Tina Marie's Ramblings

If you don't play WoW, you may not get this.

2009-12-09T23:33:39Z

If you do play WoW, you really want to watch it. :)

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The colors of lunch.

2009-12-09T19:23:09Z

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Snow!

2009-12-05T04:09:15Z

The last can of pumpkin.

2009-12-03T01:33:54Z

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My new toy!

2009-11-30T00:29:12Z

I bought a Pachinko machine this weekend. In blatant violation of every rule I have about not buying projects and not buying things I don't have room for.

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Just in case.

2009-11-20T20:44:13Z

I can't imagine there is anyone on my friends list who has an interest in airplanes who hasn't seen this, but just in case:

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Windsurfing!

2009-11-03T23:43:27Z

The best part of living in Houston is the wonderful fall weather.

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skywhisperer @ 2009-10-13T10:43:00

2009-10-13T15:43:21Z

I have Google Wave invites. 7 left.

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Looking for the perfect Christmas present for me?

2009-10-07T16:41:01Z

I need a Cupcake Car.

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From OKCupid:

2009-10-06T16:36:32Z

How to write first contact messages in a way that will actually get you a response

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skywhisperer @ 2009-09-30T15:27:00

2009-09-30T20:27:18Z

From The Kitchen today:

- Pour the cream into a saucepan. Do it gently heat. Grate the chocolate with the electric robot and put it in a bowl. Add the butter pieces.

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skywhisperer @ 2009-09-28T14:13:00

2009-09-28T19:13:35Z

I really do try to not post a whole lot of political things here - I have a lot of people on various friend lists who have a variety of political views, and I try to keep from offending most of them most of the time.

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skywhisperer @ 2009-09-21T15:30:00

2009-09-21T20:30:41Z

So the Tripacer sold this weekend.

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Pie R Square!

2009-08-14T20:55:52Z

Originally uploaded by SkyWhisperer

...or "oh no - my CSA comes next weekend, and my freezer is already full" pie.

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What Tina Learned Today.

2009-08-14T00:05:40Z

I can see clearly now...
Originally uploaded by SkyWhisperer

I've been thinking about what to do about backups lately. We have Time Machine running in the house, but I wanted something off-site. I have too much data to just throw on my server.

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Breakfast, lunch, and....dinner?

2009-08-06T16:27:14Z

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Ecommerce?

2009-07-28T16:27:05Z

I've got a friend who wants to sell some crafts online. I'm recommending Etsy, but she's thinking more of an ecommerce-type thing. I see a dozen packages that integrate with Paypal and friends - anyone ever used one? Can you recommend/not-recommed any of them?

From Slashdot this morning...

2009-07-20T15:46:07Z

This is really, really cool.

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Summer updates

2009-07-10T21:59:42Z

Summer's hit in full force here. We've already had a lot of 100+ days. It's too hot to be out, too hot to ride anywhere, too hot to go to the airport.

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skywhisperer @ 2009-06-17T09:46:00

2009-06-17T16:47:21Z

Randomness of the day: Immigration control is DRM for a border, and people respond to it in exactly the same way.

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skywhisperer @ 2009-06-15T20:45:00

2009-06-16T03:45:35Z

There are places where time doesn't exist.

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Unix tutorials, at the airport!

2009-06-15T20:37:03Z

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skywhisperer @ 2009-06-15T14:29:00

2009-06-15T19:31:08Z

Rule of thumb #937:

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skywhisperer @ 2009-06-03T17:18:00

2009-06-03T22:18:55Z

There's probably going to be a new PC in my future, sometime after Windows 7 comes out. I'm tempted by the Shuttle, but just for comparison, I wanted to see what the equivalent Dell would cost. And I found this:

A 56K modem? How...quaint.

skywhisperer @ 2009-05-29T10:28:00

2009-05-29T15:28:53Z

I first saw this in college - on a real piece of paper - but then hadn't seen this in years. It popped up from fortune when I logged in this morning:

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