tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52802192011-04-22T13:45:16.583+10:00Ambient IronyMy Iran net bio (7,5)Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comBlogger1481100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1055167598383604702003-06-10T00:06:00.000+10:002003-06-10T00:06:38.410+10:00Looking for GA-7NNXP reviews? Go here.
Oh, and we've moved.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1055060578092632022003-06-08T18:22:00.000+10:002003-06-08T18:23:57.366+10:00Yes, folks, we've moved. Come join us!Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1055055857847760292003-06-08T17:04:00.000+10:002003-06-08T17:04:17.706+10:00It's up! Go forth, to ambientirony.com, and let Blogger darken your door no more!
Oh, and let me know how it looks in IE - if the text is hiding the sidebars, that sort of thing. It's working for me, but that means nothing with IE. To IE, an absolute positioning to an exact pixel is an invitation to place things wherever it damn well wants. Bah!Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1055000572363785712003-06-08T01:42:00.001+10:002003-06-08T01:43:56.190+10:00Blogger is back. Joy. A three hour outage doesn't even earn a mention on Status.Blogger.Com, it seems.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1055000522469732852003-06-08T01:42:00.000+10:002003-06-08T01:42:02.516+10:00The usually excellent Steven den Beste points to an "opinion piece" by Tom Utley in The Telegraph (the English one, not Sydney's Daily Terror):"You know, Tom," this sage said to me, glancing up from his well thumbed copy of Heidegger's Sein und Zeit, "we really ought to make Prince William Governor-General of Australia."There are a number of problems with this ill-conceived attempt at humour, notPixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1055000478307441142003-06-08T01:41:00.000+10:002003-06-08T02:01:35.990+10:00Tonight in Pixy Misa's Theatre of the Absurd we have a very special double feature: Big Trouble (Barry Sonnenfeld, 2002) and Big Trouble in Little China (John Carpenter, 1986).
Big Trouble takes its story from the book of the same name by Dave Barry. Tim Allen stars as Eliot Arnold, formerly a Pulitzer prize-winning humour columnist for the Miami Herald (I wonder where they got that idea fromPixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1054982046735505292003-06-07T20:34:00.000+10:002003-06-07T20:34:53.153+10:00Nina, the maid in Big Trouble, is played by Sofia Vergara. I think I'm in love.
And you know those security seals they put on DVDs? I hate those things! Particularly when they put them on all three sides. Not naming any particular companies (Viz Video).
Oh, and in case anyone was still planning to invade Australia, we have lots of cane toads. Lots and lots of cane toadsPixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1054828819847811122003-06-06T02:00:00.000+10:002003-06-06T02:36:29.423+10:00Ewww!!
Is that how this blog looks in Internet Explorer? I must admit, I'd never tried it; I use Mozilla for everything these days. No wonder nobody was reading it.
Well, anyway, that was easy enough to fix. Thank goodness it's just tables and not stylesheets.
And Internet Explorer really doesn't get the idea of "reload", does it? Cow of a browser. People use this thing? By choice?Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1054826835284134302003-06-06T01:27:00.000+10:002003-06-06T01:53:48.670+10:00What's this? An outbreak of sanity?
I've commented before on Australia's insanely expensive internet access. At the time I mentioned Comindico, and their unlimited usage plans.
I have a problem with unlimited usage plans. First, the ISP will certainly not have enough bandwidth to allow everyone to run at full speed all the time. Comindico appear to oversell their bandwidth 30 times; in Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1054811780197344302003-06-05T21:16:00.000+10:002003-06-05T21:16:20.210+10:00It's not my fault that Google keeps pointing people to Ambient Irony when they are really looking for reviews of the GA-7NNXP. And I'm not the kind of person who would stoop to using this to boost my reader count. If you are looking for a review of the GA-7NNXP, I still can't help you. But if you live in Australia, Eyo now have stock of the GA-7NNXP ($352) and the GA-7N400V Pro ($280.50). ThePixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1054808855606644402003-06-05T20:27:00.000+10:002003-06-05T21:19:54.413+10:00Played with a couple of interesting gadgets recently.
On my way home from work yesterday, I noticed that my local Apple dealer had a little stall set up in the shopping mall I pass through. And, nestled between two Powerbooks, there was the new iPod, singing the siren song from the start of Pufnstuf:Come and play with me, Jimmy
Come and play with me.
And I will take you on a trip
Far Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1054731536733792092003-06-04T22:58:00.000+10:002003-06-04T22:59:14.016+10:00Frank J. of IMAO has the skinny on how internal combustion engines work:Well, if you check around the engine (do this when it is off and on a non-haunted car), you'll see a magic rune imprinted on it. This spell keeps the fire inside the engine. Were it ever scratched off, the next time you start your car, KA-BOOM!
Every 100,000 miles, you really should have the rune re-enchanted by a sorcererPixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1054648951078576442003-06-04T00:02:00.000+10:002003-06-04T00:02:31.323+10:00James Lileks has found a movie he actually likes: I also watched “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.” New restored widescreen Technicolor Cinemescope etc. version. Having only seen a scratchy pan-and-scan on TV as a kid, I was curious what the movie really looked like. Oy. It’s just sublime.I also want to know the story behind the Kirk Douglas interview he mentions.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1054644319343573292003-06-03T22:45:00.000+10:002003-06-03T22:51:07.553+10:00What do an international banking conspiracy, an ancient, floating Tibetan mountain by the name of L'hi (pronounced lee), a group of schoolgirl crimefighters with an irascible hidden leader, a train that doesn't appear on any timetable bearing the number plate MAD 06, a secretive group of assassins composed of misfits described as being "stillborn into society", a talking vulture, and an extremelyPixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1054632871215875442003-06-03T19:34:00.000+10:002003-06-03T19:34:31.273+10:00Bills went out today, busy busy time is done for another month, and my life returns to normal. Ish. Normalish. Regular blogging will resume after my nap.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1054554107911694582003-06-02T21:41:00.000+10:002003-06-02T21:43:01.940+10:00For a couple of years it was easy to recommend a video card: just buy whatever Nvidia had in your price range. After a somewhat awkward start with the NV1, Nvidia shot to the lead of the graphics market and stayed there . Competitors like 3DFX went broke trying to catch up. Others abandoned the broader market to try to carve comfortable niches for themselves at the periphery. As the GeForce 2Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1054465547720226352003-06-01T21:05:00.000+10:002003-06-01T21:07:56.553+10:00Good News, Everyone!
AnimeSuki is back! If you get the "Those idiots..." page, you'll just need to hit reload. Or if you're running IE, which is a bit fuzzy on the whole "reload" concept, you may need to reboot a couple of times.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1054404588106208902003-06-01T04:09:00.000+10:002003-06-01T20:11:53.443+10:00I've been looking over the white cliffs of... no.
I've been taking closer look at the various hakpacks developed for Neverwinter Nights. At first, I thought that not that much had changed in the last few months. Then I realised that I was looking in the wrong place. Then I found the right place.
Yow. People have been busy.
I like the looks of this swamp. This strange city is cool Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1054403074635793252003-06-01T03:44:00.000+10:002003-06-01T03:45:35.793+10:00If you're truly bored and it's daytime in San Francisco, why not spend thirty seconds looking at small blurry pictures of small blurry people looking at small blurry sea lions?
Oh, yeah. Here.
I think the sea lions are the things sitting on the rectangular things.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1054394386615784682003-06-01T01:19:00.000+10:002003-06-01T03:14:45.350+10:00Readers? Maybe, Maybe Not.
I just took a look at my Sitemeter referral stats. Endlessly fascinating. Apart from my friends on the JREF Forums, I have a (presumably disappointed) fellow of excellent taste looking to download the Marx Brothers on Bittorrent; a couple of irritated people who were after a review of the Gigabyte GA-7NNXP (I must say it looks good on paper, and I may be getting Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1054391790589571682003-06-01T00:36:00.000+10:002003-06-01T00:37:13.590+10:00How To Trash A Movie Sequel With Style
James Lileks was not impressed with The Matrix Reloaded: “Um - it’s all underground? The steel mill is entirely underground?”
“That’s right. Tall as a 50-story building, when completed. It will be the world’s biggest underground steel mill.”
“It’ll be the world’s only underground steel mill.”Nor was Mark Steyn overly pleased with X-Men 2:Nobody who Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1054379794513645882003-05-31T21:16:00.000+10:002003-06-01T03:38:43.640+10:00Dungeons and Dragons players, start your engines: Shadows of Undrentide, the first expansion pack for Neverwinter Nights, has gone gold. Development is underway on the second expansion, Hordes of the Underdark. No details can be found here.
I have to admit I was disappointed with NWN. The bundled campaign was, frankly, dumb. Compared with the brilliance of recent D&D titles (other than thePixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1054346825291659482003-05-31T12:07:00.000+10:002003-05-31T12:07:05.280+10:00Still having problems with squirrels?
This site has the answer. They can also solve your koala, wombat and penguin infestation worries.
On top of this, they explain why everything tastes like chicken, and how to properly cook a frog.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1054291053427738392003-05-30T20:37:00.000+10:002003-05-30T20:51:16.076+10:00Squirrels Went Berserk
We may think we're safe living in Australia, but as recent news shows, there is no place truly safe from the evil wiles of the squirrel conspiracy! Little known fact: Dave Barry is no more than a front for the furry menace!
Handy tips on how to deal with the squirrel threat are available here and also here.
And you thought lemurs were bad...
(via The Squirrel Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1054141614996386622003-05-29T03:06:00.000+10:002003-05-29T03:07:47.006+10:00Tuesday, the day that will go down in history as having been eaten by mice, I went out and bought another two DVDs. After all, I only have 41 already in my to-watch pile.
These two are special. These two came recommended. First up, Big Trouble, the film of the book Big Trouble by Dave "I am not making this up" Barry, as recommended by reader Susie. (Yes! We have readers!)
Second, Big Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1054111901018181692003-05-28T18:51:00.000+10:002003-05-28T18:53:15.886+10:00Yesterday got eaten by mice.
Between busy busy time at work, and Blogger being Blogger, no blogging for me. Not here, anyway; I did update my MT testblog. Actually, no, that was after midnight, so I was right the first time and yesterday was eaten by mice.
What I would have blogged yesterday had it not been eaten by mice is this:
Coolness is where you find it:As perhaps the clearest Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053957295406861162003-05-26T23:54:00.000+10:002003-05-26T23:55:05.870+10:00Blog of the Day is Professor Bunyip:Anyone who works on the theory that you get what you pay for can't be too surprised by Blogger's recent problems. They've driven Tim Blair to a new home and tempted the Professor to follow suit. Unfortunately, despite donning a pair of elephantine trousers, borrowing a back-the-front baseball cap from young Master Bunyip, and addressing his computer his "dude",Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053955295488415422003-05-26T23:21:00.000+10:002003-05-26T23:23:01.780+10:00Horned Kangaroos? Who ordered the horned kangaroos? Come on, I don't have all day. Right. Giant marsupial lions? Who ordered giant marsupial lions?The lion-like predator, which could stand nearly a metre and weighed about 250 kilograms, had a pair of retractable thumb-like claws to disembowel or drag prey up trees. But a reconstruction of one of its feet has revealed for the first time that Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053954996318171802003-05-26T23:16:00.000+10:002003-05-26T23:16:36.330+10:00America is on holiday and half my favourite bloggers are AWOL. Blogging being the incestuous business that it is, this means I don't get to steal report any new news from other blogs.
Meanwhile, Fark is having a boobies moratorium. Really, why bother running the site if you're not going to have boobies?Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053867774699630032003-05-25T23:02:00.000+10:002003-05-25T23:11:33.166+10:00Good News, Bad News, Good News
Good news is that Azumanga Daioh has been licensed by AD Vision. Looks like it will be a while before it hits the shelves, though; ADV are notorious for sitting on licenses, sometimes for years. ADV are also releasing Full Metal Panic, a fact that I had somehow missed. Have to get my pusher to add it to my standing order.
Bad news is that AnimeSuki have hadPixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053866504346768792003-05-25T22:41:00.000+10:002003-05-25T22:41:44.376+10:00Blog of the Day is Eject! Eject! Eject!:When I was nine I saw a leprechaun.
I’m not kidding. I was in the back seat of our car driving up the hill from the hotel my dad managed, back in Bermuda. I’d ridden up that hill, in that seat, hundreds of times. I knew every rock and clump of grass by heart.
Anyway, there he sat, up against a familiar rock: little green pants, little green vest, Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053784562382406992003-05-24T23:56:00.000+10:002003-05-25T01:18:23.940+10:00Spent a pleasant evening crawling around on the floor playing with my nephew Lionel. It's amazing how quickly kids grow up. I can remember not so very long ago he couldn't track you with his eyes when you moved.
Now, it's book at bedtime. Lionel pulled out his favourite, a sort of picture-dictionary. Open it to Toys. Where's the teddy bear, Lionel? No, those are building blocks. Where'sPixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053685240212856812003-05-23T20:20:00.000+10:002003-05-23T20:21:00.066+10:00I'm too tired to blog. I'm almost too tired to type. Blah. And I ran out of chocolate. Sucks to be me.
On the other hand... Uh, no, can't think of anything. Shoo! Go read Dave Barry or something. A book. Read a book. Dave also writes books. Good books. Funny books. But between him and Carl Hiaasen, I'm not likely to visit Florida until after it's been submerged beneath the rising Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053611540983832882003-05-22T23:52:00.000+10:002003-05-22T23:52:20.990+10:00Book of the Day is The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett. It appears to be another Discworld-for-kids book, like The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents (which was excellent). If you've read any of Pratchett's other children's books, you'll know that they're also great for grownups.
I can't review it yet, because I haven't, um, actually read it. I only bought it today, and I'm still Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053525079111658932003-05-21T23:51:00.000+10:002003-05-25T00:31:54.026+10:00Web site of the Day is catenema.com. If you've previously read the original story, it's time for another visit, as the author has more stories to tell.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053429593371147872003-05-20T21:19:00.000+10:002003-05-20T21:19:53.336+10:00Bleah!
OK, the site now looks fine in Mozilla and Opera. It also looks fine in Internet Explorer. Exactly how I wanted it. As long as your font size is set to "medium". Mozilla and Opera have no problems with changing the font size; Opera has a nifty trick of scaling everything and works no matter what; Mozilla works perfectly at three sizes and reasonably well until you start getting intoPixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053391784009229052003-05-20T10:49:00.000+10:002003-05-20T10:49:43.950+10:00While my database is rebuilding I thought I'd try out a Javascript-based trick for browser-selective stylesheets. Works. Ha ha! Of course, I still can't get IE to display things properly, but at least now I can decide exactly how I want it to be broken.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053383360595989212003-05-20T08:29:00.000+10:002003-05-20T08:29:35.270+10:00Mozilla users can preview the new Ambient Irony here. IE users can wail and gnash their teeth. If you don't have any teeth, they will be provided.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053381563422050702003-05-20T07:59:00.000+10:002003-05-20T07:59:23.466+10:00Oh, that's charming. Blogger ate my rant. Grrr!
And Moveable Type, while stable and elegant, is as slow as a wet week. Grrr! Grrr!!Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053381477809894592003-05-20T07:57:00.000+10:002003-05-20T07:57:57.813+10:00There's no question any more: Mozilla is by far a better browser than Internet Explorer. Just two features are enough to blow IE out of the water: popup blocking - I never see a popup - and tabbed browsing. I often have a dozen tabs open. One window, twelve web pages. No clutter, fast, simple. Right-click a link and it opens in another tab while you keep reading the page you're on.
But Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053346714551243272003-05-19T22:18:00.000+10:002003-05-19T22:18:34.233+10:00Gigabyte have some nifty new motherboards out for AMD fans, the GA-7N range. The GA-7NNXPV features dual-channel memory, 4 DIMM sockets (yay!), 333MHz FSB and memory support, USB 2.0 (4 ports on rear panel), Firewire/IEEE-1394, dual ethernet ports, 6-channel sound, AGP 8x/Pro, 5 PCI slots, and dual VGA outputs. The GA-7NNXP lacks the video out, but supports 400MHz FSB and memory. Rats! Why Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053299123905825252003-05-19T09:05:00.000+10:002003-05-19T09:05:23.493+10:00Light blogging for a day or three as I get ready to launch my new Moveable Type blog at ambientirony.com.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053281916189744172003-05-19T04:18:00.000+10:002003-05-19T04:18:36.286+10:00For more Dave Barryesque goodness than you could poke a reasonably large stick at, why not visit AutoDave!, the automated Dave Barry column generator. Looks like they've done a bit of work on it since I last visited.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053281454987969352003-05-19T04:10:00.000+10:002003-05-19T04:10:55.010+10:00Word of the Day is pertinacious. (Which probably means it will end up being the word of the week. — Ed)Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053280938021085082003-05-19T04:02:00.000+10:002003-05-19T04:06:14.906+10:00Dave Barry (who I really should add to my blogroll seeing how often I link to him) has an UPDATE ON THE ONGOING EFFORT TO USE TRAPS TO CATCH AND REMOVE THE RABBITS FROM MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND DRUG-SMUGGLING FACILITY BECAUSE THE RABBITS DIE AND ATTRACT VULTURES, WHICH GET CAUGHT IN JET ENGINES, WHICH CAUSES PLANES TO CRASHhere (it's Blogger, so the permalinks are broken just like mine) Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053271000205872682003-05-19T01:16:00.000+10:002003-05-19T01:16:40.233+10:00Archives!
We got archives!Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053268557299075172003-05-19T00:35:00.000+10:002003-05-19T00:35:57.296+10:00Blog of the Day is Suburban Blight:And the Winner Is...
Yes, it's time once again for the Unmitigated Twat of the Week Award! This week, we're departing slightly from tradition; this week, there was a tie for first place. All of these ladies' twattiness is equally unmitigated. So, without further ado, I give you The Unmitigated Twats of the Week, the High School Hazers!
Mom, if you're Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053258746379889162003-05-18T21:52:00.000+10:002003-05-18T21:52:48.723+10:00To all the people looking to download Poodle Hat, I'd just like to point out that (a) it's not even out yet and (b) maybe when it is out, you could, like, you know, buy it.
On the other hand, if you're looking for Azumanga Daioh, it's on Kazaa.
Interesting thing, Sitemeter.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053202137233066502003-05-18T06:08:00.000+10:002003-05-18T06:09:17.010+10:00Song of the Day is When I Held Your Brain In My Arms from MST3K (the Terror from the Year 5000 episode):There was a time, so bright and gay,
It seems like only yesterday,
When I held your brain in my arms.
Your adrenaline was like wine,
Sweet perfume was your endocrine,
When I held your brain in my arms.Ahh. They don't write them like that anymore. (They never did. — Ed.)Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053190703160297012003-05-18T02:58:00.000+10:002003-05-19T04:11:29.846+10:00Word of the Day is quotidian. (Well, of course the word of the day is quotidian. If it wasn't quotidian, it wouldn't be the word of the day. — Ed)Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053187193827434462003-05-18T01:59:00.000+10:002003-05-18T02:00:05.840+10:00I forgot to install one little thing after rebuilding my poor PC. This has now been remedied:Thanks for using Winamp. You are installation number 273,375,923.Uhhh... That's rather a lot, isn't it?
Mind you, it really does whip the llama's ass.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053184638870911702003-05-18T01:17:00.000+10:002003-05-18T01:17:18.883+10:00Blog of the Day is Practical Penumbra: Many people have asked me why I called my blog "Practical Penumbra." (Actually, that's a blatant lie; no one has asked. But I'm sure a lot of people are wondering........ok, maybe not a lot. But I digress......).
I have always enjoyed saying the word "penumbra". It is, however, a difficult word to slip into daily conversation. I have therefore always wantedPixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053154085417257802003-05-17T16:48:00.000+10:002003-05-17T16:50:27.610+10:00Song of the Day is First and Second Law off the At the Drop of Another Hat album by Flanders and Swann:The First law of Thermodynamics:
Heat is work and work is heat
Very Good.
The Second law of Thermodynamics:
Heat cannot of itself pass from one body to a hotter body
Heat won't pass from a cooler to a hotter
You can try it if you like but you'd far better not-a
'Cos the cold in the coolerPixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053153021837627852003-05-17T16:30:00.000+10:002003-05-17T16:32:52.260+10:00And if anyone out there knows the origin of the expression "Oo-glay? Eh-mipto!", please contact me. Click where it says "Tell me", on the left. No, your left.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053152300160856462003-05-17T16:18:00.000+10:002003-05-17T16:26:38.110+10:00public static void main,
public static void main,
public static void main,
and typo was his name-o!
I hate Java. It was completely obvious that Java was a huge pile of dog poo the moment they showed the Java version of "Hello, world!":class HelloWorld { public static void main (String args[]) { System.out.println("Hello World!"); }}In Python, the entire program isprint "Hello,Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053151655691328182003-05-17T16:07:00.000+10:002003-05-17T16:08:48.196+10:00Useful Web Thingy of the Day is Sitemeter. It tracks how many people are visiting your site and where they came from. And it's free. Scroll allll the way down to the bottom to see. I put it on the left originally, under the Blogger icon, but it's too big and screwed up my formatting. No matter, it works fine wherever it is.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053151328807437552003-05-17T16:02:00.000+10:002003-05-17T16:09:29.483+10:00Blog of the Day is Friday Fishwrap:I don't know why these made me laugh so hard.. I think it was the possum.This refers, of course, to Teen Girl Squad over at HomeStarRunner.
Note that the obligatory adorable kittens have all found good homes, so you're too late!Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053104756481553022003-05-17T03:05:00.000+10:002003-05-17T03:36:44.320+10:00Shiny Happy Disk Drives
Well, it's happened: Hard disks have broken through the historically significant* $2/GB barrier. The drive in question is a 120GB Maxtor, now retailing for $219. Last week it was $249; two weeks ago it was $269. That's pretty rapid deflation even for a product that's seen price per unit fall by a factor of 5000 since 1990.
So the only question is: How many? The Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053103062893480892003-05-17T02:37:00.000+10:002003-05-17T02:40:34.130+10:00Dire as it was, Deathstalker and the Complete Lack of Plot was only slightly more boring than Harry Potter and the Extremely Slow-Moving Story, which somehow managed to score a 7.3 on IMDB. Now there's a movie that could do with a MiSTing. If you should feel the urge to watch either one, a few minutes of The Princess Bride is the recommended treatment.
May cause excessive quotations. Do Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-105310190194602112003-05-17T02:18:00.000+10:002003-05-17T02:18:22.003+10:00Bunny With Things On His Head of the Day is Oolong.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053099715230331952003-05-17T01:41:00.000+10:002003-05-17T01:41:55.150+10:00Remember James Lileks' swing?
No, me neither. But Gnat seems to like it.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053063604097530282003-05-16T15:40:00.000+10:002003-05-17T02:27:23.460+10:00Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell is one bad movie. Even with Mike and the robots it was barely watchable. Deathstalker 2 wasn't nearly as bad, though that was at least partly due to having Monique Gabrielle wandering around wearing not very much at all. A quick glance at IMDB shows Deathstalker 2 with a rating of 4.1 against Deathstalker and the Script from Hell at 2.0. Looks like 2 Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053060565058017262003-05-16T14:49:00.000+10:002003-05-16T14:49:42.850+10:00Another grey and rainy day for Sydney, but it's expected to clear up by Sunday. Which would be nice.
Just in case it does rain all weekend, I went out and bought Buffy seasons 5 and 6, Futurama season 2, and Babylon 5 season 1 on DVD. (Grace Bros is having a sale on DVD box sets, hence the sudden splurge.) It looks like I've already watched most of Futurama Season 2, but at least now I havePixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053039008942101032003-05-16T08:50:00.000+10:002003-05-16T08:51:55.043+10:00A Tiger? In Africa? Those struggling to distinguish the small alpine country in Europe from Australia were dealt a blow when a kangaroo was hit by a car and killed in central Austria.Skippy! Noooo!! A police officer in Steyr reached by phone said that coming across a kangaroo - dead or alive - was "extremely uncommon around here."No kidding.
(source: Yahoo News via The Wall Street Journal)Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053025021026688902003-05-16T04:57:00.000+10:002003-05-17T01:44:40.190+10:00Episode 6 was sadly the last of Jungle wa Itsumo Hale nochi Guu Deluxe. I think there's a short special around somewhere, though. I'll have to see if I can dig it up.
And this quiz tells me I'm Hale, which is no great surprise.
You are Hale! You are a gamer and a verysweet person, but your friends, family, andyour life are constantly causing you to stressout. Hang in there, things will get Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053024250967185792003-05-16T04:44:00.000+10:002003-05-16T08:52:39.470+10:00Frank J. over at IMAO discusses feminine hygiene and notes that any dead bloggers should redirect all their traffic to him. If I die, Frank, I'll make sure I do that.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1053015286157889192003-05-16T02:14:00.000+10:002003-05-16T04:39:20.236+10:00Blog of the Day is Time For Your Meds!:Cameron Diaz performed my surgery. Well, at least after I got the IV of Versed, she did. And she did it topless, folks. It was quite a show. Everything went well (how could it not?), but it was not without mishaps.Come for the kitties, stay for the awww, they're so cuuute rants.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052981225439337212003-05-15T16:47:00.000+10:002003-05-15T16:47:30.800+10:00Obligatory Marx Brothers Reference File 1:Hello, I must be going,
I cannot stay, I came to say, I must be going.
I'm glad I came, but just the same I must be going.Hooray for Captain Zoidberg! [Spaulding! — Ed] Whatever! Hooray!
Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052980834424399192003-05-15T16:40:00.000+10:002003-05-15T16:40:34.390+10:00Comic of the Day is Under the Lemon Tree by Ralph E. Hayes, Jr. I'd really advise that you start from the beginning.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052952423480623202003-05-15T08:47:00.000+10:002003-05-15T16:48:09.960+10:00Buffy Season 6 and Futurama Season 2 are out on DVD!
Also, yesterday marked one month of blogging. At least three people have read at least part of my blog, so clearly it's not all in vain.
I really do have work to do, and so I must be going.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052952137020722332003-05-15T08:42:00.000+10:002003-05-15T08:47:14.803+10:00Rain, rain,
Rain, rain won't you help me
You know this day, isn't going to last for long;
Rain, rain,
Rain, rain won't you guide me
These arms, these legs, propel them to another day.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052951886427197382003-05-15T08:38:00.000+10:002003-05-15T08:49:11.930+10:00Another episode of Futurama, an episode of MST3K (Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell), an episode of Buffy (season 7, episode 21, the final semi-final as it were) and the Azumanga Daioh movie have joined Jungle wa Itsumo Hale nochi Guu Deluxe episode 6 on my hard drive. All in all a good night's downloading. Some day soon I may have the opportunity to watch them. Now stop bothering me, I Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052926410118556892003-05-15T01:33:00.000+10:002003-05-15T01:35:56.293+10:00Jungle wa Itsumo Hale nochi Guu Deluxe Episode 6 is available now on BitTorrent. Which means that by tomorrow it will be on Kazaa, and by the weekend it will be everywhere.
Meanwhile, why not waddle on over to AnimeSuki for this and a huge amount of other anime goodness.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052925109241803492003-05-15T01:11:00.000+10:002003-05-15T01:20:20.556+10:00Song of the Day is Everything You Know Is Wrong by Weird Al Yankovic:Everything you know is wrong
Black is white, up is down and short is long
And everything you thought was just so
Important doesn't matter
Everything you know is wrong
Just forget the words and sing along
All you need to understand is
Everything you know is wrongWeird Al's new album, Poodle Hat, is out on May 20th.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052924183066533372003-05-15T00:56:00.000+10:002003-05-15T00:57:13.203+10:00Blog of the Day is Gweilo Diaries:Today we've got a possible North Korean plot, Chinese underwear soup and lots of gratutitous breasts.He's wrong, of course. Breasts are never gratuitous.gra·tu·i·tous Pronunciation Key (gr-t-ts, -ty-) adj.
1. Given or granted without return or recompense; unearned.
2. Given or received without cost or obligation; free.
3. Unnecessary or Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052923778556427222003-05-15T00:49:00.000+10:002003-05-15T00:51:59.390+10:00Since I rejoined the workforce I've been thinking about upgrading my PCs. I have two main computers (plus a notebook), and they're both over two years old. They're 1.2GHz Athlons; one running WinXP (which is a whole 'nother story in itself) and the other running Linux (Red Hat 8).
Now, my rule of thumb is to upgrade a computer (assuming I have the money) when the replacement is (a) cheaper Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052921031659838982003-05-15T00:03:00.000+10:002003-05-15T00:03:51.633+10:00Looks like someone has found the St. Claire Safety Sign Builder.
Yup, looks like.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052868085226906532003-05-14T09:21:00.000+10:002003-05-14T10:41:41.140+10:00I think it's raining again.
Water falling from the ceiling is a pretty good indicator of rain, isn't it?Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052846388562706702003-05-14T03:19:00.000+10:002003-05-14T03:25:43.053+10:00Learning from Pain Experience
Windows XP is reinstalled. SP1 is reinstalled. Mozilla is back, complete with the mandatory Orbit 3+1 theme. Orbit makes Mozilla look so much snazzier, it's like a whole new snazzier version of Mozilla. All my email, bookmarks, address books and such are where they should be.
More importantly, my incomplete Kazaa downloads are restored in all their gloriousPixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052839063352979762003-05-14T01:17:00.000+10:002003-05-14T01:19:56.256+10:00Blog of the Day (Hey, didn't we just do one of those? Yes, but it's after midnight now, and anyway, I like this one. Yeah, well, okay, but don't blame me if we all die horribly. How the heck could that happen? We're just recommending a Blog of the Day! Yeah, I'm just saying... Oh, are we still on?)
As I was saying, Blog of the Day is Flooded Lizard Kingdom presented by Princess Piewacket:Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052836561161677352003-05-14T00:36:00.000+10:002003-05-14T00:36:01.100+10:00Format format format
Watch that Maxtor format.
Format format format
Hard drive!Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052823663180352362003-05-13T21:01:00.000+10:002003-05-13T21:01:03.056+10:00Blog of the Day is The Puppy Pile! ktpupp's just started and needs encouragement.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052823175995663122003-05-13T20:52:00.000+10:002003-05-13T20:53:32.410+10:00Scrik scrik scrik scrik
There's no more hated sound in all the world.
Scrik scrik scrik scrik
My file transfers all seem to have stalled.
Scrik scrik scrik scrik
I have a new 80 gig Maxtor; I'll do what I must.
Scrik scrik scrik scrik
Another IBM Deskstar has bitten the dust.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052767494399762272003-05-13T05:24:00.000+10:002003-05-13T05:24:54.356+10:00Web Site of the Day is Bad Astronomy.
In particular, check out the movie reviews. He pans The Core much more thoroughly than I did in the cinema while waiting for The Two Towers to start.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052767159208651822003-05-13T05:19:00.000+10:002003-05-13T05:19:19.180+10:00What is the Mootrix?Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052764219950109962003-05-13T04:30:00.000+10:002003-05-13T04:41:21.066+10:00Badgers? Badgers? We don't need no stinkin' badgers!
And here I was hoping that I would turn out as a cat.
(via The Truth Laid Bear, who turned out to be a bear but I think he cheated, particularly since I'm back to being an Insignificant Microbe)Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052756239925622732003-05-13T02:17:00.000+10:002003-05-14T03:37:31.726+10:00ShippingWinning Bidder is responsible for all shipping costs, permits, cranes or any other equipment needed for loading and transporting, insuring the Property and all costs and risks associated with loading and transporting the Property. Car weighs approximately 40,000 lbs. Location: Fort Worth, TX. Pick up information will be provided to the winning bidder.Oh well. Never mind then.
(via Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052678576475794722003-05-12T04:42:00.000+10:002003-05-12T04:43:16.956+10:00From the You Can't Make This Stuff Up Department: Oklahoma City seizes 30,000 miceOklahoma City police succeeded in busting an illegal rodent farm but now authorities are faced with the problem of what to do with 30,000 white mice seized in the raid.That is, I presume, as opposed to a legal rodent farm?"We have completely emptied our truck port where the vehicles come in and have it totally Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052678064950978292003-05-12T04:34:00.000+10:002003-05-12T04:34:38.470+10:00Site of the Day is Water Rockets. Whoooosh!
Cool Toy of the Day is the Safety Sign Builder (requires Adobe Acrobat).
(Both, unless I'm losing my marbles, which is entirely possible, via Dave Barry)Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052676483102131142003-05-12T04:08:00.000+10:002003-05-12T04:08:03.116+10:00Blog of the Day is Mean Mr. Mustard who is in his own words "lazy as a comatose sloth on Thorazine". Good thing blogging doesn't require strenuous physical activity, then.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052671688154363992003-05-12T02:48:00.000+10:002003-05-12T02:48:08.030+10:00Web Comic of the Day has to be As If! The link takes you to a lovely pink-and-blue portal page, from which you can jump straight to the latest strip or go to the archives to see older stuff.
All of the strips from day one are online, or you can download them as zip files to read at your leisure.
What's it like? It's like, well, cool. And stuff. Just read it, willya?Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052671395618223032003-05-12T02:43:00.000+10:002003-05-12T02:43:15.530+10:00I'm tinkering with Moveable Type but right now that blog is even uglier than this one. When I get it up and running, you'll be the second to know.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052665468384036302003-05-12T01:04:00.000+10:002003-05-12T01:04:28.860+10:00All of a sudden I'm a wiggly worm. Not, as it turns out, because anyone reads my blog, but because I was indexed by the automatic indexer at blo.gs. Alas. But I'll enjoy my wormhood while it lasts, which is not likely to be long.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052642533082384742003-05-11T18:42:00.000+10:002003-05-11T18:42:47.656+10:00Kids these days!
The Defective Yeti is on the receiving end of the blissful ignorance of youth.
Meanwhile, The Ghost of a Flea is on a roll, and points us to - among other things - the Cheeky Girls. I'm not sure if I'll forgive him for that.
Oh, and Cold Fury fisks a sandwich. (You Instapundit [no link] readers will have seen this already, which just shows that you should have come Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052594104959914682003-05-11T05:15:00.000+10:002003-05-11T05:23:25.823+10:00Site of the day is The Museum of Unworkable Devices:
This museum is a celebration of fascinating devices that don't work. It houses diverse examples of the perverse genius of inventors who refused to let their thinking be intimidated by the laws of nature, remaining optimistic in the face of repeated failures.Now also available in Portugese.
When you've finished boggling at the perpetual Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052592467189901672003-05-11T04:47:00.000+10:002003-05-11T04:49:05.536+10:00I've grabbed all the Futurama I could get my hands on, so now I'm downloading Mystery Science Theatre 3000 (MST3K to its fans). Which I have never seen. I don't know if it's ever been shown in Australia.
Hooray for Zoidberg! [Broadband — Ed.] Broadband! Hooray!Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052579695803377412003-05-11T01:14:00.000+10:002003-05-13T04:53:19.346+10:00Blog of the day is Amateur Hour, if for no other reason than introducing me to the amazing collection of nifty Flash games at Orisinal. Amateur Hour has some interesting points to make on media and communication and stuff like that too, so give it a read when you get tired of eating flies.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052548213613729892003-05-10T16:30:00.000+10:002003-05-10T16:30:13.533+10:00Steven den Beste, who knows, like, everything, explains why you can't build a helicopter whose rotor moves faster than the speed of light.
So you might as well stop trying now, and take up basket-weaving.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052547150414685512003-05-10T16:12:00.000+10:002003-05-10T16:12:30.620+10:00But at least it's stopped raining.Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280219.post-1052547027797388792003-05-10T16:10:00.000+10:002003-05-10T16:10:27.803+10:00Blog of the day is Motley Cow. Your host for this evening is Zarathustra2101. No, I don't know what happened to the previous 2100 Zarathustras.
I'm sure I've seen that cow roaming around Sydney, by the way, but right now I can't find an appropriate link. Bah!Pixy Misahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855049515966841347noreply@blogger.com