When I grow up I’m going to be tall like Mommy, and Daddy, and “Buppa” and “Gramma” and Auntie Polly
-Squiddo age 3
(This is really funny if you’ve met my family.) 
A Matter of Perspective
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Ice Temple
beautiful
I’m just playing around with a new flickr/wordpress plug-in. I found this photo in the process and I felt like sharing it.
Hooray for Delegation
I use this site’s URL (http://blog.hooloovoo.net) as my OpenID. One of the cool things about OpenID is that I don’t have to run my own OpenID server to use my own URL, I can delegate a server to do the “heavy lifting” for me. I actually have several identity providers available to me, Vox, MyOpenID, and even AOL, (not that I use my aim screen name much anymore.) I’ve pretty much been using MyOpenID as my delegate. That changed this morning. I have nothing against MyOpenID at all. I think they are a great provider. So why the change? I’m using VeriSign Labs new OpenID service because I can use my PayPal/eBay security key (otherwise known as a VIP Credential) as part of the authentication.
Multi-Factor authentication for the win!
(almost) the iPod I’ve been waiting for
The new iPod Touch looks like a good upgrade to my 60GB 5th Gen iPod. I’ve been waiting for a multi-touch interface iPod to come out since the iPhone was announced (well, technically since before that.) AND it comes with WiFi and mobile Safari and and and…
I’ve got just over 40GB of songs and videos on my current iPod, And I still have a bunch of CD’s that I’ve yet to get around to importing. A copy of entire iTunes library (and then some) is stored there. If I were to get even a 16GB iPod touch, I’d have to start managing what I have synched, and thats even before I start buying things with the WiFi iTunes Music store.
Maybe I’m lazy, but I think I’ll just wait for a higher capacity iPod touch. That being said, if one of these were to make their way into my life as a birthday and/or Christmas present, I’d happily make room for it.
French Onion Soup
I wanted to make French Onion Soup the other day. The recipe below is the one I used. The only modification I made was to use wheat bread and a blend of Gruyere and Provalone for the topping.
In my opinion, this recipe is way better than your standard restaurant fare. It makes enough to have leftovers for a couple of days. I think next time, I’m going to make a vegitarian adaptation.
And… we’re back…??
Well, it looks like (my part of) the DNS issues DreamHost is having have been (partially) resolved.
I wonder if it had anything to do with me going into the web panel and adding a new sub-domain. Probably not.
In other news it looks like their off-network status page is still being DDOSed
connect the dots. la la la.
I’m playing with www.tumblr.com right now. I want to see if I can use it as kind of a “personal aggregator” since it supports the import of various feeds.
I was having trouble with the feed for this site. I’m going to try importing it again and see what happens.
twofifths
As of this morning I’m 2/5 of the way to the goal I’ve set for myself. It’s ambitious, but I can do it!
Upgrages Ahoy
It doesn’t LOOK like the latest upgrade broke anything…
I’ve lost something
June 11th was when I first noticed something missing, and I started collecting data to keep track of what I’ve lost. (“Keep track of what I’d lost,” if it’s lost how does one keep track?)
As of this morning I’ve lost about 20 of these things altogether. Some days, I find one or two have turned up, but then I just go and lose them again. When all is said and done, I expect 74 of these things to stay lost forever. So far, its going well.