OK, I want one, too.

I Heart Nerds Pin. I must have this right now.

Link
[Boing Boing Blog]

Of course, y'all could always buy what I'm sellin'. More added as we go along!

All profits go towards getting me the hell out of Nebraska.

7:09:27 PM     leave/read comments []

VolumeLogic is an Audiohijack-based "re-mastering" plug-in for iTunes.

It does a decent job tweaking EQ levels, adding a bit more push and oomph than iTunes' built-in equalizer, but it does add a noticeable headroom hiss, at least on my Soundsticks equipped PowerMac. The noise reduction checkbox helps, especially if you're listening from across the room.

Currently a public beta, it's well worth the download, especially, if you, like me, use your computer as a stereo.

Linkprops to taliesin's log

1:19:05 PM     leave/read comments []

Hey! Cyndi Lauper is back!

Looking and sounding all torchy-jazzy good!

Props to Young Bradford for the tipoff.

12:47:45 PM     leave/read comments []

I've yet to see any auroras here in Nebraska, but I still stay up, running outside every half hour or so, hoping to see something.

I don't know if I'm a fool, an optimist or just someone with really lousy timing. I mean, what if there are spectacular auroras, but they only appear when I'm inside? It's the Maggie Uncertainty Principle- I'm pretty sure I'm missing something, I just don't know what.

Space Weather News for Nov. 20, 2003 Spaceweather.com

A coronal mass ejection swept past Earth during the early hours of Nov. 20th and sparked bright auroras over northern parts of the United States. At the time of this writing (1600 UT or 11:00 a.m. EST) a strong geomagnetic storm is in progress. The interplanetary magnetic field near Earth has tilted sharply south--a condition which promotes geomagnetic activity. If this condition persists, auroras are possible at low latitudes tonight.

The source of this space weather is sunspot 484--one of the trio of big sunspots that caused intense solar storms last month. Indeed all three of those active regions are back on the Earth-facing side of the sun, so more solar activity is possible in the days ahead.

12:36:09 PM    

US cybercrime push 'imperils personal security' of Americans. Even the Serbians will look up your records [The Register]

Oh boy, the Bush administration finds yet another way to erode our civil liberties.

PI warns that if the Senate ratifies the Treaty, "dozens of countries will have 'on demand' access to the personal information and communications records of any American they may wish to investigate". This data - including full email logs, phone records and mobile phone location data together with account and financial records - could be "cherry picked" by investigating authorities in countries that ratify the treaty.

Providing the US signs up to the Treaty, the personal details of millions of US citizens will be available "on demand" to Balkan and former communist countries, PI says.

Wonderful.

12:09:23 PM     leave/read comments []