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[20 Aug 2008|05:33pm]

foundphotos

[timeofyoursong]
Found a whole stack of pictures left in a photo album tossed out for the trash in Crosby, Texas. It looks like it was taken at the Houston Zoo in the late 70s or early 80s. I can't shake the feeling that I know the couple or their children or something.




  
She looks exhausted.
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Fay Intesnifying - Winding up for a 3rd Florida landfall! [20 Aug 2008|07:16pm]

twc_aficionados

[cieldumort]

WIDESPREAD 5-25" FLOODING TOTALS IN E.CENTRAL FLORIDA & STILL COUNTING!


CURRENT FAY STATS AND EXPECTED FUTURE TRACK

Credits: Weather.com Hurricane Central

"Media-Made Hurricane Hype"?

NOT!

From the National Weather Service Forecast Office Melbourne, Fl:

SOUTHERN BREVARD, INDIAN RIVER, ST. LUCIE, COASTAL VOLUSIA, NORTHERN BREVARD

THIS IS A HISTORIC AND HAZARDOUS RAINFALL EVENT ACROSS THE AREA!
LIFE AND PROPERTY ARE IN JEOPARDY! THIS MUCH RAIN HAS NOT OCCURRED
IN THE AREA SINCE HURRICANE ERIN IN 1995...WHICH IMPACTED MANY OF
THE SAME LOCATIONS. DURING ERIN...TOTALS WERE LOCALLY 9 TO 12
INCHES. THE RAIN WITH FAY HAS DOUBLED THAT OF ERIN!

BE ADVISED...THERE IS AN EXTREME THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY FOR
THE LOCAL AREA FROM HEAVY RAIN...WITH THE LIKELIHOOD FOR HIGHER
RAINFALL TOTALS TO GREATLY EXCEED FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE. THIS IS
ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR BREVARD AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES. Read more... )
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See Embedded - while you still can! [20 Aug 2008|02:42pm]

art_of_florida

[maladr1n]
" ... the play is harsh, unrelenting, at times grotesque and exceedingly refreshing. In a more perfect universe, every city would have a theater troupe that performed plays like Embedded every time there was a national crisis ... See it before the Constitution goes the way of the Geneva Conventions ... If you don't believe that the live theater can be a potent political instrument, see this play and change your mind." - Creative Loafing



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successes and subsequent failures [20 Aug 2008|12:44pm]

candiedangel
success: photo passes for both journey and cheap trick for the thursday show in the dirty jerz.

failure: denied for a photo pass for heart at the very same show. that is BULLSHIT. heart is the goddamn reason i'm even going. how will i ever realize my dream of macking on the wilson sisters now?

success: plane tickets have been purchased for austin city limits.

failure (unrelated): lots of self-loathing, pity, etc.
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Go Away Fay! [20 Aug 2008|10:50am]

twc_aficionados

[jadepilot]





This is just nuts!! It's been raining non-stop for 30 hours with winds gusting like crazy. Fay seems to have parked right on top of us with no thoughts of moving on (3 mph).

Our yards are flooded, our streets are flooded and water is coming in under our windows. The power is blinking on and off
 this morning. I hope and pray it stays on and our transformer doesn't blow. 



It is actually worse today than yesterday which concerns us. Weather forecasts indicate that this will continue for another day, perhaps even longer. 

I've been through several hurricanes, but never a storm that's lasted this long. Not even Francis or Jeanne hung around for more than a day. And it's official...the gators are heading out. One was picked up in Barefoot Bay swimming along a street. Eeek!
  


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If all ambassadors were women I would be serving my country day and night [20 Aug 2008|09:32am]

notpiecebypiece
Not a huge spoiler, just a tiny one, and a) we all know what's going to happen to King Henry anyway, THANKS HISTORY, and b) it's kind of funny, so you should read it. A note on The Tudors season 1 finale )
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antenna [20 Aug 2008|01:51pm]

four
I help Matthias build the antenna he designed last night



We're thinking about building an automatic air cracking device with custom directional antenna.
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[19 Aug 2008|11:25pm]

weathernerds

[rosey175]
[ mood | creative ]

After first seeing the image shown by my icon in my university's Meteorology Facebook group, I've always thought it would look cute on a shirt.

So I finally made one! )

I added the text to it because I knew there would be some people that just wouldn't "get it" (thinking along the lines of "Oh, meteorology! Asteroids and stuff are so cool~").

Finally, I get to wear a little bit of weather nerdiness! :D

Also, to cap off the day nicely, I got to see lenticulars for the first time! I posted the one shot I was able to get over at [info]___clouds___ if anyone wants to take a look.
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I'm bored [19 Aug 2008|07:33pm]

septentrio
[ mood | bored ]

I read this "static webpage" last night that was kind of funny but also hit very close to home, basically about how people who write in blogs can be lumped into certain categories, most of which are lame.

I fit a lot of categories, but one of the biggest ones was "Reverse Voyeur," which the writer explained would be the sort of person who wouldn't do crazy things for attention, but who would wish someone would be spying on them while they're showering.

Now I'm not ashamed of being like that. I am totally like that. I like people to watch me. A lot of it comes from being tired of hiding so much when I was in school, and a lot of it comes from wishing I could stop being such a pussy and just act in something already.

But mainly I just like thinking I'm a celebrity waiting to happen. Probably a lot of people feel exactly the same way. But since no one will report about me, I blog to report about myself, and I hope people care, cause... I just like when people care. It's nice. Who doesn't want people to notice them and like them? If you've never, ever wanted that, well, you're probably lying. It's nice to be wanted.

Anyway. That's neither here nor there. Mainly what I wanted to do was admit that there probably are better ways I could spend my spare time than blogging all the time (though I'd say I hardly blog "all the time" anymore, but I do get on my blogging rampages still every now and then).

If I were to actually stop blogging (not for good... never for good! heh), but blogging maybe only every once in a while as opposed to "very often," what sort of activities would I do instead?

I'd say the obvious choice would be, "Write." You know, something real. Something maybe I could publish, or at the very least, some kind of fan fiction for other dorks to enjoy. (Although, who would be into the kind of fan fiction I would write? Is there any Dune fan fiction? Do I even want to know if there is?)

With school coming up (I start Monday - omg, now I must have a panic attack) and a nearly full schedule (just need 1 more credit this semester to be full-time, which I've never done successfully as it's usually too much for my lazy ass to juggle*), and working out every weekday when I can, and possibly starting a Yoga class with Steve's mom and niece... I'll probably have a lot on my plate.

*Try not to visualize that. But now you have to, don't you?

But there are two things I can think of to do. Um, the obvious, is to get a job. And like, keep it. For a nice long time. (*groan*) I know, I'm such a spoiled brat, not having to work. But trust me, I wish I had a better work ethic. Or like, ANY work ethic.

ANYWAY - So, I could (should) get a job. And if I decide to take my backup 1 credit class, Theatre Production, like I did my last semester at MCC, then I will have a full schedule, which would make me feel good because I'm a completist, sometimes. And also I'd learn fun, set-building stuff and be forced to be kinda social again and would get some exercise that isn't really exercise.

But I was just wondering... Do you guys do any fun, extracurricular activities that you would suggest for me to do? And something that is feasible for a plus sized girl who is just starting to work out? (So not like... Sprinting or mountain climbing or anything like that.) And preferrably something indoors, as it won't get under 100 degrees here for probably another month. :\

Anyway, lemme know if you guys can think of anything. Right now I'm gonna play video games beause they are such a productive thing to do.

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POTD: Tropical Storm Fay [19 Aug 2008|07:11pm]

twc_aficionados

[floundah]


Credit: Terra- MODIS, NASA

Looks more like a hurricane than a tropical storm to me. For a huge picture (~ 5 MB), go to
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Aug2008/fay_tmo_2008232_lrg.jpg
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Tropical Storm Fay [19 Aug 2008|05:52pm]

twc_aficionados

[jadepilot]
 





I'm in central Brevard County and we're experiencing heavy rains, wind and street flooding. This is such a slow moving storm, we're getting pummeled.
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Tornado [19 Aug 2008|04:54pm]

twc_aficionados

[coitalimprov]
My mom lives right there, in central Brevard county. She lives in Pineda area.

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
442 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

FLC009-192100-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-080819T2100Z/
BREVARD FL-
439 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
BREVARD COUNTY...

AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SATELLITE BEACH...
MOVING WEST AT 45 MPH.

rest of the warning. )
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opis [19 Aug 2008|10:37pm]

four
opis
The importance of distributed systems is growing as computing devices become ubiquitous and bandwidth becomes plentiful. Concurrency and distribution pose algorithmic and implementation challenges in developing reliable distributed systems, making the field an excellent testbed for evaluating programming language and verification paradigms. Recently, several specialized domain-specific languages and extensions of memory-unsafe languages have been proposed to aid distributed system development. In this paper we propose an alternative to these approaches, arguing that modern, higher-order, strongly typed, memory safe languages provide an excellent vehicle for developing and debugging distributed systems.

We present Opis, a functional-reactive approach for developing distributed systems in Objective Caml. In Opis, a protocol description consists of a reactive function (called event function) describing the behavior of a distributed system node. The event functions in Opis are built from pure functions as building blocks, composed using the Arrow combinators. This facilitates reasoning about event functions both informally and using interactive provers. For example, this approach leads to simple termination arguments. Given a protocol description, a developer can use higher-order library functions of Opis to 1) deploy the distributed system, 2) run the distributed system in a network simulator with full-replay capabilities, 3) apply explicit-state model checking to the distributed system and detect any undesirable behaviors, and 4) do performance analysis on the system. We describe the design and implementation of Opis, and present our experience in using Opis to develop peer-to-peer overlay protocols including the Chord distributed hash table and the Cyclon random gossip protocol. We have found that using Opis results in high programmer productivity and leads to concise and easily composable protocol descriptions. Moreover, Opis tools were effective in helping identify and eliminate correctness and performance problems during distributed system development.
reminiscent of thoughts I've been having about a language based on the reactor pattern.
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MAN GOES KITE FLAILING IN FAY [19 Aug 2008|03:33pm]

twc_aficionados

[cieldumort]
FORT LAUDERDALE,Florida - Emergency officials have been warning South Floridians to seek shelter during Tropical Storm Fay but a man seeking thrills on the rough surf didn't heed that warning.



CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY (Opens in new window)

Link to story and more video (CBS4 WFOR)
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Fayscinating Facts: Fay - INTENSIFIES over land... and more! [19 Aug 2008|11:45am]

twc_aficionados

[cieldumort]

Well, if you can really call Florida land and all that...

But, still!

Déjà Erin?



Since landfall, Fay's lowest central pressure has actually fallen another millibar, now down to 986mb, into a range often associated with Cat 1 hurricanes, not tropical storms.

Watch this time-sensitive radar loop of Fay, and if you look closely, you can clearly make out her now eye-like feature, something that was not nearly as apparent prior to landfall.

While Fay's winds have not yet increased in any way usually commensurate with such a fall in central pressure (about 1003mb around this time yesterday, and down considerably to just 986mb this morning) the tropical cyclone has improved dramatically in structure, over all.

Which begs the question:
How might this play in to Fay's future, particularly should she cross over Florida and re-enter the Atlantic?

For some kicks, here are some recent models forecasts -
Must-see model forecast tracks for Fay )
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my summer vacation. [19 Aug 2008|06:44am]

lovelikeadrug
[ mood | <3 ]
[ music | metallica. ha! ]

( You are about to view content that may not be appropriate for minors. )

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ebb version 0.3 [19 Aug 2008|09:57am]

four
This release includes a rather large refactoring of the internals. In particular, the core of Ebb was extracted and expanded into a separate C library called libebb.

New features in Ebb 0.3 are
  • support for chunked requests (transparent)
  • support for chunked responses (set the header "Transfer-Encoding: chunked")
  • support for HTTPS. Use by supplying two extra parameters to the options hash
      Ebb::start_server(SimpleApp.new, 
                         :port => 4001,
                         :ssl_cert => "/home/ryan/projects/ebb/benchmark/ca-cert.pem",
                         :ssl_key => "/home/ryan/projects/ebb/benchmark/ca-key.pem"
                        )
    to use HTTPS you must have GnuTLS installed. This is optional.
  • support for pipelined requests
  • no longer dependent on glib
Download at the RubyForge project page or by running
gem install ebb


update 0.3.1 fix small bug with chunked responses
update 0.3.2 add hack to work with Merb (who doesn't send Content-Length headers even though she should).
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Hype [19 Aug 2008|02:04am]

weathernerds

[calysto]
Either mainstream media is out of practice with regard to hurricanes or they're desperate for something to cover.

They are treating Tropical Storm Fay as if it is Hurricane Andrew.

Considering the momentous events going on in the world at the moment, I hope they're just out of practice.
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Three photos found in a bible [17 Aug 2008|01:42pm]

foundphotos

[poshpaws08]
[ mood | thoughtful ]

  • I love the first one of these three I thought to myself I wonder what was going on in this lady's life at the point the photo was taken, first thing was is she in mourning to me it looks like she's in widows clothes and if she is in mourning could it be for the person that is on her locket ( after scanning I enlarged the photo to get better look at the locket and the book she has her elbow on) then after I saw the name of the book it made me think was she really in mourning because if she was would she be reading the book " Last of the Mohicans" which was first published Jan 1826 this kinda dates the photo (I also wondered if this was a first edition) the bible is dated 1837.
    The second photo was taken in Hull of two children with all these photos being together in the bible could these children belong to the lady in the first photo?
    The third photo is of an older couple I can't connect them to the other two photos or could it be possible the older couple are the children grown up!!.

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GREAT show - Replays at 11PM &1AM Eastern Tonight [18 Aug 2008|09:06pm]

twc_aficionados

[cieldumort]
STORM SESSION: HURRICANES 2008
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