http://jebers.com the rest of the web Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:43:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Not that she had much input on the decision, but Cleo seems to be enjoying her new look.She is also ignoring Sara's LOLing from behind the couch. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="500" caption="Cleo shorn"][/caption] To give you and idea of the length her Winter coat had reached, here's a couple of photos from ... http://jebers.com/2010/03/13/a-lot-less-cleo/ Image by Chris Pirillo via FlickrI've added a video of some kick-ass music over in the lounge. Check it out if you're into old-timey electronic music. Or have ever bought anything from thinkgeek.com. Or if you think IKEA furniture sucks. OK, there's nothing in any of the videos about IKEA, ... http://jebers.com/2010/02/24/updated-media/ Fran, one of our outstanding administrators at Scot Finnie's Newsletter Forums, has composed a fitting tribute to our dear friend Bruno, who passed away this last Saturday. Sadly, yesterday, February 20, 2010 at about 10:00 AM local Amsterdam time, Bruno slipped away…no more pain, no more sorrow. This is a ... http://jebers.com/2010/02/22/bruno-goodbye-my-dear-friend/ Image via Wikipedia Fifty-six years ago I caused my mom a few hours of intense physical pain. I don't know how that compared to the frequent pain I caused during the next 50 years or so, but at least I caused her that particular pain only once, and ... http://jebers.com/2010/02/02/another-day-after-groundhog-day/ I just learned today that a dear friend is dying from cancer that has spread to his brain and other organs. It's not treatable and he is resigned to his fate. I've known this gentleman for 5 years or more. He lives in Europe, I live in California. We have never ... http://jebers.com/2009/12/31/good-bye-dear-friend/ My fascination with hard science fiction, especially books in which plausible technology is employed, started when I was a teen in the 60s. I was fortunate enough to be assigned to the National Security Agency as a cryptographic analyst when I enlisted in the Army Security Agency in the 70s. ... http://jebers.com/2009/12/25/does-daemon-offer-humanity-freedom/ I think this is truely wonderful. I love the idea of writing a scholerly reference about an alternate reality. Having read several books by Italo Calvino I can appreciate the reference in the title. CODEX SERAPHINIANUS is a beautiful beast of a book.  It is giant and heavy and has all ... http://jebers.com/2009/09/28/codex-seraphinianus/ OnStar: "Mr. Apologetic, my highly invasive monitoring equipment indicates you've been in an accident. Would you like me to call an ambulance?" Mr. Apologetic: "Here now, who is that?" OnStar: "Sir, this is the OnStar operator. I'm one of hundreds of under-paid and over-worked telephone representatives expected to make the conglomerate they ... http://jebers.com/2009/09/04/mr-apologetic-versus-onstar/ http://jebers.com/2009/08/20/vote-early-vote-often/ via wired.com After nearly five years in draft, the next-generation Wi-Fi standard is set to be finalized in September. Officially known as 802.11n and often referred to as “Wireless N,” the new standard paves the way for blazing fast high definition video and data at home. ... http://jebers.com/2009/08/08/new-wi-fi-standard-promises-blazing-fast-data-speeds-gadget-lab/