I rarely remember them, so I thought I'd give the highlights.

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The whole thing was very strange.  And when I woke up, I realized that I had forgotten to go to the Buena High School Drama department production of "Princess Bride" that I truly intended to attend last night.  It runs through Saturday, but I'm not available any other night.  Dang...

Sorry for disappearing on you. I've been posting most of my mini-updates over on my Facebook page (or the business' Facebook page). And occasionally on Twitter.

So what's been going on with me since August? Well, I've been spending most of my time and energy in trying to get the business off the ground. Done a couple of events to help with that, and I've got another couple lined up. There are two other big announcements, one of which we're not quite ready to go public with - soon though, so stay tuned. The OTHER is that we're moving. It looks like we'll be moving in with Mom for a while, with the total timeline unclear. But we've gotta be out of our current house ASAP. Which of course means paring down what we own to as small a space as possible, because it doesn't make much sense to save money by moving only to rent a storage unit that's a couple hundred dollars a month. (We'll probably still need storage, but are hoping to minimize the damage by getting rid of stuff)

Anyway, that's me. What's been going on with you?

Me: Hey Blockbuster, now that Battlestar Galactica has a boxed set available with the entire series on Blu-Ray, when will you be adding that to your options so I can see the whole series in hi-def? I see you have season 4.5 available, but I want the rest too.

Blockbuster customer service person #1: I understand you want to add Battlestar Galactica season 4.5 to your queue. Here's a step by step explanation of how you do that...

Me: No, I've got over 700 items in my queue, I know how it's done. I want the option of adding BSG seasons in a format that you don't currently have available. How do I go about this?

Blockbuster customer service person #2: As a personal follow up, I will be sure to forward a report to our online movie buyers to have copies of "Battlestar Galactica [2004]: Season 4.0" in BluRay format and be added in our movie library as quickly as possible.

Me: Thanks! Will you please also request your movie buyers pick up BSG seasons 1, 2, and 3, as well as "BSG: Razor" in Blu-Ray? They may only be available in the big boxed set I mentioned earlier, in case that helps.

Blockbuster customer service person #3: I understand that you are requesting for the movie series "Battlestar Galactica [2004] Disc 1, 2, and 3" and "Battlestar Galactica: Razor" in Blu-Ray. Rest assured that I will be submitting your request to our product team. If the movies are "Available" in Blu-Ray we will purchase it and post in our movie library.

Me: As did everyone before you, you misunderstand what I want. YES, I want all discs of Season 4 in Blu-Ray. I ALSO want all discs of season 1, all discs of season 2, and all discs of season 3 in Blu-Ray. Thank you.



That catches us up to this morning. We'll see what their next e-mail says...

Carelessness while refilling a mayonnaise squeeze bottle can lead to the bottle becoming angry.  It appears that some have amazing accuracy, as evidenced by today's experiment producing a bottle that spit mayo in my left eye.

So we can add that to the list of experiences I can never again claim to not have had...

I just received yet another spam e-mail.  This one caught my attention because they really aren't even trying with it.  What was the hook they were using to get people to click?  Was it increased penis size or stamina?  Small business loans?  Nail fungus treatment?  The potential for training in the police/computer/medical billing industry?  Last chance affordable car insurance or warranties?  Diabetes meal planners?  Cruise vacations?  Photos of singles in my area?

No, those would be too obvious!  (although every one of those was in the most recent two dozen e-mails in my spam folder)


The subject of this e-mail was, and I quote:

I remember years ago, hearing that computers consume more power by frequently starting up and shutting down than it would take to just let them run all day.  I think the number I heard back then was 3 -- if you're going to turn the computer on and off three times or more over the course of the day, you'd be better off just leaving it on.

Does anybody know if there is now, or ever was, truth in that?  I checked Snopes, but couldn't find anything, and I'm just not sure who else to ask...

Remember back in last June, when I was whining about not finding the Network Spinal Analysis episode of a show called "What's the Alternative?"


It's airing on May 27 -- not only on Dish Network, but on Verizon FIOS, which is what I've got!  DVR is set, and I am ready to go!  Woohoo!!!

Transformers 2 trailer.  (there's a link to the trailer in HD just below the video, which is worth the extra downloading time)  For just the briefest of moments at the end, it points out that you can experience it in IMAX.


DUDE.

I was extremely excited for a while. From all reports, Camarillo is getting an IMAX. The Edwards cinemas, just 1.5 miles from my house, is premiering an IMAX screen later this year. That's really exciting news, right?

Well, on Wednesday night, Jen and I saw Inkheart at that theatre. (great concept, poorly executed. Not the point.) When we asked when the IMAX was opening, they said March 6. (Looks like it's opening with The Watchmen) This took me by surprise -- there's no obvious construction. Then they said it would be in Theatre 7. My heart started to sink. But hope stayed alive - we'd parked in front of the theatre, and #7 is in the back. Maybe the rear parking lot is being built into to accomodate the screen? I mean, they're building that huge extension of the Outlets right next to the theatre, so parking could overflow in that direction pretty easily.

Yesterday, I rode my bike to the theater in the morning and confirmed my fears. I rode behind the theatre, to where Theatre 7 is located. No construction whatsoever.

So unless they're digging into the ground under Theatre 7, what's happening appears to be that they're using the two-story space they already have and putting in new projectors and possibly speakers, and calling that IMAX. IMAX, whose slogan is "Think Big." Whose standard is a six-story screen.

This makes me very sad, and a little insulted. What, they think because we live in Ventura County, we can't figure out the difference between a six-story screen and a regular-sized one? Heck, the Cinerama Dome or the main screen of the Chinese Theatre is bigger than Theatre 7, and neither of them would qualify as an IMAX.

I may check it out when it opens. It's possible I'm mistaken. It's even possible they are, in fact, digging four stories down. Doubtful, but possible. But at this point, I really don't know. =(

Question for the geeks out there...

How would you go about keeping the contents of a common directory synchronized across three computers in two locations?

( Cut for the non-geeks' friends lists )

Now announcing, for the rare person who cares, the return of jlweight.

61.0% of California votes to put hope, tolerance, and acceptance into the White House.

And at the same time, 52.5% of California votes to put fear, intolerance and bigotry into the State Constitution.


I just don't get it.

I propose a new game called "Choose My Vote" ( behind the cut. )

Costco rocks.

Last Thursday, I went to see a Naturopath.  Several of my coworkers at GC have recommended him to me for one reason or another, and I have been having some symptoms that I haven't been enjoying and would prefer they go away, so I went.

We spent about 90 minutes together, but he had come up with and explained a theory that makes complete sense within the first few minutes.

( Cut for anybody who could care less about my health stuff. )