Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I was able to get everthing I need from grogery stores, drug stores, and small appliances stores with 2 blocks of my home.
Man, do I wish that were true of my hood. But living in a semi-hoody hood means that the only needs I can get fulfilled within 2 blocks of my house are liquor, lotto tix and street drugs.
Woman attacked by gang of sharks. (The creepiest part is that it happened near a place called Amity Point...)
I was able to get everthing I need from grogery stores, drug stores, and small appliances stores with 2 blocks of my home.
I love this about my neighborhood too. (Not that I've left my apartment today. But I could!)
But living in a semi-hoody hood means that the only needs I can get fulfilled within 2 blocks of my house are liquor, lotto tix and street drugs.
But aquiring these items will make all other needs unnecessary.
Heh. Certainly I'm hoping for a winning lotto ticket. Then the theme from "The Jeffersons" will apply.
Reason #276 that I love my neighborhood. I was able to get everthing I need from grogery stores, drug stores, and small appliances stores with 2 blocks of my home.
This is me!
Just came back from cruising the Market, running into countless friends, congratulating a neighbor for the nice new gourmet shop she just opened (I bought something because I fear she's made a terrible mistake given the location...), patted a couple of dogs and ended up home, laden with everything I need to make make cookies and polish my shoes. I am content.
Eastern Market is kind of like Notting Hill, only with fewer cool accents.
ita, in today's LATimes sunday magazine, there's an article on the fact that goat is becoming the new hot ticket food item... a foodie's holy grail as it were. Want me to save the article for you?
Hee. I just had a tasty goat stew. It's a staple out here, unless you can get mutton instead. Our photographer buddy is in town and wanted to try the local chow, so he bought a goat leg. We grilled steaks over cedar on Friday and yesterday we made crockpot stew. It was all very yum. There was also some sort of intestine thing, but I only ate half of it. It was fine, nothing wrong with it, just very fatty.
Computers that can sense emotions?
Many computers are already able to see and hear. However, they have no way of telling whether their users are happy or angry. At CeBIT 2006, researchers will be presenting techniques that could one day enable the digital servant to respond to the mood of its human master.
Several recent studies have found that computer users not only love and cherish their machines, but very often maltreat them. Experts have identified aggression towards the PC as a genuine problem that deserves greater attention in the academic field. The kicks and blows of frustrated users cause computer damage that cannot be dismissed as negligible, neither in terms of personal property nor on a commercial and economic level. If only for this reason, it would be good for computers to assess their users’ emotions correctly and respond accordingly. This area of research into human-computer interaction becomes seriously relevant when it comes to developing software and hardware. Vehicle designers have known for a long time that drivers and pilots feel better and make fewer errors if they are sitting comfortably and can find the controls where they expect them to be. They are much more relaxed when they reach their destination, and may even look forward to their next trip. Why should matters be any different for well-tempered computer users?
If only for this reason, it would be good for computers to assess their users’ emotions correctly and respond accordingly.
When I imagine the hours and hours of frustration I've suffered when Word tries to guess what I want, this just makes my skin crawl.
When I imagine the hours and hours of frustration I've suffered when Word tries to guess what I want, this just makes my skin crawl.
Seriously.
Also, we saw a press screening of the Roving Mars IMAX movie tonight. My speaking bits didn't make it, and I'm quite content with that. Still in a few shots, and damn that IMAX resolution is good stuff. It's exceedingly geeky and dorky, but that's a given, right?
That's so exciting, Lori!
I spent a lot of that time with her (at my parent's house) and was there this morning. So I am saddened, but quietly, if that makes any sense.
Oh, Cass, I'm so sorry.