Spider Man Briefs
I guess someone had to make the link. This is just too funny. For the “web master” in your life: Spiderman Briefs Related Images:
Docs and Sex
Quote from a Slashdot reader commenting on a thread about writing open source documentation: Documentation is like sex, when its good, its very very good, and when its bad its better than nothing. Related Images:
Weight Factors
I’ve been riding more. Not enough, but I’m averaging about twice per week, which is twice as much as before. I’m trying to work the kids on a more consistent basis. Isis is looking good and is back to actually doing collection work. She’s fun to ride. It’s like a light went on last summer…
Poem from my Mom
My mom sent me this poem in email today: “When I am Old” (Author Unknown). She said that it is her statement for when she is older. I can completely understand. Just change chestnut mare to bay mare… When I am Old… I shall wear diamonds And a wide brimmed straw hat With silver and…
ATM Teller Stall in Berlin
Imagine the surprise of finding a horse in an automated teller booth. A customer at a bank in Berlin, Germany, arrived in the early morning to find a horse (looks like a Belgian from the picture) in the teller stall with the drunk rider asleep on the floor. Police were called to take care of…
Ants. Again.
I love my house. Most of the time. Except for some of the creative home improvement I’ve had to correct. Lots of things to learn to love, and to hate. Like bugs. When I moved in, I found cockroaches, ants, box elder bugs, silverfish, and a slew of other creepies. The house had more insects…
Finally: World Grotto DVD
Ishani I began working on this DVD before the Hoover (old desktop PC) crashed and burned. The hardware difficulties created an issue for transferring the video from the tape to the hard drive and then processing the DVD. A new Mac Mini and several iterations later, the DVD is finally finished. Way back in March,…
Posturin’
I keep learning more about belly dance and realizing just how much I don’t know. I have over 10 years of dance in ballet and jazz. Yeah, it’s been a while, but still the concepts and movements should still be (somewhat) in muscle memory, right? Nope, not as much as I would have hoped. I…
Parallels Rules
This is just too cool. I finally got the Windows XP environment setup to run the software I’m documented. And Parallels worked smoothly, beautifully even. A self-contained environment for Windows. With Windows running using Parallels, the beta software even recognized the USB dongle that authenticates the software (and allows it to run). The dongle was…
Virtual Machines on Macs
I’m doing a big experiment tonight. I’m actually installing software I need to document on a virtual machine running Windows XP. All of this on a poor little mac Mini. It is getting maxed out pretty hard. It’s getting another RAM upgarde tomorrow, which will help. Lots of externl storage available too, so that can’t…
Wonder Mares
I didn’t actually end up riding. Walking around on the uneven ground made tweaked my knee, so I I cleaned my saddle and bridle. I brought the girls in and watched them eat grass in the little paddock near the barn. Rajiyyah has gained weight. Not too much, but enough that she is starting to…
Barn!
I’m heading out to the barn again. I have to be careful how much I do. I mowed yesterday (manual reel mower — no motor, high grass… lots of work for a postage stamp size yard). Apparently, I twisted my right knee enough that it’s been swollen. I cancelled dance practise today so instead I’m…
Bad Tech Writing Example
My coworker walked into the tech writing room and showed us an example of pretty funny writing on the American Academy of Pediatrics. He suggested capturing the information now, because he has alerted the Web master about the problem. The Web page about “What causes acne” has good, readable information. The bottom section provides suggestions…
Flashback to high school…
I was reading the Tennessee Rennaisance Festival Web page and noticed that the theme for Memorial Day weekend is a jousting tournament. Low and behold the list of jousters includes Barchan, whom I haven’t seen since I was in high school in Maryland. I’m not saying how long ago that was. 😉 Barchan was a…