Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

Picard Episode 1 OVER.

I'm really getting the feeling that this is the Trek version of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. After multiple Legend of Zelda games that were ostensibly aimed at kids, and tweens, suddenly we get the much more mature and refined Twilight Princess. "Zelda All Grown Up."

That's what I'm feeling here: "Star Trek - The Next Generation - Twilight Princess."

Looking forward to more. Also: More Orla Brady please. :)

(Also, wasn't there this threat from a transwarp conduit at the end of Season 2 we had to deal with?)

Nice to know Eaglemoss came back and started making miniatures again in the 25th Century. That and Micro Machines are still around. That Jerry Goldsmith inspired music, too. They went all out on the nostalgia on this. :)

Well. Let's dig in, shall we?

Best Saturday Night Live movie?

Mine: The Blues Brothers.

Yours?

Thoughts Before Bed

"Some cause must have created all this; but what CAUSED that cause?"

Radio New Zealand coming in strong enough to sound like it's next door. They're talking about the effects of typhoon flooding on farms from the typhoon that just hit there.

+100 for using the Super Mario Bros. Super Show theme.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzuUOqABGf0

So I decided on installing a new shortwave reciever for Linux now that my laptop has it, and GQRX seems to be the best one. Plugged it in, couldn't get it to work for the life of me, then suddenly, pop,. started working.

Oh, man, this works so much better than SDR Sharp. I can actually HEAR things with this. Apparently it has a better static filter, and suddenly I'm hearing stuff left and right. IT's the same stuff as before - but at the same time - it's LEGIBLE now. I don't just see the frequency, I can hear them as more than a Charlie Brown adult "Wwa waaaa waaaa" sound.

Okay, so are the whole 2020s gonna be like this, cause if so, I'd like to return this purchase.

Happy Valentines Day

I'll never get over how interconnectable Linux is.

So, not only is the house clean, but all the computers are de-crufted. The laptop and the living room PCs are now also running Linux alongside Windows. I figure why should my main PC get all the fun with Linux.

Yay.

My Valentine (me) got me (also me) some nice chocolates for Valentine's Day.

House is clean, I am clean, this feels a lot better.

Happy Valentine's Day!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPq5ISDcHGE

In better news, the office is now clean, and just needs vacuuming. The read bathroom needs sweeping and the toilet cleaned (ew) and the deep-clean will be done. I really needed it. I've been living in my own junkyard for a while now.

So the problem with the comal came from when the de-rusting gel I bought was seperated. That shouldn't have happened, but I bought the stuff from Amazon. WHo knows how long it was sitting on a shelf before it was shipped to me.

Everything else that went wrong happened because the gel seperated. But the rust on the comal is the same type as it was before today, it's just EVERYWHERE now. This weekend, I'm going to go to the Ace Hardware in town, and buy some of the de-rusting gel off the shelf. If it's still a gel, I'll try the de-rusting again. And I will check BEFORE I scrub down the comal again. If it's not, I'll return it, and ask for a fresh one.

I was worried that the worst would happen. And it did. And it messed me the hell up today. Maybe I'll be over it by the weekend, and if so, well, I can't make things much worse.