Fresh, Hot Wastes of Time

There’s this new plugin for iPhoto, called iPhoto2Weblog, that basically exports photos from iPhoto to your MT blog automagically. Meaning that to create a new entry for a picture, I’d just have to plug my camera in (iPhoto detects when it’s plugged in, starts itself, and asks if I’m ready to import), click “Import”, then “Export”.

Right now I can’t seem to get the settings working right, but when I do, I’m thinking about a photo blog. Which means I need to check some out to see what a good layout is, then make a good layout. We’ll see if the inspiration lasts.

Watch this Virgin Mobile commercial. Quicktime format.

I have a (male) friend who also does the Silence of the Lambs dance when things get boring. Usually in crowded public places.

Also this poor child. Someone, think of the Children!

I just had to get a new power cable for my 12″ Powerbook that I purchased in February. Wonder if Apple will reimburse me?

I’ve been fighting with Excel for just about 24 hours. I couldn’t find a weight loss spreadsheet I liked, so I decided to teach myself how to make my own. Apparently there’s something I’m putting in it that makes it unable to open. I’ve made the damn thing 3 times now to no avail. This time I’m saving a copy on each step so I know where it’s going wrong. At least I know what to do now so it’s not taking the 3 hours that the first one did.

To tie this in with the previous post, I’ve had bad experiences with both an Apple and a Microsoft product in the past 24 hours. What a headache.

The liberal vs. conservative war is so Mac vs. PC. It’s lame, it’s passe, it’s boring.

In case anyone’s interested, here are my responses to the afore-mentioned quiz.
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Interesting. Following a link from Cogicophony, I took the Presidential candidate selection quiz to see who my perfect candidate is. Short answer? I don’t have one. If there were a true Libertarian candidate out there, that’s who I would agree most closely with – on the par of 100% agreement. Here are my top ten:

1. Libertarian Candidate   (100%)
2. Buchanan, Patrick J. – Reform/Republican   (64%)
3. Dean, Gov. Howard, VT – Democrat   (56%)
4. Bush, George W. – US President   (53%) 
5. Phillips, Howard – Constitution   (53%)
6. Edwards, Senator John, NC – Democrat   (52%)
7. Sharpton, Reverend Al – Democrat   (46%)
8. Biden, Senator Joe, DE – Democrat   (43%) 
9. Feingold, Senator Russ, WI – Democrat   (41%) 
10. Kerry, Senator John, MA – Democrat   (41%)

No wonder I hate all politicians. None of them agree with me. Which of course means that none of them are reasonable.

Addlepated in 2004!

A couple of years ago we went to the drive through lane at Dairy Queen. Hub ordered a Dr. Pepper, as is his custom. When he got to the end of the drink, he was having trouble getting anything through the straw. Upon removing the lid, he saw that there was a big dead black spider in the cup, which had been clogging the straw.

Ever since then, I’m wary about dark drinks in cups with lids.

RIP, Barry White. And Katharine Hepburn and Buddy Hackett. What a sad week.

I took Jo to see Finding Nemo this afternoon. She lasted 15 minutes, then wanted to leave. The scuba diver part freaked her out. She said maybe she’d like another movie better.