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Some Notes on the Day
Mar. 16th, 2007 06:22 pmI had an eye appointment today.
(As I type this my cat jumps up on my computer desk and commandiers my mouse. He must know that soon I'll be out the door. But not before wearing green. And it's not like he's getting into my business, he wants to nap near me. For now.)
It's been over 2.25 years since my last eye visit. My prescription has not changed. I don't expect my vision to get better at this age, but it's nice, for now, that it's not getting worse. Then, when lasik gets cheaper, I might consider it. However, I like wearing glasses. :-) I like opting not to be able to see. ;-)
Wincing the Night Away
I am liking the Shin's new offering quite nicely. Especially the song Australia. It starts out so whimsical, it makes me smile.
Itunes and Airtunes, why hast thou forsaken me?
With the upgrade to iTunes 7, iTunes for windows won't see my Airport express hooked up to my stereo. However, my Mac iTunes sees it just fine. And right now I have them in the same location, so it's not like my mac has better receiption on the network. Plus my pc isn't wireless. So that's a little odd and perplexing. I don't see anything on my windows box that should prevent iTunes from seeing the airtunes device. Since I can see the ip address of the Airtunes device on the network, I can only assume the problem resides in the software and not the hardware.
ETA: Hah! As I finally post this technical tale of woe, a new update was available for iTunes. 7.1 magically restores Airtunes access for my windows 'puter. Excellent!
The Five Fists of Science
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textivore loaned me this graphic novel by Matt Fraction and Steven Sanders . It was quite amusing in a J.P. Morgan, Edison hating sort of way. I confess I have not studied the story of Tesla versus Edison or the AC-DC debate. But I enjoy how history is filled with stories where society narrows down their preference to two competing standards. AC-DC was the late 1800s variant of VCR vs. Betamax. Or Mac v. Windows. Blu-ray versus HD. It was a very fun read. Tesla doesn't like hair, or so the writers would have us believe. And JP Morgan and Edison were into dark magic. Marconi was the pawn. The artwork captured body language quite well. I am amused how they portrayed Marconi as a stress-eater. Good times.
A Storm of Swords
I finished Martin's second installment of the Song of Ice and Fire series. I'm eager to read the third and soon fourth. I understand that book four (Feast for Crows) feels incomplete. So I will pace myself after this third book and wait for the fifth to come out before I read the fourth and fifth.
The day was filled with other trifles, but the time for blogging has ceased; the time for driving to Woodland is near.
Have a good Friday night, my dreamlets!
(As I type this my cat jumps up on my computer desk and commandiers my mouse. He must know that soon I'll be out the door. But not before wearing green. And it's not like he's getting into my business, he wants to nap near me. For now.)
It's been over 2.25 years since my last eye visit. My prescription has not changed. I don't expect my vision to get better at this age, but it's nice, for now, that it's not getting worse. Then, when lasik gets cheaper, I might consider it. However, I like wearing glasses. :-) I like opting not to be able to see. ;-)
Wincing the Night Away
I am liking the Shin's new offering quite nicely. Especially the song Australia. It starts out so whimsical, it makes me smile.
Itunes and Airtunes, why hast thou forsaken me?
With the upgrade to iTunes 7, iTunes for windows won't see my Airport express hooked up to my stereo. However, my Mac iTunes sees it just fine. And right now I have them in the same location, so it's not like my mac has better receiption on the network. Plus my pc isn't wireless. So that's a little odd and perplexing. I don't see anything on my windows box that should prevent iTunes from seeing the airtunes device. Since I can see the ip address of the Airtunes device on the network, I can only assume the problem resides in the software and not the hardware.
ETA: Hah! As I finally post this technical tale of woe, a new update was available for iTunes. 7.1 magically restores Airtunes access for my windows 'puter. Excellent!
The Five Fists of Science
textivore loaned me this graphic novel by Matt Fraction and Steven Sanders . It was quite amusing in a J.P. Morgan, Edison hating sort of way. I confess I have not studied the story of Tesla versus Edison or the AC-DC debate. But I enjoy how history is filled with stories where society narrows down their preference to two competing standards. AC-DC was the late 1800s variant of VCR vs. Betamax. Or Mac v. Windows. Blu-ray versus HD. It was a very fun read. Tesla doesn't like hair, or so the writers would have us believe. And JP Morgan and Edison were into dark magic. Marconi was the pawn. The artwork captured body language quite well. I am amused how they portrayed Marconi as a stress-eater. Good times.A Storm of Swords
I finished Martin's second installment of the Song of Ice and Fire series. I'm eager to read the third and soon fourth. I understand that book four (Feast for Crows) feels incomplete. So I will pace myself after this third book and wait for the fifth to come out before I read the fourth and fifth.
The day was filled with other trifles, but the time for blogging has ceased; the time for driving to Woodland is near.
Have a good Friday night, my dreamlets!
