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Recent Links: Black Death, Chocwave, Hipsters & More

Kelson — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:01:19 +0000

A few years back, while I was reading Eifelheim, I read up on the Black Death. There was a theory floating around at the time that, based on symptoms and virulence, the black death might have been caused by a viral hemorrhagic fever like Marburg, not by the bubonic plague that’s still endemic in some parts of the world. Since then, researchers have managed to extract bacterial DNA from the bones of Londoners who died when the plague reached the city in 1348, confirming that they were infected with a relative of the modern plague…and have reconstructed its genome. Wow. (via Slashdot)
“Transformers” Hostess Cupcakes And Sno Balls Roll Out – OK, I have to admit that "Chocwave" cupcakes are inspired.
Writer’s block: Seth Godin considers the issue by comparison to “talker’s block”, while IO9 has a more detailed look at 10 types of writer’s block and how to overcome them, illustrated with classic pulp sci-fi covers.
Compare average climate of any 2 US ZIP codes by plugging in your own ZIP code
Emergency Preparedness: Cell & Home Phone Guidelines. In particular: wireless home phones require power. Keep one landline phone with a cord on hand. And for non-emergency communications (“I’m OK, hope everyone else is”), stick to texting, email, or social networks so that emergency workers and people in immediate danger (“Help, I’m trapped under a fallen wall”) can use the voice channels.
Whenever I hear someone complain about “hipsters,” I always think of this comic.

Monday Morning

Kelson — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:30:00 +0000

I’m not sure light drizzle counts as “wind and rain,” but since I’d like to have water next year, I’ll take what I can get. # (We did finally get some later in the day.)
You know you need coffee when you bring your travel mug from home and leave it in the car. #

Bright Fog

Kelson — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:00:00 +0000

Weird: I had to wear sunglasses while driving through fog. The layer was just thin enough to produce major glare from the sun. #

The Thirteenth

Kelson — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:30:00 +0000

It’s not off to a great start, but heres hoping today is less frustrating than yesterday. #
Was hoping for more than 30% chance of rain, esp. the way TV news was going on last night w/LIVE DOPPLER 2000! Where’s that “Weird Al” Yankovic vid? #
Appropriate. Today’s Word of the Day is triskaidekaphobia. #
Slowest Patch Tuesday update ever. Of course that’s partly because Norton decided to run a full scan DURING the update. #
Patches did eventually finish, but it took >1.5 hours to install them. Usually if I start it before lunch, it’s done when I get back. #
Someone searching for “old photos of shoreline village long beach” hit this photo…taken last week. Oops. #

Hail Burst, Pride & Predator, DTV

Kelson — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:30:00 +0000

Wow…just had a seriously intense burst of hail. ~30 seconds, but LOUD! #
This looks hilarious: Pride and Predator (via @breagrant). #
Just remembered it’s Digital TV Switch Day! Or rather, it WAS. Looks like a lot of stations are taking the new June deadline. #

Rain!

Kelson — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:59:59 +0000

Rain! Walked out the door this morning and saw clear blue sky, so I wasn’t convinced… but RAIN! (We seriously need it.) #

*sigh* Google maps informs me that my usual route home is solid red. Rush hour + OMGWTF water from sky! Surface streets it is. #

Moody Weather

Kelson — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 07:59:59 +0000

Morning: t-shirt, sweater, heavy jacket. Lunchtime: just the t-shirt. Slight difference in temp… #

Weirdness

Kelson — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:59:59 +0000

It’s still foggy. My Windows box is crashing again. Twhirl is staying faded, as if in the background, but I can still type. Only one Microsoft update this month! Of course it’s critical, remote code exec, in all current versions … Continue reading →

Hot or Not?

Kelson — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:14:59 +0000

Switched to long-sleeved shirts & started wearing sweaters this week. And now it’s supposed to break 90 DEGREES today and all weekend. WTF? #
Must sleep. Saw spam title “Wanna burn movies?” and first reaction was revulsion against gleeful censorship, not “look, more piracy spam.” #

Cross-posted at LiveJournal.

Fall, Spelling, WPA2, Jokes

Kelson — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 06:59:59 +0000

Fall in SoCal = checking the weather report daily to decide between shorts or a heavy jacket. #
I keep seeing pill spam with sensational election-related subjects. Oddly they can spell Obama correctly, but consistently write “McCane” #
OK, chicken-and-road jokes are old hat, but this set using (mostly political) celebrities is new to me. #
It’s time to upgrade your wireless network security to WPA2. #