cow DNA. They'll stay behind. You'll be absolutely naked on the other side. Chilly! Also, have you ever seen a close-up view of your skin? There are zillions of little creatures wandering around on your skin. They won't come through. You'll be quite a clean naked person on the other end, and the original teleporter will have an outline of your body made up of suprised tiny mites, within your clothes, with your tats and piercings...before they all fall into a pile.
You've got a lot of intestinal critters. Nothing gross like tapeworms or anything (although they would stay behind too), but E coli and other beneficial bacteria that help you digest. They'll stay behind. As, come to think of it, anything you've eaten. And all the bacteria in your mouth. Within that outline of your skin left behind, there will be a distinct outline of your digestive system and the food you've eaten. Ew. On the other end, you'll be very hungry, and you'll likely have digestive issues for a while.
Oh. What about your sex organs? They'll come through. But the eggs and sperm wont, as they have 23 chromosomes. A woman can't make any more eggs, so she'd be sterile. A guy can make more sperm, although the sensation of having abruptly empty testicles might be an odd feeling. In the original transporter pod, we now have a few more cells floating in air before they join the increasingly large pile on the floor.
I'm coming to realize that our teleporter will need a large disposal unit. Also that what we think of us ourselves...isn't so much.
Oohh...mitochondria! You may recall that the cell organelles called mitochondria facilitate energy transfer in the human cells. They aren't human, though, and were originally a cell in it's own right. It does not have human DNA. They're not going with. On the one hand, this is good, because that way you won't end up with some sort of Jeff Goldblum/cell organelle hybrid, spewing adenosine triphosphate everywhere. On the other hand, without those cell organelles...you have no method for getting any energy into your cells.
So, the original teleporter pod will have your clothes, your jewelry, your tats, your skin cell mites, your intestinal flora, a small cloud of eggs or sperm, and a huge person-shaped cloud of mitochondria. The second teleporter will have everything that is indisputably YOU. Of course, you'll die pretty quickly and painfully with no energy, missing joints, and the runs.
Still a few bugs to work out of this system.
But non-organic stuff wouldn't go. That's likely for the best, so that one doesn't get combined with their belt buckles. On the other hand, it means the belt buckle stays behind, along with your synthetic fiber clothing, your jewelry, and for that matter, your piercings. And more worryingly, any non-organic internal material stays in the original transporter, People with plates in their heads, artificial knees, or fillings will be startled when they get to the other side.
So, our test subject will appear in the receiving teleporter with sore teeth, missing joints, and missing clothes.
Amusingly, I think this means tattoos won't go over either. The ink is non-organic. So the original tube will have some of your clothes, your fillings, your tats, and maybe an artificial joint or two floating in the air for a moment before they all crash into a pile.
We're also not sending organic cells with anything other than the human 46 chromosomes. Your organic clothes have cotton or cow DNA. They'll stay behind. You'll be absolutely naked on the other side. Chilly! Also, have you ever seen a close-up view of your skin? There are zillions of little creatures wandering around on your skin. They won't come through. You'll be quite a clean naked person on the other end, and the original teleporter will have an outline of your body made up of suprised tiny mites, within your clothes, with your tats and piercings...before they all fall into a pile.
You've got a lot of intestinal critters. Nothing gross like tapeworms or anything (although they would stay behind too), but E coli and other beneficial bacteria that help you digest. They'll stay behind. As, come to think of it, anything you've eaten. And all the bacteria in your mouth. Within that outline of your skin left behind, there will be a distinct outline of your digestive system and the food you've eaten. Ew. On the other end, you'll be very hungry, and you'll likely have digestive issues for a while.
Oh. What about your sex organs? They'll come through. But the eggs and sperm wont, as they have 23 chromosomes. A woman can't make any more eggs, so she'd be sterile. A guy can make more sperm, although the sensation of having abruptly empty testicles might be an odd feeling. In the original transporter pod, we now have a few more cells floating in air before they join the increasingly large pile on the floor.
I'm coming to realize that our teleporter will need a large disposal unit. Also that what we think of us ourselves...isn't so much.
Oohh...mitochondria! You may recall that the cell organelles called mitochondria facilitate energy transfer in the human cells. They aren't human, though, and were originally a cell in it's own right. It does not have human DNA. They're not going with. On the one hand, this is good, because that way you won't end up with some sort of Jeff Goldblum/cell organelle hybrid, spewing adenosine triphosphate everywhere. On the other hand, without those cell organelles...you have no method for getting any energy into your cells.
So, the original teleporter pod will have your clothes, your jewelry, your tats, your skin cell mites, your intestinal flora, a small cloud of eggs or sperm, and a huge person-shaped cloud of mitochondria. The second teleporter will have everything that is indisputably YOU. Of course, you'll die pretty quickly and painfully with no energy, missing joints, and the runs.
Still a few bugs to work out of this system.
If you're in Dallas, come see me today at Dallas Webcomics Expo - http://dwex.info for info - 11am to 6pm. I'm at table six.
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"Apparently at a talk/book signing for his newest, Under the Dome, [Stephen] King was asked about revisiting the Dark Tower universe and he said he wanted to write one more book that takes place between Wizard and Glass and Wolves of the Calla."
The moderator of the Stephen King message board confirmed this and elaborated:
Source
The moderator of the Stephen King message board confirmed this and elaborated:
Stephen has given me permission to pass along that he has an idea for a new Dark Tower book, the working title of which will be THE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE. He has not yet started this book and anticipates that it will be a minimum of eight months before he is able to begin writing it.
Source
...had problems logging into the official forums?
For days now, every time I try all I get is a "Server error." page.
For days now, every time I try all I get is a "Server error." page.
- Mood:
annoyed
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Happy birthday, worthididnity!
worthididnity!- Mood:
chummy
- 16:25 @kanthara Your haircut looks GREAT!!! I wish I could pull off a short cut like that! #
- 17:10 @RealSciggles Muses are fickle things. #
Now, I realise that voice recognition is an extremely difficult problem in computer science. I understand that it's highly non-trivial, and that many excellent and very intelligent people have put years and years and years of research into the topic for painstaking and hard-won theoretical and practical gains in the field, agianst seemingly insurmountable problems.
But:
- Computer voice recognition still sucks so incredibly badly that it's essentially useless for most purposes for which you might conceivably want to utilise it.
- In many of the places where it is used, it's so actively bad that it's a well-known joke how inaccurate and stupidly annoying it is.
- Three-year-old kids can understand the human voice, and by the time they're five, they can do it with virtually no difficulties at all other than exposure to vocabulary.
I'm not arrogant enough to assert that this is true, or that I have any better ideas. But it wouldn't surprise me in the least if some young gun came along next year and did something completely out of left field that nobody in the research landscape had even considered before, and it turns out to vastly simplify the problem to something that is actually tractable to our computers. And that it will leave all the experts in the voce recognition field scratching their heads and going, "Well that was obvious. Why didn't we think of doing that before?"
Or I could be completely deluded and 400 years from now we'll still be struggling to order our pizzas on automated voice recognition systems that can't tell the difference between "Phillip Street" and "no anchovies".
Hi all, I'm a long-time lurker but new poster to this community.
I've started my first published Sims 3 legacy and thought I'd post. I'd be happy if you guys could read it ^^
(Trashcan Dreams)
I've started my first published Sims 3 legacy and thought I'd post. I'd be happy if you guys could read it ^^
(Trashcan Dreams)
( click for what i see )
this entry is crossposted from http://piranha.dreamwidth.org/512011.ht
Watcher
"Mr. Sekemoto, so scared to talk to you. To tell you about me."
"He knew I was listening."
"I am always listening.
Story Index
- Mood:
ecstatic - Music:Funny Little Frog - Belle & Sebastian
Title: Charmer
Author/Artist:shiegra
Rating: NC-17
Prompt: - FMA (Greed!Ling/Winry) - Ling was always attractive, but now overly sexualized she can't resist his charms
Word count: 601
( Read more... )
Author/Artist:
shiegraRating: NC-17
Prompt: - FMA (Greed!Ling/Winry) - Ling was always attractive, but now overly sexualized she can't resist his charms
Word count: 601
( Read more... )
- Mood:
discontent
- Music:BEAT IT
does anyone know anything about google chrome OS and how it relates to apps and CoH?
I figured most people ran XP or a 64 bit OS. Is there any room for another OS in the bloated and cash strapped market? is it just for little netbooks?
As an aside to this, if I wanted to dual boot a linux OS to run CoH if possible, which one is best? I am itching to try something new on my modded acer, which is slowed quite a bit by vista.
edit: this blog answered some questions.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/0
I figured most people ran XP or a 64 bit OS. Is there any room for another OS in the bloated and cash strapped market? is it just for little netbooks?
As an aside to this, if I wanted to dual boot a linux OS to run CoH if possible, which one is best? I am itching to try something new on my modded acer, which is slowed quite a bit by vista.
edit: this blog answered some questions.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/0
http://bit.ly/1juRN3
google's logo makers were ready for this, i guess. :)
this entry is crossposted from http://piranha.dreamwidth.org/511923.ht
comments.
google's logo makers were ready for this, i guess. :)
this entry is crossposted from http://piranha.dreamwidth.org/511923.ht
Fire, fire, every where!
Also check out the Heir Poll and cast your vote! --> Heir Poll
Archives:
Corrado 1.0 | Corrado 1.1 | Corrado 1.2 | Corrado 1.3 | Corrado 1.4 | Corrado 1.5 | Corrado 1.6 | Corrado 1.7So like... back in May I did a Sekirei-only drabble meme and Zazzle made like ...seven requests. So I put off answering hers 'cause I wanted to do ALL of them. And then in July she tied with two others for the "win a fic from meeeee" stupid poll thing I did, and reminded me I hadn't yet done the Sekirei meme stuff and until I did it she shouldn't request another and I really need to work on my backlog now that it's November so here they are, except... two. One because it combined perfectly with another prompt, and another because I had no ideas for it, so I've pushed it off my platter sorry hon, and sorry they're so late. /o/~ I love you!
Five Sekirei Drabbles
Don't Know What You've Got
Mikogami/Mutsu
Safe for work
Prompt: Mutsu/Mikogami - "We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have."
( Don't Know What You've Got )
***
Everyday Everyman
Minato/Kagari
Safe for work
Prompt: Minato & Kagari: "If you observe a really happy man, you will find... that he is happy in the course of living life twenty-four crowded hours each day." combined with Prompt: Kagari. "Live well. It is the greatest revenge."
( Everyday Everyman )
***
Caution in Love
Uzume/Chiho
Safe for work
Prompt: Kagari, Miya and/or Uzume. "Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness."
( Caution in Love )
***
Red Tape
Takami, Tsukiumi/Minato
Safe for work
Prompt: Takami, Minato's Sekirei (any): "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"
( Red Tape )
***
Unfit
Mikogami/Akitsu
Safe for work
Prompt: Mikogami: "What is youth except a man or a woman before it is ready or fit to be seen?"
( Unfit )
Five Sekirei Drabbles
Don't Know What You've Got
Mikogami/Mutsu
Safe for work
Prompt: Mutsu/Mikogami - "We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have."
( Don't Know What You've Got )
***
Everyday Everyman
Minato/Kagari
Safe for work
Prompt: Minato & Kagari: "If you observe a really happy man, you will find... that he is happy in the course of living life twenty-four crowded hours each day." combined with Prompt: Kagari. "Live well. It is the greatest revenge."
( Everyday Everyman )
***
Caution in Love
Uzume/Chiho
Safe for work
Prompt: Kagari, Miya and/or Uzume. "Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness."
( Caution in Love )
***
Red Tape
Takami, Tsukiumi/Minato
Safe for work
Prompt: Takami, Minato's Sekirei (any): "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"
( Red Tape )
***
Unfit
Mikogami/Akitsu
Safe for work
Prompt: Mikogami: "What is youth except a man or a woman before it is ready or fit to be seen?"
( Unfit )
Chamber of Chills reveals are posted here. I wrote two ficlets for the fest:
Title: Sexy Sexy
Summary: Jen and Jazinda go shopping for Halloween costumes.
Characters: Jen/Jazinda
Word Count: 700
Title: C12H22O11 (Or, The Science of Candy)
Summary: Science can make things taste really, really good. Tony and Vision set out to prove this by making candy. Carol and Wanda play lab rat.
Characters: Carol, Wanda, Vision, Tony
Word Count: 1430
Alternate: http://schmevil.dreamwidth.org/197554.h
Title: Sexy Sexy
Summary: Jen and Jazinda go shopping for Halloween costumes.
Characters: Jen/Jazinda
Word Count: 700
Title: C12H22O11 (Or, The Science of Candy)
Summary: Science can make things taste really, really good. Tony and Vision set out to prove this by making candy. Carol and Wanda play lab rat.
Characters: Carol, Wanda, Vision, Tony
Word Count: 1430
Alternate: http://schmevil.dreamwidth.org/197554.h
Title: In Flight
Series: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Character/Pairing: Tibarn/Reyson
Rating: PG
Word count: 316
Author’s note:- Fire Emblem, Tibarn/Reyson: wingkink, trust games - in flight.
( In Flight )
Series: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Character/Pairing: Tibarn/Reyson
Rating: PG
Word count: 316
Author’s note:- Fire Emblem, Tibarn/Reyson: wingkink, trust games - in flight.
( In Flight )
Title: Overheard
Author:lady_ganesh
Rating: R
Warnings: The prompt should suffice
Pairing: Hakkai/Gojyo
Prompt: Sanzo: Masturbation & voyeurism; overhearing Gojyo with his partner gets Sanzo turned on.
( Overheard )
Author:
lady_ganeshRating: R
Warnings: The prompt should suffice
Pairing: Hakkai/Gojyo
Prompt: Sanzo: Masturbation & voyeurism; overhearing Gojyo with his partner gets Sanzo turned on.
( Overheard )
I've been playing just for fun (something totally new to me) and I just can't get out of the habit of taking pics of my sims ... so I thought I'd share my favorite family with you.
(This is a fake cut to visit my sim named lola. She likes throwing wrenches)
(This is a fake cut to visit my sim named lola. She likes throwing wrenches)
Poll #1485096 What OS do you use for CoH
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 72
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 72
What OS is you?
View Answers
Windows XP
42 (58.3%)
Windows Vista 17 (23.6%)
Mac 6 (8.3%)
Red Hat 0 (0.0%)
MS-DOS FOOL! 0 (0.0%)
Ubuntu 1 (1.4%)
Linix 0 (0.0%)
Windows Pre-XP 1 (1.4%)
Other 5 (6.9%)
Yo, I am switching to google! 0 (0.0%)
EDIT: I forgot 7
However as of this afternoon, the Las Vegas Convention Center emailed us to let us know that due to their human error, the confirmation they were giving was false.
According to the LVCC, Blizzard and the LVCC had spoken once about having BlizzCon 2010 in Las Vegas, and a hold was placed on those dates as a marketing tactic to entice Blizzard to the area. However, that hold was inadvertently turned into a confirmed booking, leading to the inaccurate confirmations and resulting issues.
The LVCC has apologized for the confusion, and thus ends the saga of BlizzCon in Las Vegas
from wow.com
According to the LVCC, Blizzard and the LVCC had spoken once about having BlizzCon 2010 in Las Vegas, and a hold was placed on those dates as a marketing tactic to entice Blizzard to the area. However, that hold was inadvertently turned into a confirmed booking, leading to the inaccurate confirmations and resulting issues.
The LVCC has apologized for the confusion, and thus ends the saga of BlizzCon in Las Vegas
from wow.com
So today I should buy the Martial Arts micro-booster. It took me 7 tries to get their very similar looking letters right. And of course for each try I had to fill in my credit card number again, and expiry year and month, and the extra 3 digits. Luckily it did remember my name and address, or I would probably have given up. It would probably have taken me less time to open an account with a competitor - if they had any competitors with ninjas.
And it still does not keep the spammers away. Because spammers are humans too, only with lower wages.
And it still does not keep the spammers away. Because spammers are humans too, only with lower wages.
- Mood:
grumpy
Double double edit: I'm not sure what the problem was still, but it appears to have been fixed. I did a router restart [well, I shut it off for around thirty minutes anywa] and it's fixed. This may be a solution?
So, the game and the forums are down? Was there some announcement of oddly timed maintenance that nobody was told about?
I did manage to log in once, after about 5 mins of waiting at the connecting screen, but it only brought up the development realms and then wouldn't connect. >_>
Edit: It appears that even worldofwarcraft.com and blizzard.com are having XML problems as well?
Double edit: I did manage to 'log in' twice, but half the servers were missing and WoW crashed upon trying to connect to any of them.
So, the game and the forums are down? Was there some announcement of oddly timed maintenance that nobody was told about?
I did manage to log in once, after about 5 mins of waiting at the connecting screen, but it only brought up the development realms and then wouldn't connect. >_>
Edit: It appears that even worldofwarcraft.com and blizzard.com are having XML problems as well?
Double edit: I did manage to 'log in' twice, but half the servers were missing and WoW crashed upon trying to connect to any of them.
- Mood:
confused - Music:World Of Warcraft - Outland Suite
So says Rob Pardo, senior VP of game design.
Let me just say... WE TOLD YOU SO! Kudos for finally admitting it.
Let me just say... WE TOLD YOU SO! Kudos for finally admitting it.
From today's City of Raleigh Enewsgram:
Today's poem draft:
Gratitude List:
(Edited to correct the egregious misspelling of "Gratitude")
CITY NOW COLLECTING GREASE AND COOKING OILS
The City of Raleigh is now providing curbside collection of cooking oil and grease in a pilot program designed to help prevent sewer overflows. Raleigh residents can now dispose of these products by leaving them at the curb along with their garbage, recycling and yard waste. The collection effort will continue until January 15.
There is no charge for the collections; however the service is not available to commercial establishments in Raleigh . To arrange for a curbside pickup, call the City’s Solid Waste Services Department at 996-6890. The oil and grease must be placed in a sealable (and preferably clear container) marked as “cooking oil.” Place the containers with grease or cooking oil on the curb on the designated weekly trash collection day after calling to arrange for curbside collection. Examples of containers that can be used are milk jugs, juice cartons with screw-on caps, coffee cans or the cooking oil’s original non-glass container. Glass containers will not be accepted.
The City hopes that by collecting these materials, it can protect the environment by keeping cooking oil and grease out of the City’s sewer system and preventing sewer overflows. The pilot program will be a joint effort of the City of Raleigh ’s Public Utilities, Solid Waste Services and Public Affairs departments and Triangle Biofuels Industries Inc. Triangle Biofuels will reimburse the City 25 cents for each gallon of cooking oil or animal grease collected, and convert the material to biofuels.
Motor oil and other petroleum products will not be accepted and should continue to be taken to Wake County ’s drop-off facilities at 9037 Deponie Drive in Raleigh or 6130 Old Smithfield Road in Apex.
Today's poem draft:
Mensaversary 13
sharing heart freight
touching souls
bodies touching
knowing the same books
watching movies
walking, swimming, moving together
tears shed and tears dried
words written, read
games played
pasts revealed, relived, released
permission and encouragement to have been
to be
and to grow
each renews love
Gratitude List:
1. Raleigh is collecting more and more recyclables/re-usables
2. Tonight Mah Sweetie and I will celebrate our 13th Mensaversary
3. making a pop-up mensaversary "card" with a slinky taped inside a tin decorated with foam flowers and butterflies and a poem included
4. having plenty of leftovers for quick lunches
5. walking the the autumn wind with the leaves fluttering down around me
6. it only rained a little today
7. writing, even if it's not as much as I would like
(Edited to correct the egregious misspelling of "Gratitude")
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