I'm catching up on the world (and, as always, there seems to be a ton of crap to catch up on), when this headline from Slashdot caught my eye:

IBM Touts Supercomputers for the Enterprise

First thought: "Oh, I wonder if it's some sort of product placement deal for the new Star Trek film."

Then: "No, that can't be right, it must be some sort of aircraft carrier upgrade."

Then: "Oh geeze, I wonder if there really is some sort of NASA deal going on here. I didn't think spaceships needed that much computing power..."

Then a pause for about thirty seconds as my tired brain tries to find a gear before I start reading the article. "Oh. THAT Enterprise."

Whoops.

This is why, even though I desperately need to code as much as possible to stay afloat, I rarely write anything useful before lunch.

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Hello Actifed, my darling friend,
I've come to talk to you again,
Because my nose keeps on weeping
While I'm dreaming
And only you, can help relieve the strain
And the pain,
And bring back the sounds of sleeping

*THUD*

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NZ man 'used hedgehog as weapon'

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While one of those stupid diamond jewlery commercials was playing on the radio while we were traveling about, seasleepy remarked that instead of wearing a large diamond, she would rather use it to power a laser.

That's my wife. (8-)

More information as to what I've been up to, when I have more information to share...

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For everybody who cared -- I just received word that the group wanting to buy the Staircase have withdrawn their offer. In other words, there's now a chance again that the building will re-open.

Thanks to everybody who signed the petition, or who even took the time to read about the building and the community.

The Staircase isn't out of the woods yet, but, what has to be done now to safeguard it for the future is out of the hands of the public and is in the hands of the owners. Hopefully, this fight hasn't been in vain. People have already paid a high enough price for this, as is. Thus, while I feel relief that the Staircase experiment will not end this way, I also feel much sadness at the way the whole thing happened, and at the casualties.

If there are any questions, please let me know and I'll try to answer them as best I can, or redirect you to somebody else who can answer them.

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I remember reading an article recently that dreams are a sort of built-in "VR Training" for the mind; a chance for your mind to go over scenarios and ideas in the head, preparing yourself for different contingencies.

Well, apparently, my mind is expecting vampire attack to be a problem some time soon. *shakes head*

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Today, I managed to slip on some ice and fall down -- nothing broken, nothing even bruised, but managed to put two shallow cuts in the palm of my right hand, both maybe an inch, maybe an inch and a half long. And, it's true -- even shallow cuts to the palm of the hand bleed like crazy. There's a blood soaked tissue in the bathroom garbage that's a testimony to that.

As of right now though, it's healing nicely, I've already graduated from gauze bandage to standard bandage. Some Polysporin and large bandaids for the next three to five days, and I should be golden.

Moral of the story kids: you only have to screw up once on ice to mess yourself up. I got lucky this time, but, it serves as a reminder to walk much more carefully next time... and for the next several years, until I get absent-minded again and don't watch my footing when it's winter time.

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I don't know if there will ever be a Remembrance Day in my lifetime where Canadian troops won't be overseas, patrolling, fighting and dying because we, the people of Canada, as represented by our Government, asked them to do so.

But I hope there is a day like that, some day, somehow, when we no longer have to add names to the Books of Remembrance in Ottawa.

Until that day, as posted before:

They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, We will remember them. -- Laurence Binyon Lest we Forget.

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Last night, I had a dream, that combined The Staircase theatre, my old family home in Windsor, and an episode of Iron Chef America done in film noir style.

Whoa.

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