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This has to be the best subject line I’ve seen in a long time. Not only is it not deceptive (the email was about the same thing), but it certainly gives the impression of how easy it is to earn money using this system:

“Even my idiot Cousin makes $2000/month from this business”

Pretty much everyone who reads this blog would like this site. I know a few off the top of my head…who knows, some of you might be getting this stuff for your birthday!

Local Geographic

Edit:
My mother pointed out how much she likes the USB Christmas tree. I personally think the USB Aquarium is pretty fun.

From our friend Michael, in response to my getting citizenship:

…and you also have the right to:

* paint the exterior of the house ‘Dart’ green;
* say ‘Can I go to the toilet?’ and ‘kiss my ass’ in Irish
* ‘Whoop!’ sporadically when listening to traditional music;
* make out the weather is worse than it really is;
* talk lucidly and persuasively at all times (except when being filmed);
* have pictures of JFK, the pope and your dog on the mantlepiece;
* say ‘feck!’ on any national broadcaster with impunity;
* get misty eyed over the thought of coddle, and how they don’t make it
properly anymore;
* Practice better/faster/cheaper ways of doing anything, despite the fact
they are illegal because you can now…
* …ignore the law right up to the point of getting caught, as it probably
doesn’t apply to you personally;
* tackle any looming problems using ‘a.s.f.i.’* techniques
* officially begrudge;

* a.s.f.i. – ah sure, feck it!

As of September 30 (but I just got the certificate today), I am IRISH. I have dual citizenship. I can get a passport, vote, and properly bitch about this country because I BELONG here :-).

It’s amazing. You never think about getting citizenship in another country, at least I didn’t. It’s really a wild feeling.

There’s this funny show on SkyOne called Brainiac. It’s geek science. Soooo silly. Right now they’re doing something on mobile phones and gas stations. But the piece before this was, get this, filling a swimming pool with custard (from a powder, not homemade), and seeing if someone can walk on it. Seriously. Custard, apparently, is a non-Newtonian liquid, and as long as it’s not being impacted, it is a liquid. But when you impact it, it goes hard, and you can actually walk on it. Freaking great.

They call the show Brainiac: Science Abuse. Yep. It is. But I can’t stop watching it. And they keep blowing things up, which is fun to watch.

My RSI is back. Right arm. Trackpad arm. So I don’t know when we’ll be able to do much online, since I just need to rest the damn arm. I have my wrist support on (I shouldn’t even be typing right now, with it on), and I found my old kick ass left handed ergonomic mouse. No, not one of those wussy “ergo” mouses. This one was prescribed by my doc 6 years ago. It’s sooooo nice. Fits hand properly. Perfit mouse, made by Contour Designs. If you have arm pain, get one. And use it right. and stop typing and go for a walk.

Blogging With AquaMinds NoteTaker

This is great. A great way of using OPML. And decent explainations on what it is. NoteTaker has a free 30 day trial, I just downloaded it. And after I find my mouse (cause my right arm feels like it’s going to drop off from too much trackpadding), I’m gonna play with it.

Well, we knew it years ago, but apparently, Ireland is the best place to live in the world.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it. Just not in the pub.

Here’s the big problem, as I see it, regarding Podcasts and OPML and all that…

there isn’t a SIMPLE page explaining it all in NORMAL human terms. I’ve been searching for what exactly OPML is, and how to do it, for about a half hour, and my eyes are crossing from all the tech terms. I think I got it now, but jeez….

Guys, if you want your software to get to the masses, YOU HAVE TO START MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE TO THE MASSES!!!!! We, the end lusers, have to understand simply what we’re doing. The fact that we still can’t get iPodderX to recognize our Podcast is just…dumb.

The funny thing is, I mentioned this almost 4 years ago at CFP in regards to encryption. Yeah, notice where the end user is with encryption right now….

Here’s our first show. We cook our favorite artichoke and tuna pasta, plus our recipe for Japanese salmon salad. All comments welcome (unless you’re a spammer).

The Accidental Cook 16 November

And here are the notes from it, including recipes.

After crazy effort, we got everything set up in WordPress so iPodder/iPodder-X/whatever get the RSS enclosure properly. Well, at least for us…