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I’ve just finished reading John Shirley‘s Crawlers. I picked it up expecting it to be a cyberpunk book, but it turned out to be more horror than anything else. It takes about 200 pages to get actually get into the book, but I ended up enjoying it. It reminds me a lot of some of Sean Kennedy‘s fiction.
Yesterday was my last day at Netriver, so we had a BBQ at the Edmonds beach. Today I did the family reunion thing and had another BBQ.
....That’s all.
Last night I completed reading Sybil Leek’s Diary of a Witch. Although I’m not a fan of Sybil’s writing style, the book is very interesting. It’s part biography, part rant. She covers everything from her time living gypsies in New Forest to her thoughts on reincarnation.
I’ve been progressively cleaning my room for the past couple days – tackling a different section each day. Yesterday I got rid of 4 old computers that hadn’t worked for years, plus an old laptop that was probably almost as old as I am. I’ve recycled thousands of pieces of paper and shredded at least that much.
There sure is a whole lot of junk in here.
I just started watching Welcome to the Scene. It’s a pretty good show. Entertaining, at least.
It’s about a group of pirates. The group encompasses everybody from the source at the dvd plant to the person who writes the nfo for the release.
I really, really hope that the people who made the show have nothing to do with the real pirate “scene” because, if they do, they’re all a bunch of noobs and don’t stand a chance against the MPAA/RIAA.
They share files via ftp. That’s right. Good old, unencrypted, cleartext, ftp. They communicate via email. No, not PGP/GPG encrypted. Oh, and the email addresses are linked to their real names. They chat via irc. No, not i2p irc. Just plain old, cleartext irc. Their browsing is far too fast for them to be proxying with Tor, or anything like it. Did I mention they use FTP?
After all my technical griping, it really is a good show. Go download it.
During MutantFest, I finished reading Hunter’s The Rum Diary. It’s your typical Hunter Thompson book, but with rum instead of drugs.
A whole lot of rum.
Last week, while I was looking for something I could put on my poop at MutantFest to help break it down, I discovered Tea Tree Oil. I’ve been using it in my toothpaste for a while, but never really realized what the stuff was.
It’s a first aid kit in a bottle. Here is a list of some of it’s uses:
Tea Tree Oil is a natural antiseptic, germicide, antibacterial, fungicide. Many people use tea tree oil for: athletes foot, cold and flu, oral thrush, cold sores & canker sores, tooth ache & gum infections, ringworm, candida, head lice or louse, cleanser additive, gum problems, mosquito bites, bug repellent, cockroaches, deter flees, mouth ulcers, herpes, cuts, abrasions, after shave, sunburn, anorectal or vaginal yeast infections, unwanted body odors, acne, toe nail infections, and many other uses.
The first day of MutantFest, Tina managed to acquire a bug bite above her eyebrow about the size of a quarter. It was huge. When we got back to camp, she put a couple drops of my tea tree oil on it and, after a couple hours, it was practically gone. I also used it as a bug repellent, since I hate putting that Raid stuff on my skin.
I highly recommend picking up a bottle.