A Geek in Beantown

Excited about a new TV show!

Glee!

The pilot was last night, but you can see it on hulu. This is so going on my DVR in the fall!

(Thank goodness that Brad twittered about it!)

Timely words

From KathyHowe, some timely words:

"Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny."

—Laozi (Lao-tzu)

Postage going up again!

Mailing Services Prices Effective Monday, May 11, 2009

On May 11 the price for a 1-ounce First-Class Mail stamp will increase from 42¢ to 44¢. Prices for other mailing services — Standard Mail, Periodicals, Package Services (including Parcel Post), and Extra Services — will also change. The average increase by class of mail is at or below the rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index.

I looked because I was writing my Mother's day cards out and forgot how much stamps were!

For the numbers geeks among us!

Did You Know?

I didn't. Link from KathyHowe. Did You Know? Sound not required.

Neat short animated movie

Wil Wheaton had posted about a neat proejct he had a while ago. It's finally available online: Click and watch it. Really. He's Kyle.

Huh. Well, hi!

May 2009 be gentle to you and bring you lots of joy. May it also bring me less sickness as I'm _done_ with being sick. Done, I say! (And feeling better, thank you!) In other news, here are some really spiffy links. From Metahacker: A really cool slideshow (9 pics) of frozen bubbles. And from Brad, Cat-cam (there's a blog now too)! I hope your year is wonderful to you. [Oh blog, please let me post this!]

Good reading!

A friend of mine has started blogging about sustainable food and Boston for examiner.com. She writes cool stuff, so you should read it. :)

The crud from hell

Yup, I'm still sick. It's moved into my lungs so I get to start antibiotics today. And kick ass cough syrup.

In the meantime, you should see this guy play guitar. His name is Stefano Barone and he's amazing. [Link from Brad]

Back to bed with me. I'm waiting for my meds to be called in so I can pick them up.

Google Chrome - not so good for bloggers

Read further here.

ETA (information from my dad):

Google's Rebecca Ward, Senior Product Counsel for Google Chrome, now tells Ars Technica that the company tries to reuse these licenses as much as possible, "in order to keep things simple for our users." Ward admits that sometimes "this means that the legal terms for a specific product may include terms that don't apply well to the use of that product" and says that Google is "working quickly to remove language from Section 11 of the current Google Chrome terms of service. This change will apply retroactively to all users who have downloaded Google Chrome."