All posts by paul
I'm all over the place here guys, so sorry if it's hard to stick with what I'm saying.
I'm alive, so is Becky.
We're doing well.
Last weekend, we played with virtual go karts on the wii with one set of friends, then drove real ones with a different set.
Please register to vote. Do it. Now. Yes, now. Procrastinating on this is not something you want to do, as most states have a requirement that you be registered for at least 30 days prior to the election. If you don't know how, visit the website of the candidate that interests you the most, they all have a link on their site to register to vote. If you don't want to do that, here's a lengthy form that is universal and contains the specific rules for all 50 states.
Felons can vote in most states once their sentence is complete. If you need to know more about felon disenfranchisement, and whether it applies to you, or someone you know, here's a good summary
No updates on 1+1=3.
We had a taco and meteor party last night. It was pretty sweet.
My sister's baby is cute. She had it over a month ago, but this is topical because Saturday is her baby shower.
My 10 meter rig needs to have its mic fixed, and then I'll be on HF. Still just a tech, but if I can find the interest, maybe I won't be for long. 🙂
I made a number of life simplifying accomplishments at work in the last week or two. Maybe later this year I can actually take some time off. That'd be awesome.
I thought this was interesting. I don't hate the guy, I just think he did something stupid. If he succeeds, more power to him. Either way, from everything I've heard, this makes sense. (I am not quoted, anonymously or otherwise, in that article, for the record)
http://www.nextel.com/en/services/airave/index.shtml
Guys, that's the coolest thing ever. Sprint's coming out with a CDMA picocell you can put in your house near a window (you need GPS reception for CDMA to work right, unless you have a stratum 1 primary reference source kicking around), slap onto your internet connection, and basically put your cell coverage anywhere you want. This is awesome. It even supports 1xRTT data.
I've been wanting something like this to come out for a while – it only makes sense. This blows away T Mobile's offering that uses 802.11b/g wireless, because this works with ANY sprint CDMA phone. You don't have to get a special phone to make it work.
crossposted from irc (slightly cleaned up)
[paul] guys
[paul] when I was young
[paul] we trespassed regularly into a shipyard
[name_redacted] where?
[dj_doughy] …
[paul] interestingly, one my friend's brother was killed in due to reckless behavior on his part doing the exact same thing
[paul] so anyway
[name_redacted] paul: oh.
[paul] we found a tugboat in drydock
[paul] inside the fore hatch where the beds were
[paul] we found a huge stash of the nastiest porn ever
[paul] well, at least we thought when we were 12
[niteshad1] The tug was abandoned in dry dock?
[paul] it was hustler and penthouse
[paul] not exactly abandoned
[paul] this was an operating shipyard
[niteshad1] OK, my mistake.
[paul] but anyway, we also did massively stupid shit there
[paul] like the time we went on the piles of rock salt they had deposited there
[paul] there were tarps, held on with tires
[paul] it was wet
[name_redacted] thanks to the local BBS scene the first time i saw hardcore porn in print it was nothing new
[paul] I curled up in a ball in my nylon windbreaker and slid down it
[paul] getting a leg caught in one of the ropes on the way
[name_redacted] my dad has a photo of kids sledding on asbestos piles at a mine in summer time
[paul] causing me to begin to fall/roll down the rock salt
[paul] my glasses flew about 15 feet and I landed face down in a puddle
[paul] everything tasted like salt for a week
[jeff] cute
[name_redacted] when i was little i would pick rock salt up off the sidewalk and eat it at school
[paul] anyway guys I miss adventure
[paul] 🙂
[name_redacted] i'd get horrible headaches for some reason
[paul] but i do like food tasting not like rock salt
[paul] I guess what I'm trying to say is last night was awesome for those who were there
[paul] also, sailors like porn
[dj_doughy] I LIKE PR0N
[paul] alsoalso, the year I moved away from my hometown, another friend of mine was killed invading that same property
[paul] so I guess the lesson here for us all is that shipyards can be dangerous if you're committing criminal trespass
The shipyard mentioned isn't just a shipyard, it's also the dock for a company that ships large amounts of sand, salt, and other things. If you grew up where I did, you probably know exactly where I'm talking about.
Now you know something interesting about me (and my mom is probably like "oh holy shit" but hey, I'm older now, right? 🙂 )
I would have gotten more sleep at HOPE
But I think I had more fun this weekend than I would have there. This weekend's mischief was really my style.
More detail as the digital media hits the disk and gets sorted in to two categories:
Incriminating and Not. 😉
(and not the same sort of incriminating as 2003, if anyone is confused)
From last night's playings on the radio
Welcome to minicom 2.3
OPTIONS: I18n
Compiled on Feb 24 2008, 16:35:15.
Port /dev/ttyUSB0
Press CTRL-A Z for help on special keys
cmd:?EH
cmd:?EH
cmd:MONITOR ON
cmd:N8VI>APRS,RELAY,WIDE:hello paul
N8VI>APRS,RELAY,WIDE:sweet
N8VI>APRS,RELAY,WIDE:that's brilliant. Easier than I expected
N8VI>APRS,RELAY,WIDE:here's what I see: KC8QAY>CQ:ksup
okay turned on local eN8VI>APRS,RELAY,WIDE:Do you see CQ in all my text?
cho
no
I do not
N8VI>APRS,RELAY,WIDE:hello paul
N8VI>APRS,RELAY,WIDE:hmm, you must be in APRS mode or something
maybe
N8VI>APRS,RELAY,WIDE:wow, really, you see all that crap?
yes lol
N8VI>APRS,RELAY,WIDE:hmm, that's like APRS path or something I think
. /\ . . :
. / \ . . :
/ \ . . * :
/ \ * :
| (__) | . . ** :
. /| (oo) |\ ** :
/ | /\/\ | \ . . * :
. / |=|==|=| \ . * :
. / | | | | \ . :
/ USA | ~||~ |NASA \ . :
|______| ~~ |______| . :
. (__||__) . . :
. /_\ /_\ . . . :
!!! !!! :
:
The cow that jumped over the moon. :
ascii art ftw
N8VI>APRS,RELAY,WIDE:laura's impressed
guys its like IRC only more expensive to start doing
oh yes
N8VI>APRS,RELAY,WIDE:/me fails to perform an action
/me lol
KC8WWP says hello
N8VI>APRS,RELAY,WIDE:okay, so we can go connection based also
lets
N8VI>APRS,RELAY,WIDE:will locate directions and transmit to you
spam has been particularly heinous
psyduck:/home/paul# grep "result: Y" /var/log/mail.log|wc -l
21440
I've rejected 21440 spams on my BACKUP MX so far today
oh my god
Point of reference: my employer's mail relays blocked 2,100 spams across all the servers combined, and they have more active mail accounts than I do. Something weird is happening.
I just got a pile of emails about 2 hours ago. I got 13,000 new telephone numbers for use at work.
It seems too easy.
But pretty neat?