Dusty Chalk

Cheers, Vicky! Glad to see the pup is working out. Did I miss it, or are you still working on a name? She has the coloring of a Little Debbie Devil Creme sandwich, what do you think of Debbie? It doesn't sound anything like Watson or Ivan (which I think should be criteria), so there's that. I realize her colouring is going to change yet again, but 'Debbie' is a general enough name...unless of course you know someone named Debbie in real life, that would be awkward. (I have the same problem with food and Skye.)

This ^ ! Half an hour? You've never been to a Cat Power show, have you.

Passion fruit sorbet, you say? Sounds divine...

Leprous >> Darkness, unless you like all that screaming. Also, cheers for playing Art of Noise -- always loved them. Me: A couple of the related bands from Leprous -- not so related: Mirrorthrone, Thou Shalt Suffer; relatedly enjoying -- Ephrat, Illusion Suite, Myrath, Peccatum (related? enjoying!)

Yay pickles!

Goddamn! (looks at expensive HDMI cable from same company, regrets) Meanwhile, slow forum is slow:

Condolences, Steve. I think you chose a wonderful spot. Sure, the grief hits hard now, but you need to grieve, don't avoid it. I slept with my senior, Luvbug, so for weeks if not months after she passed away, I was painfully reminded of her absence every time I went to bed. I still miss her hard every once in a while, but I think allowing myself to grieve fully made the process all the more cathartic.

Can you chmod g-w,o-w /etc/sudoers?

Just a seven-string acoustic player playing an instrumental arrangement of Royals (Facebook link): https://www.facebook.com/taylorandkatherine.roberts.3/videos/1666896613526468/

"......the prince of Wales over his convalescence." Whut?

No worries! I suspect I am alone on a lot of things, and I am alright with that. Did you ever listen to In the Nursery's Hindle Wakes -- that one just puzzles me. I have no idea what is that appeals to me so much about that album, but it just stands out in a multiple decades long career of two brothers as far and away their best album.

I still have fucking Leprous stuck on infinite repeat. Triumphant better be the next single, I have it in my playlist twice.

Former After the Burial guitarist Justin Lowe found under bridge, apparently having jumped from it. If you're familiar with his departure from the band, you'll understand how tragic this is, whether or not you even care who AtB are. No-one deserves to go out feeling like that. Fuck mental illness.

Aw, man, even Kevin...er...Dr. Gilmore pipes up to tell me to buy separately? Man... No, seriously, thanks for the info on IPv6...

(whistles all mock innocently and nonchalantly)

Is it because you haven't vested yet?

It's purple! Unrelated: me want:

Katie Cassidy and Emily Bret Richards on Periscope.

Animals as Leaders/Weightless/The Joy of Motion

'kay, when I'm ready, I'll look there. Thanks!

Massdrop has these for $780. Worth it? I still want the Fostexes, they're prettier.

They didn't sell it in black, so I got the combo unit (SBG6580). The salesman confirmed what you said -- that I should get separates, but then he said I could try it and return it if I didn't like it, so I went ahead and I will play with it until the weekend of August 8 or 9, at which point I will return it for separates. Here's to being eternally optimistic that they eventually ironed out the kinks.

Sweet, sold (if Microcenter or Best Buy sell it, will stop by on the way home). Thanks for the links. ...and confirmation. ...everybody.

Ah. Yes, I was thinking of getting a combined modem/router, maybe not. Is this the consensus, that they all (combined modem/router units) suck donkey balls? That's too bad, it would've been nice to get an all-in-one solution.

I'm tired of paying rent on my cable modem, want to get my own. What should be my criteria? Also, my router seems to be on its last legs anyway. Also I'd like something somewhat slightly secure-ish. (Read: as secure as is possible without writing my own OS.) Right now I'm on cable, but FIOS is an option. Does that make a difference? I.E. if I switch, is there a router that I can get that I will still be able to use? The lady on the phone said "Arris". Yes/no/disagree/agree-but-with-qualifications? She actually said the one she would recommend isn't even on the list yet, it has a dual-band router, which tells me they can make it work. Yes/no/disagree/agree...? Here is the list of choices. DOCSIS 3.0, yes?