Tina Marie's Ramblings

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

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:33:39 GMT

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

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The colors of lunch.

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:23:09 GMT

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Snow!

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:09:15 GMT

The last can of pumpkin.

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:33:54 GMT

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My new toy!

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:29:12 GMT

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.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:44:13 GMT

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!

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:43:27 GMT

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

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Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:43:21 GMT

I have Google Wave invites. 7 left.

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Looking for the perfect Christmas present for me?

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:41:01 GMT

I need a Cupcake Car.

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From OKCupid:

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:36:32 GMT

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

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Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:27:18 GMT

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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Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:13:35 GMT

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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Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:30:41 GMT

So the Tripacer sold this weekend.

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Pie R Square!

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:55:52 GMT

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.

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:05:40 GMT

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?

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:27:14 GMT

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Ecommerce?

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:27:05 GMT

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...

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:46:07 GMT

This is really, really cool.

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Summer updates

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:59:42 GMT

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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Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:47:21 GMT

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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Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:45:35 GMT

There are places where time doesn't exist.

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Unix tutorials, at the airport!

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:37:03 GMT

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Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:31:08 GMT

Rule of thumb #937:

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Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:18:55 GMT

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.

Fri, 29 May 2009 15:28:53 GMT

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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