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Camcorder buying guide Thursday, September 23, 2004 ...
Will soon be buying a new DVD writer for backup purposes. Will soon be having a new baby for similar reasons. Missing ingredient? Video camera to make amazing blockbuster where baby outcrawls a slow-motion fireball.
Why I Was So Totally Wrong About Iraq Friday, September 17, 2004 ...
Belle Waring at the well-named Examined Life blog considers why she shoudl have known better than to support the Iraq war. I don't even have all the excuses she did, because I never believed the WMD bumpf, but moonishly thought superpowers should knock off dictators any time they had the chance, even under false pretenses. My own biggest blunders: underestimating opportunity costs and overestimating how welcoming the Iraqis might be to Americans who, young, half-informed and heavily-armed, were doomed make some bloody mistakes.
Professor's trick Thursday, September 16, 2004 ...
From Matthew Baldwin's "Tricks of the Trade": "If you have to give a poor grade to a student you know is going to object, put a lesser grade beside it on the paper and then scribble it out (but not so much that the student can't make it out). It will make them think that you originally gave them the lesser grade but then raised it after some thought. 99.9% percent of the time this will prevent them harassing you."
Unfortunately, I e-mail all my marks to students. Do you think they'd still fall for it if I used strikethrough?
Wet Wednesday, September 8, 2004 ...
I am amazed at how fast our dehumidifier fills up here. It's pulling a pail of water out of the air every day, and I don't run it when we're asleep.
The grass, which has been scorched golden stubble all summer, is growing so fast that I could turn the mower around and start over every time I mow it. It's the perfect mix of warmth and wet outside, it seems. I wish the moss would sweep down off the trees and rocks and just devour the grass. We could light pots of fire at the doorsteps to keep it at bay.
And all this is happening without serious West Coast rain. There will be a shower here and there, but the creek hasn't started to flow. We're not into the wet season yet.
Geocache failure Wednesday, September 8, 2004 ...
Sometimes, geocaching can be a fine way to turn an invigorating hike into the recreational version of a curse-filled hunt for your keys.
BC Highways road tours Friday, August 27, 2004 ...
Fantastic. With this detailed tribute to British Columbia highways, you can retrace the start of our recent road trip to Jasper. And unlike us, you won't need to replace your brakes. (As we paused on our descent towards Lillooet, the air coming from the wheel wells was hot as an animal's breath.)
We travelled out of Vancouver, north on 99 toward Squamish, past Pemberton to Joffre Lakes, on to Lillooet and then Cache Creek. We took our time, camping at Alice Lake and Marble Canyon.
From there, we left the tour behind, heading through Kamloops to Golden and then up the Icefield Parkway in Alberta, back down through Valemount to Kamloops again, and onward to Hope, through the Fraser Valley and Lower Mainland to the ferries. And at long last, home to Sooke. Where our kitty gave us fiery mewls for being so absent.
Back from Jasper Tuesday, August 24, 2004 ...
When Shannon and I drove to Banff in 2000, it was too early in the year to travel the Icefields Parkway north to Jasper. We returned this August, as our last trip before young Mighty arrives. The scenery along the parkway is literally unreal. Yes, literally. My brain cannot include it in the world that I know.
The crowds were discouraging at first. Visiting Jasper along the parkway (rather than hiking into the backcountry) is like visiting a historical site. "This once was a place where eccentric adventurers found nature as untouched as meltwater. It was a secret that the world kept." Now, with the bus tours and jammed parking lots, you must close your eyes to see that Jasper. But we learned to visit the popular sites in the evening, and found some of that magic for ourselves. Perhaps when Mighty is ten, we'll explore the longer hikes and canoe trips and see what secrets Jasper is still keeping.
Heather Mountain Lodge review Tuesday, August 24, 2004 ...
Two minutes east of Glacier National Park in British Columbia, there is a heliskiing lodge called Heather Mountain. Winters are their bread and butter, but they've started serving summer guests. We stayed there as a waypoint on our August trip from Sooke to Jasper, and if you ever have the chance, you need to stay there too. The lodge was casual, friendly, luxurious, but it was the dinner that made me feel, possibly for the first time in my miserly life, that I wasn't paying enough. The inventiveness and skill rivalled the Sooke Harbour House, our yearly treat. I had organic greens with maple ginger dressing and crisp hot spring rolls on top. Buffalo in huckleberry jus. Every vegetable cooked perfectly, as though that one piece of carrot was the centre of the meal. If you googled your way here wondering whether to try this lodge: many times yes.
(We didn't get into the backcountry of Glacier. I have to say, the highway-side trails were kid-brother versions of Vancouver Island. We have bigger trees in our driveway.)
Low Morale Wednesday, August 4, 2004 ...
This is one of those situations where I'm sure I'm the last to know, but in case you were just born and haven't seen the Low Morale "Creep" video yet, here it is. Visit Monkeehub too and have a look around.
First geocache Monday, July 19, 2004 ...
Found my first geocache today, although I relied on web site tips more than technology in the end. I'm looking forward to seeing what GPS games evolve into as PDAs, GPS receivers, cameras and the Internet learn to seamlessly play together. You could make a fantastic, yet invisible, adventure.
Utilitarianism versus Deontology versus Ham Jello Tuesday, July 13, 2004 ...
See, discussions like these are why I majored in philosophy.
NDP worse than Liberals on tech issues Thursday, June 24, 2004 ...
Holy crow. As the Canadian federal election approaches, I've been weebling between voting for the NDP or the Green party. I like the Green's image, but the NDP had coopted much of the Green's platform and have over three times the support, so why not try to vote for a party with strength? Well, here's why not: "The NDP endorsed the [Heritage] Committee's recommendations on swift ratification of the controversial WIPO Internet treaties, and even more surprisingly, it gave its approval to an extended licensing scheme for educational materials." This is the exact copyright villainy that made me break with the Liberals, and the NDP likes it more than the Liberals themselves do! Gah.
Car Buying Tips Thursday, June 17, 2004 ...
I felt like a naif last time I bought my car, so I am going to have to retreat to a monastery and learn these tips. And kung fu. Found through Paracelsus Rambles.
In His Steps Wednesday, June 16, 2004 ...
I'm at a point in my life where I could afford to help others more than I do. For me, this is a failing more of goodness than God, but I only thought about it after reading Fred Clark's piece on the 100-year-old bestseller that first asked "what would Jesus do?" Clark ties in his disappointment with the way the question is treated today (what would Jesus avoid?) and, of course, John Grisham.
Kite Aerial Photography Wednesday, June 16, 2004 ...
Scott Haefner sends a remotely-controlled camera into the skies on a kite line. His photos made me want to travel, to see these places he visits first hand. An early favourite in my exploration of the site.
The end of reflected glory Wednesday, June 16, 2004 ...
Years ago, Boing Boing included me on their very short blogroll. That grey and buried fine-print on the immensely popular site sent me two handfuls of visitors every day for over four years. But all things come to an end, and surprisingly, it wasn't Mooselessness that ended first. When Boing Boing shed its old skin to make room for advertisements, their link list was one of the pieces that went away.
And so, I can now say this about the long, imperceptible relationship between Boing Boing and Mooselessness -- you had to pay them to stop linking me.
Reverse Dictionary Friday, June 11, 2004 ...
This would be a mighty tool if it worked well, and even in its current sketchiness, it's still a lot of fun. "What's that word for when you can't remember a word?" "The Circus!"
Today in Alternate History Friday, June 11, 2004 ...
"In 1245, two devout young men of European descent honor Allah by creating a powered aircraft. They name it the Wings of Gabriel; the maiden flight lasts a mere 2 minutes, but is hailed as a great advance by scientists throughout Islam."
"In 1931, the Greater Zionist Resistance captures Moscow. At this point, they control an area from Moscow in the east to the Danube in the west, and their secret Nazi backers begin wondering how they can be stopped."
How to Vote Thursday, June 3, 2004 ...
This voting robot says I'm 100 percent behind the NDP, followed by 71 percent support for the Bloc Quebecois, who I am fairly sure are not running a candidate in my rural British Columbia riding. The robot doesn't track the Greens, my preferred place to burn up a vote, but if the NDP showed any sign of life here in Sooke, well, maybe I could support them. It's hard to resist the compelling argument of an online quiz. Now to see which Fraggle I am. (Hm. Boober.)
WorldChanging Wednesday, June 2, 2004 ...
Airships, new ways to carry water, traffic safety through anarchy. What's the theme? Seems viridian. Their tagline is "Models, Tools, and Ideas for Building a Better Future," which is as good a pot as any. Found through Haughey.
Beer can chicken Wednesday, June 2, 2004 ...
The chicken look delicious and Gilliard claims it's juicy and delectable, but the best part about this recipe is that the chicken totally looks haunted. And a titch impatient.
"That's the kinda thing an idiot would have on his luggage!" Wednesday, June 2, 2004 ...
For over a decade, the secret unlock code for the U.S. Minuteman nuclear missiles was 00000000. The president and secretary of defense did not know.
Zuma Thursday, May 27, 2004 ...
The free web game Zuma presses that little twitchy addiction button in my head in a way that Tetris or Bejeweled never did. It's probably the frog. Found on Little Fluffy Industries. [Update: Oh man. I haven't played a video game in probably two months. Starting Zuma was like an alcoholic having a quick snort of whiskey for old time's sake. Suddenly it's night!]
The Trixie Update Wednesday, May 26, 2004 ...
Eventually, without my being able to stop it, this site will slip seamlessly into a baby blog. The page will go pastel and the moose will get antler booties. The only links to hobbit name generators will be to hobbit name generators for your baby. To this end, let me introduce The Trixie Update, an astounding collection of data, anecdotes and studies about this one fellow's baby, Beatrix. "Trixie Telemetry" at the top of the page tracks sleep patterns, feedings and a "number of hours since last diaper leak" (currently not so hot). There's a captioned picture of the day. He participates in his own message boards. Now, I would never have the drive to build a site like this. But I figure Shannon will have a lot of free time during her maternity leave, so here ya go, sweets. Get programming. Found through Paracelsus Rambles who recommends Milk Week.
Gore Wednesday, May 26, 2004 ...
I've been hooked on political weblogs for the past year or more. My browser fuels the addiction, because I can open 20 favourite sites with one click. But when it comes to the Iraq war, it turns out I could have skipped all that jittery-fingered reading and instead read this one relentless speech by Al Gore. It pulls together every damning thing I've read in the blogs lately. And, oh, about the war? I thought the WMD rationale was fake, but the Americans would do good anyway. Yeah, I was totally wrong.
Andy Goldsworthy Tuesday, May 25, 2004 ...
A small but magical gallery of Goldsworthy's art. He rearranges natural items such as feathers or berries in the wild and then photographes them. My favourite is the rowan berries and iris leaves one, I think.
No! by They Might Be Giants Thursday, May 20, 2004 ...
They Might Be Giants have a children's album. This was totally surprising, and then, after thinking about it for a moment, totally unsurprising. They have a kid's book too. Search started by reference in One Good Thing, whose permalinks don't work, probably because Blogspot is flakey technology.
Every one has a limit Thursday, May 13, 2004 ...
I took the pepper spray, the billion-dollar gun registry, the sponsorship corruption. I even saw Jean Chretien steal my car, then drive it into a lake, and I let it slide. But for crying out loud, now the Liberals are looking at the U.S.'s copyright disaster and saying "Yummy! We want a piece of that."
Look, please write the prime minister. "Minister Scherrer is wrong on copyright. Replace her with a groundhog." I'd be happy with that.
If you can, print out and mail this petition. Yes, on paper. It's a real petition. It won't bring back Farscape.
And for god's sake, don't vote for the Liberals. I know the alternatives are the Leprechaun Party and the Puritan Anti-Drinking League or something. I don't like it either. But at least knock the Liberals down to minority status where, like a violent sugar-addled two-year-old, they can't do any harm.
I liked him better when he was teasing the homeless Thursday, May 13, 2004 ...
Ralph Klein has always been a controversial politician, but I never cared. Now though, it's time to feed him to the elk. In explaining away some other embarrassment, Klein mentioned he'd written an essay on Chile for a distance education course. Some academics got their suspicious little hands on the paper. Nearly 60 percent of the essay was copied from the web.
Key Finder Tuesday, April 20, 2004 ...
Some weblogs focus on politics or bioethics or Joss Whedon. If Mooselessness has a theme, aside from neglect, it's that I want a way to track my cat from space. Or from my yard, if I happen not to be in space. GeekPress points to a gadget that would work, if only it were smaller. I await the inevitable, but too damn slow, march of miniaturization.
They Hated Marilyn Manson Tuesday, April 20, 2004 ...
For years, the tag in my mind attached to the Columbine murders has said "despised losers take revenge." Dave Cullen says it wasn't like that. Don't miss the "sidebar", which you have to load separately. (What's it beside?)
Whoa there speed racer Wednesday, April 14, 2004 ...
New traffic lights can detect distant oncoming speeders and turn red to frustrate them. Amusing as this is, there are only a few places I drive where I could see this working. Anywhere that uses a "green wave" of timed lights would have to forego this tech (although most timed lights are in congested areas where speeding is impossible). Elsewhere, you'd have to decide if it's fair to stop a dozen cars to delay one speeder. I suppose the idea is that after a speeder gets whacked a few times, he or she would cut it out. More likely, people would game the system, keeping it slow until they pass the point where it's too late to change the light -- and then they'd accelerate, speeding through the intersection. Not the behaviour we want to encourage. Nonetheless, I like the idea of cheesing off speeders while they're actually breaking the law. Maybe the lights could fire automatic paintballs of bird droppings.
You are here Thursday, April 8, 2004 ...
I've been meaning to post this article for so long that I've forgotten why. My memory of it has been whittled down to "gosh, GPSes are cool." Still waiting for one for my cat. Nonetheless, it seems that by the time my wife and I grow this little glomp of cells we're working on into a teenager, I'll be able to blowdart a tracker into his or her neck. And isn't that the real meaning of Christmas?
Guidebook from another history Thursday, April 8, 2004 ...
A guidebook in Yiddish leads Michael Chabon to muse about the world where this could be useful, perhaps a world where the nation of Yisroel lives tucked in Alaska, or a world where Old Europe avoided a nightmare and is alive with Jewish grandchildren. From Crooked Timber.
Crossgates Thursday, March 11, 2004 ...
The closing lines of Orwell's essay on his dreadful childhood school: "I have never been back to Crossgates.... I think I should only feel what one invariably feels in revisiting any scene of childhood: How small everything has grown, and how terrible is the deterioration in myself!"
No Libertarians in the 17th Century Highlands Saturday, March 6, 2004 ...
I wish my education had taken deep enough roots to allow me to write this dialogue where Adam Smith, David Hume, Hobbes and de Maistre get to come to a libertarian magazine's banquet.
Prince of Persia goes Hollywood Friday, March 5, 2004 ...
One of my favourite games, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, may be coming to the silver screen. Encouragingly, Jordan Mechner, the creator of the Prince of Persia series and the writer for the Sands of Time game will be taking the first crack at the script.
Little Fluffy Wednesday, March 3, 2004 ...
After all those cheap foreign robots take your job and your girlfriend and your cheap foreign robot girlfriend, you're going to have a lot more time. Let Lore Sjöberg guide you to free online games to numb your no-longer-necessary mind.
Oh, change of tone! My cruel and unserious icy shell is melted by this toy. It's beautiful. A film festival short, but you lead the way.
Marginal Revolution Friday, February 27, 2004 ...
So many pieces to link from this new-to-me weblog. How the Indiana government could have saved money and created 50 local jobs by paying Bombay workers to do the work and U.S. workers $100,000 each to eat hot dogs. (I added the hot dogs.) What you should do to your portfolio if you think all are jobs will go to cheap foreign robots. And an aphorism for you to pretend you wrote: "The price of eternal vigilance is liberty." How to shorten meetings.
More San Francisco wedding photos Tuesday, February 24, 2004 ...
From Newsweek this time. (Be sure to see number 9 -- it's Flash, so I can't link to it.)
New faces for Morrowind Sunday, February 22, 2004 ...
The computer role playing game Morrowind, already vast to begin with, allows fans to add their own changes to the game. One problem with this usually-wise approach is that talented fans might totally show you up. Scroll down for a comparison between fan-made models and the originals.
Update! Eric points out that polygons don't tell the whole story: "The fan-created work has the benefit of being created for computers that are more than twice as powerful as those that Morrowind had to
run on when it was released two years ago. It's easy
to make art look better when you quadruple the texture
size."
Skala's weblog Friday, February 20, 2004 ...
I've come to realize that while I follow U.S. politics with a gossipy obsession, I have effectively abandoned Canadian politics, thinking that, well, I can't vote for the Liberals any less than I already plan to. But there's more to politics than voting and I have passed from discouraged to foolishly uninformed. A CBC report this morning had me outraged about the possibility of jail time for people who *buy* satellite signals from the States, even if they are buying signals no Canadian company is selling. (Bill C-2 is on second reading.) The bill is cloaked in Canadian cultural protectionism, treating every dollar paid to an American as a dollar robbed from the Canadian arts, but it's a shameless payoff to media companies. It turns out the Supreme Court upheld this approach two years ago and it never penetrated more than a few blood cells into my head, never maddened me until this morning.
Anyway, Matthew Skala pays attention to the sorts of issues that I should be. I've resolved to read him more.
Justly Married Thursday, February 19, 2004 ...
A lovely gallery of wedding photos from the steps of the San Francisco city hall.
Paranoia Reboots Thursday, February 19, 2004 ...
So Angel leaves the world, but Paranoia returns to it. The cheerfully totalitarian roleplaying game is being updated and republished. Citizens rejoice! (Rejoicing is mandatory.)
From their FAQ:
Player: Does the new edition use material from the "Fifth Edition"?
The Computer: There is no Fifth Edition.
Player: Huh? Come on, I've seen it myself!
The Computer: You are mistaken, citizen. No Fifth Edition was published by West End Games in 1995. Note that there also has never been a Crash Course Manual, nor any "Secret Society Wars," "MegaWhoops," or "Reboot Camp" adventures.
These products never existed. They are now un-products.
The FAQ also promises not to repeat one mistake of the old game: lame parodies. (Self-criticism promotes the social good! Report your faults today!)
Gollum outside the Uncanny Valley Friday, February 13, 2004 ...
Roger Ebert writes about the uncanny valley, where simulacrums that seem human stop being charming and begin to be creepy. (I originally wrote "charmy" which is too good a word to ignore.)
Surprise sequels Thursday, February 12, 2004 ...
I had no idea that a full sequel to The Sims was so close. Spring 2004 is the expected release (so maybe a playable game by summer). It appears to be a true 3D game this time. In fact, they recommend a Radeon 9800 Pro, a $440 card. According to their FAQ, people of the same sex can marry. So that settles that.
The making of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Tuesday, February 10, 2004 ...
Finished this game tonight: gorgeous, eye-popping and inventive with an endearing story right to the end. It was made by a team of Montreal developers, the oldest one of whom was 31. Jordan Mechner, the creator of the original Prince of Persia, approved the game and then came on board as writer. This Gamespot history of the game's development makes me happier than ever to be out of the game development world. But I'm glad there are still these young cannon fodder geniuses willing to bring amazing games into the world.
Too much camera Tuesday, February 10, 2004 ...
There's a faint tinkling at the back of mind telling me I need a new digital camera. I hope to resist the temptation to buy more than I need, and this guide for Canon EOS10D novices helps put me back on the path to point and shoot land.
An man and some women. Thursday, February 5, 2004 ...
With all talk of gay marriage, here and in the States, this list caught my eye. Biblical views of marriage.
Red flowers explode Wednesday, January 28, 2004 ...
Aresa Biodetection in Denmark have engineered a flowering weed that changes colour when sowed over land mines. From BoingBoing.
Canada is different, part two Monday, January 26, 2004 ...
B.C. cabinet minister Ted Nebbeling married his gay partner in a private ceremony last November, soon after gay marriage became legal here in B.C. He was saving his announcement for the resumption of the legislature, but the news slipped free. (Oops, Nebbeling just got bounced from cabinet in today's shuffle, along with four others. It looks like his cabinet positions, Community Charter and the Olympics, have been eliminated entirely. I have to wonder if he didn't let the news slip for today's papers so it would still be a high profile marriage.)
All he promised was that it would be instant Saturday, January 24, 2004 ...
I don't get what Glenn's on about here in his last paragraph. He suggests that if the U.S. government raided a critical journalist, our media would be up in arms about it. Of course, our media is up in arms about the actual raid in Canada, so most people would call this consistency, rather than complain about it.
Computer Help Service Saturday, January 24, 2004 ...
There's a small shop in Victoria whose web site I can never seem to find twice, so I'm linking it here. It's a cluttered, one-man shop that has good prices on used computer parts. I needed a 5.25" drive bay the other day for a silencing project. CHS sold me one for two bucks.
Canada is different Wednesday, January 21, 2004 ...
Sam Mike remarks on the near absence of religion from politics in Canada. I wonder at the historical reasons for this, or rather, at the reasons for religion's political strength in the States, particularly given that they're the ones with an establishment clause.
Previously on Samuel Pepys' Diary Tuesday, January 20, 2004 ...
Finished Quicksilver today, which led me to want to read the online version of Pepys' Diary, set in the same period. In one of the most recent entries, he beats an escaped monkey. Which wasn't quite what I was expecting. Here too is Stephenson's Metaweb, a collaborative site of Quicksilver annotations and a good place for an answer to "what, really?"
Mike Rowe's site (Google cache) Monday, January 19, 2004 ...
Mike Rowe, a teenager from here in Victoria, British Columbia, reached the point in his computer-lit youth where a young man must put up a web page about CounterStrike, while offering web design services. He named this site -- inevitably, I suppose -- MikeRoweSoft.com. About nine weeks later, a Seattle company with a similar sounding name e-mailed him to say ahem. They offered him $10 of that foundering currency, US dollars, to go away. He declined, but rashly made a counteroffer of $10,000. So they're dropping a legal anvil on him from a great height and he made the front page of CNN. The offbeat section. All of this is a roundabout way for me to note the name of Microsoft's Canadian law firm: Smart & Biggar. ("But isn't there an 'e' in 'bigger'?" "Shut it, you. Remember which one of us is Smart.") UPDATE: Yes, every other site on the Internet also has this news.
Beware lawyers with jetpacks Thursday, January 15, 2004 ...
Cheapass Games is holding a competition to rename one of their earliest games, Before I Kill You, Mister Bond, because to everyone's surprise there was already a spy with that name. Found, despite a broken link, Matthew, through Seattlespiel.
Firestorm Friday, January 9, 2004 ...
War planners dramatically underestimate the effects of a nuclear strike by ignoring the even more-devastating and inescapable firestorm after the blast.
History of Green One-Eyed Monsters Thursday, January 8, 2004 ...
Cute story about how the inventor of the Robosaurus also invented a green one-eyed monster in a 1977 board game for his daughter and eventually found its way into Monsters Inc., perhaps taking a shortcut through the collective unconscious.
HugeURL Wednesday, January 7, 2004 ...
Following on the success of TinyURL, an enterprising programmer has found a way to make embarrassingly-short URLs more cumbersome and imposing. This should be handy for students who need to pad essays and webboard goons whose sigs aren't big enough yet. Spammers will soon sell this service I'm sure: "1ncrease the s!ze of your hyperl!nks!!! vfgwx" Found on Komlenic.
Google defines the philosophy of knowledge Sunday, January 4, 2004 ...
I didn't know Google had this feature! If you start a search with define: it will collate definitions from around the web. This is up there with their metric conversion feature.
And while I'm praising web services, allow me to drop my jaw at Amazon's return policy which allowed me to print the address label and postage for the shipment right on my home printer.
What a Crappy Present Friday, December 19, 2003 ...
Ninety-nine percent of my traffic comes from Boing Boing visitors who are trying to click Scrubbles.net but miss. And since I yoinked this link from Boing Boing, only my most isolated reader, Joe Domenchini, will not have seen this helpful guide for kids who get a CD for Christmas. The girl's expressions are perfect.
Qix Wednesday, December 17, 2003 ...
I could probably find this game as a MAME ROM, but I much prefer keeping files out there on the Internet. That way, if my house gets attacked with nuclear weapons, I will still be able to play Qix.
MAME ROM is not an anagram, so quit trying.
Journey Prize Stories Wednesday, December 17, 2003 ...
My story "Night Finds Us" is in this year's edition of The Journey Prize stories. The book has one review now, and I swear to God I didn't write it, but man, even I'm not sure I believe me: I can't even believe how good this book is! It is the best book, i swear on ten million holy bibles! you should totally buy it- in fact, i heard there is an evil ancient curse that befalls anyone who does not buy it. you might say, "that is just superstition, and i am not afraid", but are you really willing to take that risk, Jimmy? isn't your life full of hardship already?
By the way, that isn't one of those Amazon links that I earn money from, because I am WAY too lazy to set something like that up. And I don't get royalties. So go read the story in Chapters -- it's like two pages long, maybe less -- and then mail me a cup of coffee.
Pricelessware escaped alone to tell thee Wednesday, December 17, 2003 ...
For about two weeks, I ignored an e-mail to myself saying "Back up Mooselessness!" During that time, I went around laughing at the sky, shaking my fist and saying "Ha ha ha! The gods themselves could not crash the Pitas servers! I am amused by Heaven's shivering impotence!"
I only remember two pages from the entries that were lost. One was that 12-year-olds-play-Pong article that you've seen everywhere anyway. And the other was Pricelessware, a collection of invaluable freeware and one of the last sites on the Internet to use an entry tunnel. I had found it through a Slashdot article about valuable utilities for a family computer.
Previously on Mooselessness Wednesday, December 17, 2003 ...
The survivors of the crash, including a throwaway e-mail address generator. Or you can see the full archives.
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