Wired Cola

The Beeb is reporting that a group of old-guard commies in China are speaking out against censorship.

Two links worth posting here: The RAAM is a weird event. Jure Robic, repeat winner, is even weirder.

Also, it's official. The CBC's Quirks and Quarks says that if you don't get any stronger after you exercise, it's not your fault. Some people just don't respond as effectively to exercise, and it seems to be almost entirely genetic.

There's precious little to report, but I feel guilty when I go a week without updating this space. Rest assured that I am dumping my brains all over the Vancouver metblog.

On the weekend, I get to meet my new niece, Olivia. This week I went to watch the Pickton voir dire hearings, but I can't tell you what I heard. And I have enough projects cooking to make me feel sort of productive.

That is all.

Today, at work, I answered an emailed support request from a client. The issue she was facing had gone on through several emails to that point, and each time the client had given her response in doggerel verse.

I sent her back an unsophisticated 18-line poem, which included specific troubleshooting guidance for her problem. An excerpt follows.

A savvy user just recalls computing's rules three:

-Do not go to the sort of sites your mother wouldn't favour
-Do not download from parts unknown: on this, never waver

Turner Classic Movies once again justifies the existence of television, this time with a great little interstitial documentary. The topic?