You can’t play Blu-Ray on a Mac?! I don’t believe it. How lame is THAT? [etoile] For sale: External Blu-Ray drive. Works great, just not with my computer(s). Retails for €155, asking $150 OBO. [etoile] Okay, try again: BluRay external drive with DVD burner, like new, never used (successfully), $100. Save me from eBay, please! [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Daily Digest for February 18th
A tremendous opportunity has fallen into my lap, and I’m not sure I can take it. I will have to think hard about this. I hate thinking hard. [etoile] Published A Great Opportunity. New blog post: A Great Opportunity – http://ow.ly/18vzq [etoile] Just found out VA residents can now get wine shipments. http://www.astorwines.com/ has Hana [...]
A Great Opportunity
Today I received an e-mail telling me that my name had been suggested by the ASL/Deaf Studies department as a possible candidate for an internship. The internship requires 10 weeks in Japan, teaching ASL and English to deaf Japanese students at Tsukuba University. I have gone over so many pros and cons, like the fact [...]
Daily Digest for February 17th
RT @DCdebbie: @urbanphish I want to EARN my Mayorship, missy // if only all @foursquare users were so honest! (cc: @SpamSpam ) [etoile] I wish the Deaf Stacks were still downstairs so I didn’t have to run up and down so much. [etoile] Arrived at 6:05. Let’s see how long it takes to get my [...]
Daily Digest for February 16th
http://bit.ly/ahlFcm Get over it, Pattinson, thousands of gay men have expressed this sentiment before you! [etoile] I’m reading my history homework, not eyeing gossip on HuffPo. I swear. Right @thinkuzzell? Abortion in the 18th century, right? [etoile] RT @UberDorkGirlie: Note to self, do not start out w/ a 63 point word against a rookie. #itscaresthemaway [...]
Daily Digest for February 15th
Wife got me the pink & purple Ear Gear for Valentine’s Day, now I have cool hearing aids. Cinnamon rolls for dinner! [etoile] My street remains unplowed, turns out it’s about 3" of snow topped by ice. Don’t think my car can navigate it. What gives, Virginia? [etoile] Managed to drive out of my development! [...]
Daily Digest for February 14th
RT @Jonathan_Frakes: RT @PraxJarvin @Jonathan_Frakes … http://bit.ly/909f4J — Always read your contract… those built-ins will get you. [etoile] Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant on #Yelp: I would eat here on a semi-regular basis if my wife liked it, but she doesn’t…. http://bit.ly/bBVwtR [etoile] Just in case Columbia downtown wasn’t already different enough from childhood: http://ow.ly/17bz5 @flyaway47 @iloveburritos [...]
Daily Digest for February 13th
RT @darrickjlee: I just ousted @etoile as the mayor of Microcenter on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/c87y6q // *shakes angry fist* [etoile] Nostalgia for 80s kids: NES hardware including Power Pad, Power Glove, ROB, and some you may never have heard of: http://ow.ly/16Xqa [etoile] RIP Nodar Kumaritashvili. [etoile] Facebook users, join a group to support a deafblind woman’s [...]
Tito Time
I’m not going to lie. This made me cry, people. Tears of joy. Link is here. He does a lot of regional shout-outs, so I always say “DC loves you!” when he comes online, but…he responded to me.
Daily Digest for February 12th
Only 53 more years until Zefram Cochrane goes to warp and makes first contact with the Vulcans. [etoile] My friend @wedefyaugury makes an excellent point: first contact is not until April 5th. Which means, she points out, it’s 53 years, 53 days. [etoile] Ppl u might not know were in Trek: Kirsten Dunst, Sarah Silverman, [...]