Dusty Chalk

An ED-209?

That's their "Blast!" internet service, $78.95/month, second from the top tier. I need to buy my own modem, though, with the modem rental it works out to about $10 more. I forget what the promised data rates are, but I think this is faster.

Fram.

(squints) That's a little bit too consistent.

Also, it's still fucking Comcast.

I'm pretty sure I'm legally required to watch them all, I'm surprised no-one (neither online nor in-real-life) has called me on that.

Mmm...Nigiri...

Actually, I've never seen The IT Crowd other than bits and clips that Graim posts, so started watching it. Brilliant. "You two are used to being social piranhas."

Happy birthday, Tyler! (Chinese party favour noise)

Very cool. I've loved her since...the second album, I think? Legs to Make Us Longer...but I've never seen her live.

Orange chicken -- Soy Vay (yes, really look it up -- it started out with two friends, a Jewish boy and a Chinese girl and their mutual love for food) Hoisin Garlic marinade mixed 50/50 with orange juice, marinade for two days (only meant to do one, but got lazy yesterday), added water chestnuts and bamboo shoots (yes, again), and stir fried the lot I have a feeling this would be good over some cabbage and cauliflower "rice" substitute, I have enough left over that I'm going to try that tomorrow. This stuff is superlative. It's not perfect -- the veggies could be a bit more done, it could be a touch spicier, and a bit less rich, but I'm happier with this than most restaurants' orange chicken. Other than Ricky's Rice Bowl.

You make it sound so reasonable, but I'm pretty sure that's a left hand holding a skull in a drum major's cap...and why the jester's cap...so many questions...

I don't know what's happening in this pic:

Yeah, but I don't, and I'm pretty sure they've done the same thing to me. (I get weird network problems on several of my machines, and the symptoms sound familiar.) Heck, I don't even have a bit-torrent client. They few times I've used it, I've immediately uninstalled it afterwards.

Quickly got a little too poppy for my tastes, but that may have just been the mood I was in. (I have listened to much poppier -- Zoot Woman, Snow Patrol, etc.)

Because they're fucking Comcast -- they're fucking retarded.

I made some green curry the other day, and it's just a tad too hot for me (adding my favourite Huy Fong Sambal Oelek actually tasted cool in comparison), so I added a can of green pea soup and a can of coconut milk, and now I want to fill it out with vegetables, but I don't want to take the time to salt some eggplant (I've already added some water chestnuts and bamboo shoots) -- suggestions? Green beans? Okra? Those little mushrooms and baby corn?

I'm only several seconds in and I already love it.

It's still April 1st somewhere out there to the West, innit?

From my Fasciabook: "Musicians! My brain is always working, gears always turning, churning, always thinking about things. In the spirit of generosity, I thought I'd give this particular idea away -- the name of your next project: Silo Halo. Think about it, it's just vague enough not to carry any baggage, but just abstractly evocative enough that you can use it anywhere from post-rock to jazz to fusion to synthpop to industrial and beyond... I even sketched up a quick logo for it: You're welcome." Unfortunately, a group already took that name, and they're even kind of local (looked up after the fact), so I took it down.

Moar Wretched

CERN corroborates 'The Force'

Redbox introduces Petbox

No, they had a couple (The Incident, Deadwing, In Absentia), but they're missing my favourites (Fear of a Blank Planet, Sky Moves Sideways, Stupid Dream, etc.). Ah, looks like they added one(1) Pineapple Thief album.