Entries from October 2004

Saturday, October 30th, 2004

Screen and Mac OS X terminal.app

[According to a response to my query by Phil Gregory ( November 7th, 2004, screen-users@gnu.org), screen is using Terminal.app's alternate buffer. Gregory suggested adding the following to my .screenrc: termcapinfo xterm* ti@:te@ I did so, and it fixed both of the problems below.] A question for the LJ brain trust: I frequently ssh into a [...]

Friday, October 29th, 2004

Vote or die!

Vote or die! (Courtesy of South Park and Reason.)

Thursday, October 28th, 2004

Jewish holiday

Arafat goes to a fortune teller and asks: “On what day will I die?” The fortune teller said: “It will be on a Jewish Holiday.” Arafat said: “Which one? Rosh Ha'Shonah? Yom Kippur?” The fortune teller said: “I do not know, but what ever day you die, that day will be a Jewish Holiday.”

Tuesday, October 26th, 2004

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Monday, October 25th, 2004

Team America: World Police

Very funny. Great sendup of action movies. Profane as hell, (it's by the creators of South Park, what do you expect?), so probably not a good movie for a first date or with your parents.

Monday, October 25th, 2004

[Alleged] list of plants Nasa is studying for trip to Mars

Via Slashdot: http://www.physorg.com/news1617.html zucchini garlic kudzu black beans trumpet vine sweet potato bamboo red beans spider plant black-eye beans redwood dill onion mustard catnip fava beans stinging nettle cabbage thistle dandilion

Monday, October 25th, 2004

Landscape Timber Cabin

http://www.farmshow.com/issues/28/05/280501.asp He Uses Landscape Timbers To Put Up Low-Cost Buildings Picture By Janis Schole, Contributing Editor Being born in 1916 may have something to do with Clyde Barnhart's ability to find economical, inventive ways of doing things. The 88-year-old says the Depression taught him to be frugal and innovative. Barnhart has a Ph.D. in entomology [...]

Sunday, October 24th, 2004

Michael Badnarik interview

Nice Badnarik interview.

Sunday, October 24th, 2004

Dreamhouse in the trees

http://www.thetreehouseguide.com/press/latimesaug052004.htm August 5, 2004 INNER LIFE Dreamhouse in the trees By Steven Barrie-Anthony, Times Staff Writer It usually starts as a joke. Even you think you're kidding, at first. A treehouse? Grow up. But then fantasy overwhelms your rational instincts, bit by bit. “Doesn't everyone want a treehouse?” Kit Sickels asks. That's a common assumption [...]

Saturday, October 23rd, 2004

India draws 'medical tourists'

Via Slashdot: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6293825/ India draws 'medical tourists' Cheaper health care a powerful attraction John Lancaster / The Washington Post Howard Staab, shown here with his partner Maggi Grace, traveled to India to undergo surgery to corret a faulty heart valve. By John Lancaster Updated: 1:51 a.m. ET Oct. 21, 2004 NEW DELHI – Three months [...]