The Wubbulous World of Jerry Waller

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Am I Calvin, or Hobbes?

NSFW: Weezer, plane crashes and everything else that’s worrying about the real-time web

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/24/nsfw-weezer-plane-crashes-and-everything-else-thats-worrying-about-the-real-time-web/

Okay, I wouldn’t call this NSFW, but my standards are not your standards, so there ya go.

Highlights:

In truth the desire is far more cynical: to ensure that the world knows that we were there when something dramatic happened. I was on the scene, I was somewhere you weren’t – and I have the photos and tweets and videos to prove it. Check out my YouTube account; follow me on Twitter. LOOK AT ME, LOOKING AT THIS.

Reminds me of the t-shirts people bought and wore the day after a concert.

And speaking of concerts:

I mean, what were we all doing? Filming and tweeting and checking in rather than just putting our phones away and enjoying the gig. Why does the world need two thousand photos of the same band on the same stage, all taken from a slightly different angle. That kind of 360 degree imagery might have been useful on the day Kennedy was shot – not least because it would have kept Oliver Stone quiet – but for a Weezer gig? And what’s the point of checking in on Foursquare at a ticketed event that no one else can get into. You might as well tweet “I’m a dick” and be done with it.

Okay, so I put the answer before the question, but I wanted to use that nice segue.  And let me not forget the irony: this post, as part of a personal experiment, will be tweeted.  Because how else can I prove it exists? </sarcasm>

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Google’s Abandoned Library of 700 Million Titles | Epicenter | Wired.com

C’mon, Google!  Get your act together.  This is internet history we’re talking about.

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La Dureé part deux

…and, after finding a LADURÉE in Tokyo, I was super-excited to get a big box of macaroons.  Total cost:  $60.  Sixty.  Freakin’.  Dollars.  For a box of cookies.  Have you ever tasted buyer’s remorse?

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Fixing things.

Now I can add the Eco-Senior Optical Disc Repair System to my repitoir.  Next time, however, I should use a toothbrush on it.

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VNC Makes Me Crazy

People like to complain about Microsoft, but I’ll take Remote Desktop over VNC any day.

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Ah, Champs Elysées!

via Bienvenue sur le site de LADURÉE.

I stumbled across a mention of Laduree, and it brought back wonderful memories of Paris.  These macaroons are among the best pastries I’ve ever had, and I’ve long been tempted to go back to Paris just to sample them.

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ibook g4 12 inch

I was able to fix the broken hinge clutch assembly on M’s ibook. Too bad I couldn’t fix the trackpad. I never want to open another Apple laptop again. It’s crazy that they make them so difficult to work on.

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Triumph!

I successfully repaired my broken refrigerator, the second major appliance I’ve fixed. The last one was my dryer. Having a voltmeter and one of those DIY manuals is a great investment. Now if I can fix M’s broken laptop….

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Happy Saint Swithun’s Day!

Today is the day, a day of feasting and celebration!

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Tabula Rasa

Nice! I’m now the web master for the Media Resources Center at the Undergraduate Library at UNC-Chapel Hill. I really, really like it here.

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Quick thoughts

Hmmm...