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So xkcd ran a cartoon a little while back (w/in the last two months or so IIRC) with the entire EM spectrum (mostly in black) on one axis (something else on the other axis, I forget which, but it was an x-y graph) and a little rainbow inset with the caption "everything you see and hear is here." and something about "compared to the rest of the universe, we are deaf and blind." And I'm having no luck on actually finding the thing...
Apparently somebody is trying to analyze the PTO examiners's work from the outside...
http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2012/01/04/pa
http://www.patentcore.com/
http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2012/01/04/pa
http://www.patentcore.com/
music recs -- New Age or Latin jazz?
Aug. 27th, 2011 10:57 pmAKICOLJ/DW: what's your favorite New Age or Latin jazz album? Preferably a) instrumental and/or b) female musicians/vocalists (yes, I have an iTunes gift certificate burning a hole in my pocket)
writer's block
Jul. 1st, 2011 01:40 am[Error: unknown template qotd] I'd go back in time and ask a certain person, "Why are you constantly saying behind your girlfriend's back that you don't really love her? Why would you think it would make anyone else want to date you?" (yeah, I'm sure he was attracted to me and wanted me as his second-string girlfriend, but I wasn't going to get involved with anyone who'd talk behind his girlfriend's back like that -- what would he say about me when I wasn't there?)
Yet another type of needle to try...
Feb. 9th, 2011 08:28 pmCarbon-fiber knitting needles.
http://www.myfavoritethimble.com/Blackt
And the recruiters are finally starting to call again (of course now that I am currently employed...)
http://www.myfavoritethimble.com/Blackt
And the recruiters are finally starting to call again (of course now that I am currently employed...)
CLE requirements
Jan. 3rd, 2011 10:42 pmGood: according to my CLE tracker records, I only have to go out and listen to 3 hours of ethics CLE and one hour of substance abuse awareness CLE to keep my law license up-to-date, instead of having to listen to 21 hours of CLE between now and Jan. 31. I would dearly love confirmation from one of the CLE providers that I did in fact take the 12 hours of CLE in spring of 2008, but if the State Bar gives me problems, I point them at Provider (who is large enough that they bloody well should have known to keep the records for 3 years).
Bad: Spouse is convinced that I did yet another hour of ethics CLE at some point in 2009-2010, and I don't have the email on this machine because of all the chaos and switching-back-and-forth of the computers that happened in 2008-2010. So I was irritated with him and I let him know it. (Insert LOLcat with the coffee and the grumpy here).
Questioning: whether I will keep the law license active for next year (I'm working again, have been since the summer, but technically not as a lawyer, although for the sake of promotions at the Employer it would be a very good thing to have the license active)
Bad: Spouse is convinced that I did yet another hour of ethics CLE at some point in 2009-2010, and I don't have the email on this machine because of all the chaos and switching-back-and-forth of the computers that happened in 2008-2010. So I was irritated with him and I let him know it. (Insert LOLcat with the coffee and the grumpy here).
Questioning: whether I will keep the law license active for next year (I'm working again, have been since the summer, but technically not as a lawyer, although for the sake of promotions at the Employer it would be a very good thing to have the license active)
Knitting Goals for 2011
Dec. 30th, 2010 10:11 pmTo knit in 2011:
Shawls
1) White (rectangular or shaped)
2) Green (rectangular or triangle)
3) Blue (Veil of Isis)
4) Cream/tan
5) Black(?) (check and see if I have yarn)
(ultimate goal is to knit 1 shawl in every color of rainbow, plus white, cream/tan, gray, and black -- have a purple and a mixed gray/blue already)
Fair Isle hat/scarf/mittens set
Socks
1) Black (lacy)
2) Blue
3) Sock Club from Stash (either the 2010 ones that I never did, or make a new set for 2011)
Vests
1) Black
2) Navy
3) Finish the gray vest on the needles
4) Finish the red vest on the needles
5) Green
6) Tan/oatmeal
Jackets
1) Taupe (match the Lands' end jacket that I love so much -- the bluish taupe/gray-tan shade)
2) Oatmeal
Scarves to match existing hat/gloves
1) Gray
2) Black
Shawls
1) White (rectangular or shaped)
2) Green (rectangular or triangle)
3) Blue (Veil of Isis)
4) Cream/tan
5) Black(?) (check and see if I have yarn)
(ultimate goal is to knit 1 shawl in every color of rainbow, plus white, cream/tan, gray, and black -- have a purple and a mixed gray/blue already)
Fair Isle hat/scarf/mittens set
Socks
1) Black (lacy)
2) Blue
3) Sock Club from Stash (either the 2010 ones that I never did, or make a new set for 2011)
Vests
1) Black
2) Navy
3) Finish the gray vest on the needles
4) Finish the red vest on the needles
5) Green
6) Tan/oatmeal
Jackets
1) Taupe (match the Lands' end jacket that I love so much -- the bluish taupe/gray-tan shade)
2) Oatmeal
Scarves to match existing hat/gloves
1) Gray
2) Black
geek knitting designers
Jul. 31st, 2010 12:04 amThere is a designer on Ravelry who is naming his designs after various characters and settings from SF/F. And they look mighty pretty as well as having cool names...
Attention Hollywood:
I would pay good money to see Samuel L. Jackson in a lab coat saying, "You're shoving a chemistry lab... (snipped for spoilers)" Also please to be casting some hot Indian men as the Javna brothers (showing some ethnic accuracy for a change) and someone who looks like they are really good at delivering bad news as the lead, kthnxbai.
I would pay good money to see Samuel L. Jackson in a lab coat saying, "You're shoving a chemistry lab... (snipped for spoilers)" Also please to be casting some hot Indian men as the Javna brothers (showing some ethnic accuracy for a change) and someone who looks like they are really good at delivering bad news as the lead, kthnxbai.
