Throwing My Weight Behind It.

I think we've been marginalizing some folks, and they deserve to be heard too:

Asexual reproduction is love.

And Also:


Frosted Lucky Charms are magically delicious.

And then:

Correct punctuation is love.

And some people say:

Homer is love.

Some people even go so far as to claim:

Bisexuality is Real.

So there you have it. A few dozen other varients have been seen around but weren't included because they were a) stupid or b) unfunny or c) both.

I should be asleep.

In not very long at all, I will be asleep. I just thought I would post that I've finally managed to do something I've been meaning to do since I installed XP.

When I switched from the 9x Kernel to the NT Kernel, many of the tools and helper programs that I use stopped working. As a result I went on a massive internet search for usable replacements. Now, Sturgeons Law dictates that 90% of everything is crap, so I had to wade through a lot of pretty bad code to find useful stuff. As I was also trying to accomplish other things at the same time, I didn't always have time to try out all of the software that had caught my eye as being potentially useful. The result was that my Downloads directory has been steadily accumulating large amounts of cruft.

Today I sorted out all of the cruft, tried the programs I hadn't gotten around to trying yet, kept the good and uninstalled the bad. Then I organized it into subfolders by software category and finally burned it all to a pair of CD's.  So, if we take Sturgeon's Law at face value, the fact that there was roughly 1 Gig of worthwhile code to save implies that I must have tested and discarded 10 Gig or more.  I believe it.

Now if I ever have to reinstall XP from scratch, I have a pair of CDs with the vast majority of the tools I'll need to find. I think I've earned some bed rest now, no? So, I go snooze now.

The News.

Well, I'm awake. I have a huge mug-o-caffeine to slurp and I am so doing.

When I got up there was a nice formal letter for me from the Museum I've been talking to. It was a polite 'Thanks, but no thanks'. Still, I'm (strangely) not discouraged. The fact that I sent 1 letter and got a nibble of interest (even if they eventually declined) tells me my approach isn't insane. Now I just need to find a few dozen other Museums to make the same pitch to. We'll see if any of THEM take the bait.