The primary purpose of this is so that I remember that the really fast image viewer I discovered in Puppy is called Viewnior. I didn’t like the Eye of Mate that came with my desktop OS, and whatever I used to use in Gnome (and liked) starts slowly in Mate, so I found a package […]
How many GNU/Linux users are needed to change a light bulb? 1 to post a thread in a mailing list telling the bulb has burnt. 1 to suggest to try to turn the lamp on through command lines. 1 to complain that the user broke the thread. 1 to ask what new bulb will he […]
Last night, I cut up ghost peppers to dry for the trash pandas (or, more to the point, to deter trash pandas). When I did the Moruga Scorpion peppers, I wore gloves. I didn’t bother this time, thinking, “Meh. No broken skin on my hands…how bad could it be?” The correct answer to that is, […]
It’s 2237h on 26 December, and outside, there are crickets singing. It’s also 63F, so I guess that’s not so crazy, but it’s weird to see the Christmas tree on my left, and hear crickets singing to my right! Recorded with my phone, so I had to amplify it a lot and the wind sounds […]
Pwresents! The best ones were for…ME! Pink Power cordless drill, Li-Ion battery. Cool-looking, and already tested it out, drilling some mounting holes outside for P’s thermometer and the IP camera. My Jedi Master bathrobe. This thing is soooo soft, and warm, and I love that it’s got a hood, and goes all the way down […]
I’m actually writing this on Boxing Day (HAH!) because I spent Christmas Eve on the phone, first with R and then with Mar, and Christmas Day was spent with presents and setting up the outdoor IP camera that Parview got P for Christmas. I got it working, motion detection and all, and somehow (accidentally) managed […]
A big flock of starlings decimated the suet this morning, so I had to make a new batch right away. I made two sandwich containers of regular stuff, and then a special one for the trash pandas. I’d guess I put in a full teaspoon of ground, dried Trinidad Moruga Scorpion pepper in this one. […]
The article was about the walking trees of Ecuador, but this is actually what caught my attention. From the article: These cockroaches were nothing like the hideous critters lurking around your house; they were all different colours, many either luminescent, shining in the dark, or impossible to discriminate from their backgrounds due to their ability […]
The tree we actually got last Sunday, and put it up right away, but it was nearly dark and I wasn’t finished the laundry, so we decorated it last night. P has always made a fresh cut with a hand saw, but this year, I had the Pwrincess of Power saw, so I did it. […]
I cheated this time; I called the grocery store closest to our house, and asked whether they would grind beef fat for me. The very nice gentleman did just that, which saved me time and trouble, and he also said he removed as much meat as possible, and put it through the grinder twice. I […]