geeky notes

Someone I know has dogs named Mac and Winnie (he couldn't bring himself to name the latter Windows, I guess). His wife's cats, named before he met her, are Linux and Solaris. Y'know, if I were single, inclined to name pets after operating systems, and met a person of the appropriate gender whose pets were so named, I'd pay attention too. :-)

I assume that most people have seen spiritrover and opportunitygrrl by now. Their journals are fun to read. I hadn't realized that so many others in the area of space exploration were getting in on the act, though, until someone pointed out fuse_sat's query about joining the SCA. It's a fun thread. (The rest of the journal is entertaining too.)

More spam subject lines:

• "tonight tetrahedron" -- nope; the next D&D game isn't until next week.
• "cauliflower limp" -- not if you cook it right (and if this is meant to be allegorical, I don't want to know...).
• "ebreo insight" -- I know it's spam, but it could be renaissance-dance-geeking, darnit! (I caved. It was yet another product to enhance a body part I don't have.)
• "no visual side effects" -- maybe, but I think most people would be more concerned with visible side-effects.

review: Trope Trainer

I recently bought Trope Trainer (Kinnor Software Inc) to help me learn torah portions. I'm learning my first one with it now. It's great! ( allow me to be more specific... )