Point collecting

[c9]

• Saw Syriana tonight. Very interesting, and challenging. Liked it. I want to see it again to catch all the stuff I didn't get the first time around. One complaint: the director, possibly on purpose, made it almost impossible to precisely sense time passing throughout the film. I didn't realize it would bug me as much as it did.
  
  
• Today's Toronto Star featured an excellent story and side-by-side comparison (600KB PDF) showing you exactly what effects the food you eat can have on the environment. I saved a copy (600KB PDF) in case they take it down.
  
  
• I want to go see Brokeback Mountain, but it's not playing here yet. I hate living in a 450,000 person backwater. :)
  
  
• Lucky had a serious digestive issue all over the carpet today. These are very rare now. Amusingly, in the mail was a reminder that it's time for their checkups. Maybe he read the mail.
  
  
• I cannot freaking believe that it's December 20th in 98 minutes.
  
  
• New RAM arrived today. I installed it, and my boot time has dropped from 1:32 to 1:04. Then 1:10. Then 2:29, because it spontaneously rebooted right in the middle of a boot I was timing. Hmmm. Memory diagnostic burn-in type software shows no faults. Double-hmmm.
  
  
• eBay shipping is SUCH a scam. I wish I could get in on it. My RAM arrived in a $1.39 padded envelope, with two 50 cent stamps. Actual shipping charged? $14.99 US per item, with 40% discount on second item. Ha!
  
  
• Still cheaper than new RAM, so hey.
  
  
• leapfish's Dad got us a Chapters gift card, and we shopped online with it last week. Today the books arrived! I got Just A Geek, by Wil Wheaton. Can't wait to read it. The book arrived damaged though. I complained. We shall see.
  
  
• Why have more friends tried to persuade us to fly across an ocean than have confirmed they're coming to Vegas? Is it the position of the planets or something?
  
  
• There is no... rule six.

Comments

[mightycodking.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I would probably send the request before bidding, actually. Still, while I usually give the benefit of the doubt on shipping cost discrepancy (hell, I do more selling than buying, so...), this seems really obvious.

By the way, Martin is in town. Not sure if you are in Ottawa this weekend but you guys should hook up.

[c9.livejournal.com]

My parents are no longer in Ottawa, so I have no regular visits any more, sadly. I do want to visit soon -- it's been a year now, actually. Crazy.