I think I'll discover the lost city of Atlantis this weekend. Maybe I'll write an aria. Who knows exactly what I'll accomplish this weekend. For the first time in several weeks, I feel capable of accomplishing just about anything. Except, perhaps, creating a gravity-powered model vehicle from a rectangular block of wood. Tomorrow, the boy and I are going to build our Pinewood Derby car. I'm likely the least qualified person I know to do this type of work, as I have zero aptitude for this type of activity. So I've decided to play on my strengths - I will research the hell outta this: techniques, design, type of paint, tips & tricks...its what I do. Victory may not be ours - I'm aiming a little lower; Not having the most embarrassing entry.
Speaking of aptitude, I'm running four ubuntu boxes, all of them server edition with a variety of success. My most incredible box is my IBM Thinkpad T60 (firefly) with the Intel core-duo 1.83GHz chip & 2GB of RAM running xfwm/xfce. Its futuristically fast and blow's my mortal mind. My oldest ubuntu box (intrepid) is currently hosting http://darkvoyager.homeunix.com. It was built out of crap parts strewn across
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Went shopping this morning for the highest-capacity, fastest SD card I could find. That being said, I honestly don't have a need for a 32GB card (not that I could find any retailers around here who actually stock that capacity) but I did find a nice SANDISK 4GB (SDHC) Ultra-II speed card for my Canon S3. Nice! Our stockcar may be ugly, but at least we'll get some pictures of it. Also got a Mac-compatible USB wireless card for the children's PowerMac G4. That was much more difficult to come across. I wanted an XP/Mac card, but I could only find one, or the other at all the major electronics retailers. Thinking I must've been out of mind last time I was there, I drove to Wal-Mart and sure enough, they have a Belkin which can be used in both operating systems. Yeah, I bought that one.

And checking out at Best Buy I reach for an energy drink. They don't carry...Monster? I'm next in line - I grab a "ROCKSTAR" (Party like a ROCKSTAR the can suggests.) Whatever. They taste like ass. I picked up a 24oz. Monster while I was in Wally World. Anyway, its Friday. I don't shave on Friday's. I don't tuck in my shirt. I wore my hair down today, and because I was planning on just running in & out, I didn't bother bringing my glasses into the store and still had my sunglasses on. I catch a glimpse of myself at the checkout. The girl rings me up.
"Ooops - oh! I thought I'd forgotten to ring up your ROCKSTAR, but I didn't." She says.
I lean toward her.
She leans in close.
I whisper in confidence, "I'm not really a rockstar."