blog of Intrepid Wanderer

This is the weblog of Intrepid Wanderer. You never know what you might find here; graphic descriptions of bodily functions, computer programming secrets, proselytizing for the antichrist, miscellaneous ranting and kvetching, valuable information on living off the land... if you don't share my rather weird interests you may want to try slashdot instead. You can find me easily in google searches, as jcomeau, jcomeau_ictx, or jcomeauictx. That last seems to be mostly bot-created garbage, but recently I've signed up to several sites this way because they don't accept underscores in the username.

If you want to comment on anything you see here, go ahead and email me (the address is easy to find on my website, I don't post it again here trying to stave off spam). Make the 'subject' line something reasonably intelligent-looking or it goes plunk! into the spambasket unread.

2008-10-02-1815Z

Just upgraded my kernel to 2.6.26, and now my iPod Touch charges when I plug it into the USB port! Not sure if everything else is working yet, but man what an improvement! It wouldn't even charge under Win2K.

2008-10-02-0822Z

It's cold enough lately to sleep outside without the mosquitos eating you alive, so tonight I did. Awoke a while ago to a coyote chorus, and then lay awake looking at the stars. Saw a meteorite making a slow, lazy arc in the star grouping right behind Pegasus. This was one of those bright-burning things with a long tail. Then a couple of less spectacular "shooting stars" followed.

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