General link propogation

[ciphergoth]

I am going to the pub tonight even though I travel to Whitby tomorrow. Might as well start the drinking marathon early...

A story for the 21st century: we were having coffee in the Elephant House on George IV Bridge on Saturday when I overheard a conversation on the next table.

- "I'm going to have to change my ring tone before I see my folks"
- "Why's that?"
- "Well, my Dad gave me a ringtone for my birthday, and... you know how it is, like when your folks give you a sweater..."

I've started saving up links I want to propogate to put in one big post, rather than making lots of little posts. I was in the middle of doing this when I had to reach around the back of my computer; I accidentally jiggled the lead of my PS/2 mouse, and of course that makes it stop functioning until you reboot the computer. Of course. WHOSE FUCKING STUPID IDEA WAS THAT? I found I could submit the post using only the keyboard, but I could not make it private without the mouse. I made it private later (after fighting with network troubles following the reboot). Here are the same links (and more), presented more presentably.

• Lapine caption competition (thanks, adjectivemarcus!)
• The usual tired anti-polyamory crap, disappointing coming from Salon. (thanks cairmen)
• Nik's quote from last Wednesday: "You don't want to eat brassica at three in the morning"
• I can't remember who reminded me about get your war on; just spent a while re-reading it and picking out a couple of faves:
  • Shalom
  • Fuel alternatives
• Those against random US aggression are trying some inventive approaches to stemming it
• Finally, jinxremoving pointed out slowwave.com to me, I wandered through and selected some favourites again. Unfortunately my browser seems to have lost the ability to render these GIFs for some mysterious reason, so I've forgotten which is which - you'll have to click and enjoy...
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Comments

[ex-meta.livejournal.com]

It's highly hardware-dependent though. With an IBM keyboard and IBM mouse on an IBM computer, you can unplug the keyboard and plug it in again without having to reboot. Microsoft mice seem to recover gracefully too. Kensington mice, on the other hand, are screwed once you unplug them.

Of course, the real answer is to go legacy-free.

[babysimon]

Yes, but then what would Ian have to complain about?