Look, twin baby pandas!

Freaks with no eyes!

I think I'm having a problem with squinting because the monitor faces a big, sunny window.

When you look to either side or above your monitor, the lighting level should be the same as your monitor.

I had to disconnect a bunch of bulbs in my office, as it was way too bright.

I think I'm having a problem with squinting because the monitor faces a big, sunny window.

This is me. The light level is perfect in the morning and way too bright for most of the afternoon. But I'm too lazy to climb over my desk and put the shades down.

Wow. I really like the Smart Roadster.

It's been a while since we had a happy things question, so...

What's something that's made you smile in the last few days?

Also, a few weeks ago Newsweek had an interview with an engineer from Honda's NA division. I have loved all Hondas I or my family have ever owned, but after reading the interview, I'm ready to say I'll never own another make.

To clarify, I mean any other make than Honda. The guy said something about when he was first working there, boss man had asked him to make the car more fuel efficient. He told the boss man that consumers weren't interested in fuel efficiency (this was a while back). Boss man said, "I know." The engineer said he's embarassed about it now.

The article is in the 6/27 issue, or at least that's what it said when I searched the archives. I'd paste it, but I'm not paying $2.95 to get a direct quote.

ETA: Ah hah! Here [link]

And the relevant quote.

I'll never forget it. I was a rookie leading this MDX team. We'd done the research and we had an efficient package. But when we pitched our business plan to the board of directors, Mr. [Koichi] Amemiya, who was in charge of North America, his No. 1 comment was: "It should be more green." I made the mistake of saying, "But sir, nobody cares about the green issues." And he just smiled and said "I know."

I went crazy at work last week and made them take the horrible lcd monitor away, for it was causing me to feel headachey.

They gave me back the old beast. Increasing resolution made everything too small and hurt my eyes and head. Decreasing it made everything blurry. When I called the help desk about it they asked if I couldn't just get used to it.

Which sent me into a rage and I demanded my old square monitor back. I said that when my job was to watch DVDs all day, I'd get the huge lcd. And not until.

But now my computer logs me off the net if i walk away from it after 15 minutes, and i dunno why.

Timelies all!

It's hot here. If walking from my car to the condo(with a stop to get the mail) can make my skin radiate heat like a furnace, you know it's hot.

From the Panda article --

Guo Guo appeared flustered by her crying cubs at first and reserve staff had to intervene when she accidentally dropped one of her babies the day they were born,

oh, like that's never happened to a human mom!