Perspectives of a Canadian in the Old/Deep/New/Geographic South: This is where I ramble on about nothing in particular and post a few nice pictures.
A friend of mine emailed this to me. It’s a little something for all you bubble wrap addicts who just ran out.
You’ll never run out of bubble wrap again. I particularly like Manic Mode. I know it’s not quite the real thing, but it’s good for a little mindless entertainment.
I am. My wife told me so this morning. She said flat out “Your blog is getting boring”.
She used to find what I wrote funny. But I just haven’t had much funny stuff to write about anymore.
So I hang my head in shame. I can’t even entertain my wife with my writings anymore.
In other boring non-exciting news, I finally got my driver’s license from the DMV yesterday. A shiny new license with a new picture that expires in … 364 days.
1. What’s the most daring thing you’ve ever done?
Made a spur of the moment decision to buy a plane ticket to New York as I passed a travel agency on my way to work. A very big and daring thing to do for a low paid grad student living cheque to cheque and had never gone any further from home on his own than a 3 hour car trip.
2. What one thing would you like to try that your mother/friend/significant other would never approve of?
Hmm, i don’t know if I should say…
3. On a scale of 1-10, what’s your risk factor? (1=never take risks, 10=it’s a lifestyle)
I’d have to say I’m probably around 2 or 3.
4. What’s the best thing that’s ever happened to you as a result of being bold/risky?
I met the woman who ended up becoming my wife.
5. … and what’s the worst?
hmm, nothing comes to mind.
I had no idea RSS had such a storied history. Over at DiveIntoMark he writes about the 9 different incompatible RSS versions. There’s a lot more to RSS than I originally thought. Must make it tough on people who write software to read RSS feeds.
SecurityFocus has a really interesting article on hacking cable modems. The article talks about a clever hack to Motorola Surfboard cable modems to replace the firmware on the modem with something more customizable, and the obvious security implications. Imagine eavesdropping on your neighbours through your cable modem. An interesting article definitely worth reading if you have cable modem service.
There is hubbub over at Slashdot.