We’ve made it through the first weekend of “The Producers” at Baytown Little Theater. There was a great deal of doubt among the cast about whether or not we’d be ready in time, but we made it. The show has been going really well, and audiences seem to be receiving it well.
You still have two weekends left, so hurry up and buy your tickets! 
Google has a fun addition to their map software called Latitude. Basically, it figures out your location, and allows people you specify to see that location on a map.
They’ve put out a cute “toy” to advertise it. You can see it at http://services.google.com/latitudevideo/view.html#n0CvZxmd5m0Ehmc5z05s0CvZxmd
For once, this is an app that works on my phone (Windows Mobile) but NOT on Wendy’s iPhone. At least, not yet. She’s stuck with using it on her MacBook.
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Too true. Anyone who’s had kids in the last 20 years or so will probably recognise the pattern.
Forget July 7th, 2007 (07/07/07), August 8th, 2008 (08/08/08) or even the upcoming September 9th, 2009 (09/09/09). Real geeks know that today, at 5:31 PM (well, 30 seconds AFTER that) central time is the REAL date pattern to watch: At that time, the time will be recorded as
1234567890
Those other dates will happen again in 100 years, but 1234567890 will never happen again.
For my non-geek friends (both of you), that sequence of digits represents the number of seconds since January 1, 1970 in Greenwich, England, which is how Unix-based system record calendar dates and times. So don’t blink – the celebration lasts for only one second. 
This video came in on The Onion video feed. The concept was funny enough, but I literally laughed out loud when reading through the list of “symptoms” that can be treated with “Despondex.”
The world is finally safe!
This is an actual promo video from Microsoft for a new product called “SongSmith.” I’m in awe.
The acting is terrible. The songs are annoying. And this is supposed to make me interested in this product? (I’ve also heard it mentioned that the laptop the daughter is using is actually a Mac, which isn’t supported by the product, but I’m not sure about that.
Edit: To be completely fair, I have to admit that this did have some effect. I’ve downloaded the app, and I’ll probably play around with it for a bit. So I guess I shouldn’t laugh too hard. But it’s still so bad it’s funny.
Tomorrow morning Wendy and I will be boarding a plane headed to Pittsburg. From there we’ll begin the drive to the darkest woods of NW Pennsylvania, headed to my home town of Warren. We’ll be staying with my aunt and uncle, who have only dialup internet service, so I may be somewhat out of touch for this next week.
Last I heard, my uncle had measured 27 inches of snow at his place. After living so long in Texas, I’m afraid it’s going to be something of a shock to my system. If you don’t hear from me in a week or so, send out the St. Bernard with the cask of brandy around it’s neck. I might need it!
Hope everyone (at least, everyone is the US) has a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!
In honor of my upcoming vacation to visit family back home, and because I haven’t updated in forever, I’ve decided to switch the theme on the blog. I do love the beach …
The McCain/Palin campaign has been hammering on this non-story about Obama’s link to Ayers. But this interview seems to do a good job of throwing it back in their faces. Apparently, to Palin, you’re not considered a terrorist unless you target government and military targets, so abortion clinic bombers can’t be considered terrorists. You know, I always thought that terrorists were, almost by definition, those who went after civilian targets, to cause more, you know, terror. But, of course, I would guess that Palin secretly (or not so secretly) sympathizes with those particular bombers)
And, as an aside, I can’t watch this video without thinking about the scene from Chicago with Flynn as the puppet master using Roxy as a ventriloquist’s dummy. Wish I had a clip to put up.
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