Diana’s mom currently has EIGHT cats staying in her room, because a friend of hers sold his house before having a new one lined up. The cats need a place to stay while he transitions.
Our sleep was disturbed by the dog, who felt compelled to bark at them from across the house when they began meowing in the middle of the night. Judy’s sleep was bascially nonexistent, because of course she was right there in the room with the meowing cats.
Oh, well, at least she’s keeping them pent up in her room, rather than letting them all over the house to play havoc with my allergies (and the dog). I wonder how long she can keep this up for, though…
I agreed to all this because I thought it was only for a week. Then a week was added. Then I find out it’s for a MONTH after the cats are “moved in”. I’m not happy, needless to say.
Read more...From the AudioScrobbler listener group Radioheads_Not_Our_Top_Artist:
> We don’t hate Radiohead. We just think it’s weird that they > are the number one artist of practically everyone using > audioscrobbler (English speakers, anyway.) > > So, the only prerequisite for joining this group is that > your #1 Top Artist isn’t Radiohead.
And here’s their artist statistics…
Weekly Artist Chart Week prior to Jul 17, 2005, 05:00 1 Radiohead 2 Coldplay 3 The Beatles 4 The White Stripes …
Read more...Why didn’t I try AudioScrobbler sooner? It’s a simple plugin for WinAmp/iTunes/Insertyourmediaplayerhere that tracks which songs/artists you play, and how often. No ratings, no genres, nothing you need to be as anal retentive as a librarian in order to track. It uploads this data to a Website, where your listening data is compared with other people’s to find those with similar taste.
You can then use their profiles to discover music you might like. You can even go to their new sister site, last.fm, to listen to a personalized radio station. (Right now I’m listening to a groovin’ downtempo/rap song I might never have discovered otherwise. Because it’s in French.)
Read more...I’m downloading some database software, and the license contains this little passage…
> Circumstances may arise where, because of a default on > [vendor]’s part or other liability, You are entitled to recover > damages from [vendor]. In each such instance, regardless of the > basis on which You may be entitled to claim damages from > [vendor], (including fundamental breach, negligence, > misrepresentation, or other contract or tort claim), [vendor] is > liable for no more than 1) damages for bodily injury > (including death) and damage to real property and tangible > personal property…
Ah, good. If the database kills anybody or destroys their house, at least I’ll be covered.
Read more...More data mining fun...
This site tracks the moods reported in entries by all LiveJournal users over time. Note the spike in “shocked” right after the London bombings.
http://ilps.science.uva.nl/cgi-bin/livejournal/mood?shocked
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