31
May 10

How do you make an entire movi…

How do you make an entire movie about “Babies” and only include one tiny scene about poop?


26
May 10

Guh! Neomonde fail. I forgot m…

Guh! Neomonde fail. I forgot my pitas.


23
May 10

In which we discover that a “squirrel proof” feeder is not, in fact, “raccoon proof”

this morning, we awoke to discover that our squirrel proof bird feeder was lying on the porch, on its side, empty.

this feeder: http://squirrelproofbirdfeeder.com/products/e100.html – which has, so far, survived the combined efforts of several highly trained suburban assault squirrels. with some difficulty, they are able to extract one seed at a time, with their tongues. eventually, they give up and leave the sunflower seeds to the birds.

when we saw the state of the feeder, we were somewhat perplexed. there had been no strong winds. none of the hardware had failed. and there had been seeds in it as of last night.

then i took a look at the CritterCam footage from the incident.

raccoons vs feeder 1

raccoons vs feeder 2

after examining the footage, we’ve decided this is what happened:

shortly after image 1 was taken, the raccoons were able to lift the feeder off its hook and it dropped onto the porch (see image 2). the drop ejected some of the sunflower seeds.

the raccoons then proceeded for several minutes, according to the subsequent images, to roll the feeder around the porch between them, freeing the remaining seeds.


23
May 10

Cooking tonight’s roast (from …

Cooking tonight’s roast (from Good Eats “A Chuck for Chuck”) How smoky would the kitchen need to be before setting off the smoke detector?


20
May 10

Peter Gabriel – The Boy In the…

Peter Gabriel – The Boy In the Bubble – http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-boy-in-the-bubble/id355297757?i=355297851 #iTunes


19
May 10

Today, each of my employees wi…

Today, each of my employees will receive a new MacBook Pro.


18
May 10

Great. I twote earlier about R…

Great. I twote earlier about Rush “2112” and now I can’t get “YYZ” out of my head.


17
May 10

my subjects would be required …

my subjects would be required to listen to Rush’s “2112” as loud as their speakers will go, at least once daily. #IfIRuledTheWorld


13
May 10

Where is the outrage that the …

Where is the outrage that the iPhone and iPad don’t support Java applets?


12
May 10

Anybody have a recommendation …

Anybody have a recommendation for an android app to edit rtf files?