I’m delighted that the next version of APC has been released, it’s been a little while since a new package was made and it’s a good opportunity to get everything back into sync especially in determining which bugs are still causing problems for people. There are a number of changes and fixes from Rasmus, Gopal, Ilia, Wez, Bjori and myself. I’m interested to see how the new locking methods work out for people, specifically pthread mutex vs. spin locks (spin locks from the Postgres project). I’ll try to get some benchmarks of my own completed in the comming week.

This was a lot of fun! Thanks to Yelp and Cyan for a good recommendation on where to have it done (Body Manipulations, SF), and David for holding my hand.

So I’ve been going through a lot of different in ear headphones lately and I think I’ve settled on the Shure E3C’s. I initially had a pair of middle level Etymotic’s and they where satisfactory, but shorted out after a year of use. I then upgraded to the highest end Etymotics and was very disappointed, the earpieces where too large and wouldn’t stay in my ear as the long barrel shaped ear piece would get pull down too easily. Oh and the sound quality was shit. I then opted in for the Shure E3C’s and the hardware and sound quality are considerably better. The design is great, they are comfortable, and the sound quality is several degrees better then the highest end Etymotics. I’ve only had them for about a month, so we’ll see how they hold up. A close friend has had the high end Shures for well over a year now with no problems and exceptional quality.  More images can be found in my gallery.

I just read the Wired article on the Pleo, and I can’t wait. This is the latest invention from the creator of the Furby, and it sounds much more interesting! Their page states that they’ll start taking order requests on Feb. 3rd, I hope to get one as I missed out on the Furby craze and I can’t stand taking care of an animal. Seems like this is a good half way point. Besides I just like getting my hands on cool new “toys”. Doesn’t it look cute in a miniture prehistoric big lizard kinda way?

I’ve been noticing a disturbing trend on my statistics lately. Specifically search engine keyword searches that lead people to my site.

I’m not sure where “guy tied” or “american pie” came from. Really I don’t know. But it seems like I should start to focus my blog on more information about cute gay boys than anything technical, although dirvish and the facebook book seem to score pretty high as well. Perhaps it’s time for a new theme “gay boy tech”. Makes it sound like borg porn, but whatever sells.

Sometimes I think that the bagel place down the street tries just a little too hard to put as much jelly and PB as they can on a single bagel. Not that I don’t appreciate the effort, but it’s difficult to navigate the quagmire of jelly and type on a keyboard.

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I was reading “Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories” by Chuck Palahniuk, and one had a series of questions by Juliette Lewes described as being “more telling about me than anything I could write in a diary”. There are no answers to these questions in the book so I figured I’d answer them. This will be the first and last time I consciously write something so stupid.

“Did you ever stab someone or cut them intentionally with a sharp object?”
No.

“Do you like asparagus?”
No!

“Do you have a middle name?”
Yes, it’s my father’s first name.

“Do cats frustrate you as pets, or do you admire their independence?”
Both.
“Did you ever break a guy’s nose?”
No.
“Would you say you won more fights than you’ve lost?”
Fighting is losing.

“Was there a time when you were mystified by the workings of your penis?”
I still am, and I hope it keeps working.

“Do you look more like your mother or father?”
Stupid question.

“Did you date an older woman that you’d consider an older woman, and what did she teach you?”
No.
“What’s the first image you have of the female body?”
I don’t want to talk about it.

“Does the respect factor drop when a woman has breast implants?”
Only if my respect for her was already going downhill.

“Did you go to sleep-away summer camp?”
No.

“Do you like roller coasters?”
No!

“What do you imagine happens to someone after the body dies? And do you believe that you are a spirit with a
body or just a brain?”
You’re body decomposes. wtf is a spirit?

“How do you explain Mozart writing symphonies at seven? (Because I think that’s a prime example of creative
ability being spirit-generated.)”
It’s different Mozart wasn’t a human.

“Did the female anatomy ever mystify and scare you? (because it did me, and I’m the owner.)”
Yes, it still does.

“Have you ever been caught in a natural disaster?”
Yes, it’s was called Earth.

“Did you ever own Birkenstocks?”
Absolutely not.

“What was your favorite expression growing up? Or what was it closer to: ”
That’s so fresh.
THat’s so bitchin’.
THat’s so wicked.
That’s so rad. -> childhood favorite
Or, that’s so hot. -> current favorite

“Did you ever fall in love with an animal in a way where you wished you could talk like human friends?”
Yes, I wish I could relate to some of my human friends like I did with that animal.

“Do you feel that we are all potentially Christlike?”
Yes, it if we where actually “Christlike” it would be hell.

“Do you have hope for humanity? And if not, how can you honestly keep on going in the face of that hopelessness?”

No, I don’t live my life for humanity.

“I’m just a dog smoking a cigarette outside Pottery Barn.” –Chuck Palahniuk

“The couple was caught in the act of committing the nefarious sin [sodomy]. They were duly punished for this crime, but not with the severity it properly deserved…the layman answered that the Joya was his wife!…almost every village has two or three. But we place our trust in God and expect that these accursed people will disappear with the growth of the missions. The abominable vice will be elimnated to the extent that the Catholic faith and all the other virtues are firmly implanted there, for the glory of God and the benefit of those poor ignorants.”

- Francisco Palou, 1777, St. Antonio, California

“The union of a man and woman is the most enduring human institution, honoring–honored and encouraged in all cultures and by every religious faith.”

- President George W. Bush, 2004