#6287 Wake up call and earning my keep.
Deep thought with me over last night's code.
"Never ask for a name. Ask instead what those you meet would like to be called" - Doctor Occult
Well, I got boosted from bedski at the all-to-early hour of 5am, so I'm up up up, now. I'm pleased that the server is behaving the way it should, now, as there were errors getting into the primary login database last night.. I'm glad we have multiple servers for just such an occasion.
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It was remedied quickly by a remote reboot of the server, but it shouldn't have happened at all. That's just pesky.
Argh.. I didn't recognise



Lost and Found Sound at NPR, including the only known recording of the lost South African language of Kukasi.
Is this *the* Sally Brunot's daughter? Also in Virginia.. Sally and Bill were great friends of the family, and Sally worked with my mother at the hair place in the 70s. I'm inclined to send her an email, and see what's what. She looks quite a bit like the Sally we knew, too. I found out about the person by reviewing my web-hits.
Does Paul Shaffer sing the Aladdin cartoon theme? It's sort of funny picturing a little bald dude with Lennon-glasses singing it. I know he's the voice of Hermes on Hercules.
I hear that Michael "I've never turned down a role yet" Caine is in talks to play Alfred Pennyworth the new Batman film. That's kind of wacky, but par for the course. The live-action Thunderbirds movie is just wrong... though...It'd be cool, but screwed up if they had live action people *MADE UP* as puppets. I'd pay money to see that.
Cinnamon spice produces healthier blood (via
Just half a teaspoon of cinnamon a day significantly reduces blood sugar levels in diabetics, a new study has found. The effect, which can be produced even by soaking a cinnamon stick your tea, could also benefit millions of non-diabetics who have blood sugar problem but are unaware of it. ( Collapse )