cowbirds in love on mad scientists

it's so true how so few understand the difference. another good webcomic i recommend, the mouse-overs help sometimes.

my impulse buy

well, TheSteadman was ragging on me for reading "monk" books since i've run out over here in egypt. i'm currently stuck with the bible and the qur'an left, and my "learning to read and write arabic" book. so, last night i was in the room and TheSteadman was online in between jobs so we started talking. i'd asked her earlier to take a picture of her holding her kindle, and if she could also take a picture of the kindle next to a standard paperback, just to get a visual feel for the size. i was debating between getting a kindle or a kindle DX.

since i was bored and researching and she was bored, she told me to buy is so she could shop vicariously through me... so i bought the DX. my main concern is fragility. i've heard several people complain that they put them in their bag on the way to work, and when they get to work, the screen has cracked. amazon shows a 30" drop test, but it's not the drop i'm so concerned about it, the twist. it is about 10" at it's longest and 1/3" thick. i'm afraid this is going to facilitate damage, not from blunt force as in dropping, but from torquing as in it being twisted while in a bag or backpack. well, the deal is done, it's bought and paid for, so we'll see how well it goes when and if i ever get home to play with my new toy. one good thing is that the DX has a native pdf reader, so i can DL free books online in pdf to read instead of paying $9.99 for books from amazon. i AM a comparison/bargain shopper... kinda, despite the stupid things i buy, i DO try to find the best deal on said stupid things.

i'm trying to hunt down some more pix of scotland. i still have stirling pix to post, and trying to get some from rosslyn. i'll get those up in a day or two. i'm working on a third blog i'll unveil soon, and then i'll seriously try to finish up the oktoberfest saga before it becomes a year old story.

mccain and i are sharing wavelengths

three or four days ago, i was socializing with my new hash friends when i came up with the idea that instead of fighting north korea and iran and china, we need to just break through the propaganda and censorship. we need to find a way to provide OTHER countries with free internet access or wi-fi. we can use technology rather than force to help the people see a more realistic and less biased view of the world and country they live in. giving people the power of information to give them the power to organize. that was my idea. i wasn't sure how to implement it, but i think it was a good idea at the very least.

john mccain feels the same.

awesome, though a bit long, short movie

World Builder from Bruce Branit on Vimeo.

i was really impressed by this movie. at just over 9 minutes, it's a bit long for most internet users to wrap their MTV-gen attention spans around (it started slow for me, but i refused to urge to fast forward) but worth the watch. this guy makes a virtual city (street) kinda like the holodeck on star trek or "the strangers" from dark city but with a minority report flare. if you have 10 minutes (plus DL time), check it out. you can read a bit more about the creator from this link.