Looks as intended.

Please do not attempt to adjust your displays.

You don’t need to empty your cache, clear your tubes, or hunt for senators.

If you think you’re missing a stylesheet, you aren’t. I am.

I needed a theme that actually flexed with the browser, which Charcoal doesn’t.
So for now, I have Sandbox running, and will try to work on a theme over the coming weeks to make it look less plain.

Thank you for your understanding.
Please send bacon.

Update: Should look less plain for now while I try to sit down and remember enough CSS to make my own design.

I might sell ad space.

I can hear the collective groan at those words, but hear me out:

I just blew $600 on a replacement scooter, and would not object to a little cash to round off the few relatively minor things that aren’t right about it.

Ideally, I’ve got space to stick a couple of bumper sticker-sized decals to my scooter on the sides. I have no problem covering up the Verucci badging either, if someone wants to consider that space as well.

I’d likely be doing something with local businesses at first if I do run with the idea, but first, I need to find out whether I need to do any special paperwork before I can start riding around with ads on my scoot.

It’s just a thought, though.

A week of chirping (2010-08-29)

  • Bleah. I might need a new mouse. #
  • I figured out why I order pizza so often when I order delivery. #
  • I seriously hate talking my way through an order over the phone. It's irritating as hell. #

Wasteful…

I think it is now in our nature to be wasteful creatures.

We leave desktops on all day — not piddly little things with a 50 watt PSU, but behemoths that demand 500 or even 1000 watts of power through their power supplies.

We leave all the lights on in the house — not compact fluorescent bulbs, not LEDs, but those hot, huge incandescent 100 watt bulbs.

We run our central heating and air units all day — not at a relatively comfortable temperature like 76 degrees, but at 65 degrees on a day where it’s 95 degrees outside AND we leave the door open, as if to try to cool down the neighborhood.

All in all, this makes me rather sad.

I try to do my part for what we have left on this rock, but sometimes, it feels like I’m the only one bothering.

I leave one desktop on all day. It has a 24 watt power supply. I encourage my roomie to put his in standby when he’s going to leave for work, but I don’t think that happens (*sigh*). I flat out hibernate my desktop before leaving to go to work, which results in the machine being off for 12 and a half hours or so. Our primary desktops have 300 watt power supplies — more than adequate for what either of us actually does at the computer, and that’s with the three hard drives and the ATi Radeon I’ve got in my case (caught some cheap deals on 500GB HDDs~).

We leave a light on. It’s a 9 watt Compact Fluorescent, so that neither of us step on the cat when we come in at night.

The central air? We don’t even look at it in the winter — is it that hard to put on a pair of sweatpants and a pair of socks? Seriously? In the summer, we usually set it to about 75. Ceiling fan helps to circulate the air around the apartment, as does the box fan I have that usually sits in my doorway (my room gets the warmest — in fact, almost unbearably warm at times).

I try to be frugal with our power consumption, keeping in mind that until 4 years ago, I didn’t even have central air and heating. A family of seven, living in a tiny house, and able to keep the electric bill under $150 a month (even during the summer) without levelizing the bill shows me that if we’re willing to give something up, we can show that we aren’t so dependent on electricity.

Granted, now I live in an apartment that becomes stifling and unbearable if the AC is off (In the old house, we could leave the doors wide open, as they were screened, adding tremendously to the general airflow), but we try our best to limit our power usage.

Sometimes, I feel like I’m the only one trying even remotely to give a damn.

A week of chirping (2010-08-22)

  • If just one in ten people would actually donate to free projects that they find indispensable, I think it could make a difference. #
  • That said, donating to the DownThemAll project. I was miserable without it until I saw there was an update for Firefox 4 beta 3. #
  • http://tweetphoto.com/39357917 looks like @GoHART is up to something… :-) #
  • Ride the #37 free this Friday. (@ Netpark Transfer Center) http://4sq.com/cPqT3i #
  • *sigh* The cat is at it again. #foreverholdyourpees #
  • Sometimes, I wonder if I'm asexual.

    Then I realize that I just have a higher standard. #whoneedssex #

  • I'm craving a noodle salad with crispy fried strips of beef and orange slices… (@ McDonald's) http://4sq.com/d8AqaP #
  • Still want that noodle salad. Any places in Tampa that deliver? (@ Netpark Transfer Center) http://4sq.com/cPqT3i #
  • My Twifficiency score is 41%. Whats yours? http://twifficiency.com/ #
  • Ah, ffff. I need to buy a new huey soon. :( Mine just about disintegrated a moment ago when I took it off my monitor. #
  • So sad. I don't want to spend this much on it, but I want to replace my cracking huey. I wish @Woot would try to sell more of them soon. #
  • http://tweetphoto.com/39701884 ;_; #
  • ;_; The split runs all up the side, and around to the other. It's falling apart. http://twitpic.com/2frm6p #
  • Using all my willpower to go in to work today. I feel like hell has run me over this morning. #
  • Bucs game to be blacked out in #Tampa Good. Maybe y'all will go check out local businesses and give them money instead. #
  • I strangely feel affection for this kitten. Maybe it's indigestion. #foreverholdyourpees #
  • Seriously need to drum up customers for my collab partner, so she can get a few bucks in her pocket since her move. #
  • I miss the days where you'd be introduced to someone's S.O. in person, or at least over the phone. Now you're expected to know via bookface. #
  • This bookface age sucks to be a human in. It takes away my ability to BE human even more so than the twitters can. #
  • Robots have taken over; We haven't noticed; We're quietly trying to be more like them, assimilating so much information. Useless data. #
  • All an effort to catch up to them. Constantly connected to the world through some means. Robots in our pockets, and we're too dumb to see. #
  • Popcorn popper for me~ (@ Mission 52) http://4sq.com/bKBiHz #
  • I just became the mayor of Radio Shack on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/bdist2 #
  • I guess I need a bluetooth headset for my phone! (@ Radio Shack) http://4sq.com/bdist2 #
  • Might as well eat lunch. (@ Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen) http://4sq.com/cW4Kv7 #
  • I sort of wonder. Why don't these sweeteners use dietary fiber to provide the 'filler', since Americans could really use moar fiber? #
  • Argh, why is fb2k playing the same five songs over and over? :( #
  • Well, #furries I'm apparently doing some inkwork on WatchTail tonight. You'll find me there as NotArtistic, or you won't find me. :) #
  • Careful on Hillsborough at Armenia. Couple of officers staring intently at traffic. Don't run the light, #Tampa #
  • CONFIRMED: Hillsborough and Armenia IS A TRAP. 3 cops on m'cycles and 1 on foot pulling ppl over in #Tampa @TampaBayTraffic #
  • I'm at Netpark Transfer Center (Netpark, Tampa). http://4sq.com/cPqT3i #
  • I got a pocket full of nootropics and my homeboys do, too. (@ McDonald's) http://4sq.com/d8AqaP #
  • AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!!!!!! #
  • Have some FRIDAY, bishes. (@ Netpark Transfer Center) http://4sq.com/cPqT3i #
  • I should go get some beefs… (@ Yukon Transfer Center) http://4sq.com/biJiaI #
  • Is it sad that I've realized it takes a man to wear a dress in America more often than a woman? #whenyouseeit #
  • So THERE's the rain that I didn't get yesterday when I had my umbrella with me… #
  • Every time an artist I like releases only on iTunes, I won't buy that track/album. Wish more would release on @AmieStreet. #
  • Even AmazonMP3 is more acceptable to me than iTunes. Now to wait until midnight to buy. #
  • Revoking my own singing license for singing along to Celine Dion and Alicia Keys in UltraStar tonight. Also, starting to lose my voice. #
  • [You have purchased the album Katy On A Mission by @KatyBmusic.] – Thank you for having it on Amazon. #
  • Also, wtf @Amazon for making me wait until nearly three in the morning to make a music download purchase. #
  • Bleh. I slept through @Mewzikbox this morning, and have nearly slept through @ablegimmegroove's show, too. Maybe I should've gone to bed. #
  • This is strange. It's as if @Dragoneer is in love. #

A week of chirping (2010-08-15)

  • Dead tired this morning. Didn't sleep too well. (@ McDonald's) http://4sq.com/d8AqaP #
  • Soaking. Bloody. Wet. Florida DOT needs to put sidewalks in on MLK and I-4. (@ Netpark Transfer Center) http://4sq.com/cPqT3i #
  • http://vid.fatpita.net/?i=97 puppy tipping. #
  • 100GET, just for you. ? http://blip.fm/~un6qe #
  • Things to check off my todo list: Eat a teaspoon full of cinnamon without a beverage chaser. #
  • Ugh. So congested right now. Standing in the rain, then sitting on ice cold buses for an hour didn't help. -.-;; #
  • Sink cat is in the sink. Zhuangzi was purring the whole time. :) http://twitpic.com/2ddn54 #
  • Oh, geez. This captcha is impossible to read, like the twenty-six others presented before it. I also love how the audio button doesn'w work. #
  • Ugh. My head feels like a sponge. #
  • RT @SwainyOrca BBC News – Woman starts fight over chicken nuggets http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10922428 (lol. What.) #
  • Sitting in a Subway, waiting for roomie to IM me that he's awake. Locked my keys in the apartment somehow. Blaming the recently sprayed cat. #
  • I do mean sprayed. Had to chase her out of my room twice with a water bottle this morning, just to close my door. #
  • Needless to say, my back is even more agitated than I want it to be, and I'm out of painkillers. #
  • Fact: Without @GoHART, it would cost me ~$60 a day to commute to and from work via taxi. Without a car or scooter, you can't go places. #
  • http://mofo.killmail.org/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=7309710 #tweetfleet Reminder as to why you DO NOT UNDOCK WITH PLEX IN YOUR CARGO. #
  • #vss 1x, there's a guy who <3d bacon. He loved it so much, he shared w/the world. Even bacon haters <3d it. Then he got into a tweetup. D Nd #
  • #furries – It looks like K of XnK is offering commissions. http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1627653/ Spread the word. #
  • Never thought I would say this, but: @RadioShack++; @Sprint–; #
  • http://fatpita.net/?i=5407 Awh. :( #
  • I feel like shit. :-( (@ Netpark Transfer Center) http://4sq.com/cPqT3i #
  • … that wasn't a good sound, this crackling as I sit down. Sound like it came from inside… (@ McDonald's) http://4sq.com/d8AqaP #
  • That is a lot of cops… (@ Yukon Transfer Center) http://4sq.com/biJiaI #
  • I don't expect a @Sprint representative to call back despite having emailed the supervisor I was talking to three times. Nope. #
  • For once, I'm glad @RadioShack is willing to work with me. I'll let them take the phone back and get another one. #
  • When the replacement one works as expected under Windows 7, I'll just call and rip @Sprint a new one for being so aggravating about this. #
  • A new phone should be an enjoyable experience, not one that makes you feel like you're at work when you're at home. #
  • Need milk for breakfast. My [me] & goji cereals came. :-) (@ CVS) http://4sq.com/bmJV3Y #
  • http://news.techworld.com/sme/3235324/oracle-sues-google-over-java-use-in-android-operating-system/ Really, now? Oracle–; Google++; #
  • Friday GET. (@ Netpark Transfer Center) http://4sq.com/cPqT3i #
  • I'm at Yukon Transfer Center (400 E Yukon St, at E Yukon St & Seminole, Tampa). http://4sq.com/biJiaI #
  • 89¢ eggs! :-) (@ Walgreens) http://4sq.com/99FQDv #
  • Wow. That's a lot of cops over at Cahill's tonight. 6 or 8 squad cars at least. #
  • Meow. Meowww. Mew. Meow. Maaaaow. Mew. Meow. STFU CAT STFU GEEZ can I just use the toilet without your bloody racket!? #
  • Funny. She just shut up. #damncat #
  • How, seriously, do ya get a cat to stop climbing on things she is not welcome on (kitchen counter, printer, …)? Water bottle doesn't work! #
  • o/` When we erupt into the room, and hear the sub go boom … #
  • Laughing hard at Skepta's "Disguise" on Pandora. :D #
  • Locked in on the @RinseFM. Finally get to hear @ScratchaDVA live, not in a podcast. :) #
  • I am weak. (@ Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen) http://4sq.com/cW4Kv7 #
  • Sitting here with @PopeyesChicken, contemplating life as it is. That coupon is wicked. Too full. #
  • GET IT BY YOUR HANDS #
  • Sleeping and listening to @MewzikBox. Figure that out. #
  • Quit being such a Dramulan. Gosh. #

A week of chirping (2010-08-08)

  • Other than the fact that I can't get my phone to connect to my PC under Windows 7, I'm really liking my phone. SNES emulators! :O #
  • Keeping it @RinseFM on my morning commute. Shouts to DJ Crises. :-) #
  • I'm at Netpark Transfer Center (Netpark, Tampa). http://4sq.com/cPqT3i #
  • Good times. (@ McDonald's) http://4sq.com/d8AqaP #
  • Good grief, twitterverse, you are quiet this morning. Come on, open yer beaks and TWEET! #
  • Memo to self: some coworkers are beyond help. Don't bother. #
  • Good thing I have my tongue-biting skill running today. :-\ #
  • As long as the roommate doesn't find out… :-) (@ Subway) http://4sq.com/cpTM2y #
  • I just unlocked the "Explorer" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/aDNqTd #
  • Morning. (@ McDonald's) http://4sq.com/d8AqaP #
  • Realized why I gained 20 pounds since my scooter broke. Even though I walk more, diet is king. #
  • Inadvertently eating 1100 calories for breakfast? Must stop. Yay, parfait or fruit & walnut salads. #
  • Ready to go home, to the air conditioning. (@ Netpark Transfer Center) http://4sq.com/cPqT3i #
  • … the short bus. Again. #37 is too crowded for the short bus. :-( (@ Netpark Transfer Center) http://4sq.com/cPqT3i #
  • Marvelling at the fact that it takes a phone to get me to exercise more than I would otherwise. Wow. #
  • Regretting everything. Ate stuff I should not. #
  • Locked in to the @RinseFM for my evening bus ride home. :-) #
  • Bus + Kindle for Android + Rinse FM = Good ride home. (@ Netpark Transfer Center) http://4sq.com/cPqT3i #
  • #uNF Angel's Fear, playing on my Samsung Intercept. Unconverted from its original SPC format. #OHGODYES #
  • #GodIsInHisHeaven #nowplaying Did You See the Sea? – ???? #AllIsRightWithTheWorld #
  • You know it's bad when you view work as an escape from the animal of the house. #thatdamncat #
  • Is it bad when you wake up, wanting to cry? #
  • Not only did I get in on today's @CrowdSavings deal, I've a coupon good for 10% off today's deal for #Tampa 'REFER-WLKCX' is reusable. :) #
  • I wanna cry. I love you, @PopeyesChicken, but the chicken doesn't love me back. Lots of calories if I enjoy the spicy, tasty skin. :( #
  • Actually sent a RFE to the guys at RouteShout to see what can be done to make the app better for reading @GoHART's schedules. :) #
  • http://fatpita.net/?i=5844 – thought you should know. #
  • Did you know? It's nearly impossible to get unbuttered, unsalted microwaveable popcorn at Winn-Dixie. #
  • I'm at Winn Dixie (8438 n armenia ave, Tampa). http://4sq.com/acc3ci #
  • Calories burned: 295. Ruining that with a sugar-sweetened @DrPepper. Deliciously worth it. #
  • Remembering and longing for the days where video games were games, not movies with interaction hastily slapped into them. #
  • Final Fantasy VI (that's 6 for those of you who can't count) was capable of tugging on my emotions. VII made me scratch my head. Sucked. #
  • Fact: Final Fantasy 6 music makes buses run on time. (May contain non-facts) (@ Netpark Transfer Center) http://4sq.com/cPqT3i #
  • Breakfast. Yay, yogurt and fruit inna cup. Also, walnuts. (@ McDonald's) http://4sq.com/d8AqaP #
  • So, this lady nearly causes an accident, all for the sake of trying to get into McDonald's. She drives past the entrance, hits brakes … #
  • Then she starts to BACK UP while other cars are dodging her. I hope her sausage biscuit tastes better with danger. #TampaCannotDrive #
  • I grieve today for the loss of a client's parent. :-( (@ Yukon Transfer Center) http://4sq.com/biJiaI #
  • I just ousted Z0E G. as the mayor of Yukon Transfer Center on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/biJiaI #
  • Armenia is finally open again!!! Awesome! :-D #
  • It's so nice to have Armenia open at Busch again. Monday morning will be a little easier. #
  • You know, the problem with trying to eat right is, your subconscious kicks in when you want to slag it off for something tasty. #
  • La la la. Getting some mining in so I can do manufacturing in EVE again. Lost my steady flow of ISKies. #
  • Ugh, I overslept. I nearly missed @Mewzikbox. :( #
  • Oh, wow, this is scummy. Neverball, being redistrib'd through freeze.com, which likes to make you install InstallIQ. I smell trap. #
  • This is why Xial has a virtual machine. #
  • Wow. Crack Attack, too? Wow. Special. So special. #
  • Huh. I just need to find a cheap place to start selling in #SecondLife so I can make a few L$ on my low prim builds. #

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