I will be in DC area for a wedding in February. I arrive early afternoon on 17 Feb, and depart late afternoon on 22 Feb. I have a list of museums I'll be hitting, and if luck holds out, a White House tour. But it seems the museums aren't open at night. So far, the night of the 19th and 21st are out (wedding stuff). 17th & 18th are wide open. And if you have days available, it's always fun to museum with others. If any DCistas want to get together, drop me a line.
At this time, I am not planning on a car. My hotel is off the red line up in Bethesda (where the wedding will be).
Last week Jilli helped me with some etiquette pointers for a cruddy little essay I wrote called Skeptic Etiquette, which just got picked up by the mighty Bad Astronomer!
I'm tickled when Phil Plait likes my writing. I'm even more tickled that the piece was Buffistarific.
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I may be trying to write this blog more often. We'll see.
In the meantime:
Dear President Obama
Huge security flaw in Java: [link]
Recommendation seems to be disabling Java in every browser you use, cross-platform.
ETA: Only Java. JavaScript is basically unrelated to Java.
Recommendation seems to be disabling Java in every browser you use, cross-platform.
I'm not trying to natter; I'm somewhat computer-moronic and want to clarify Shrift's post -- ONLY Java, or also Javascript?
(Thank you in advance for not laughing at me for not knowing if the 2 are related.)
Checking the Java site now, it looks like they've released updated versions of their clients which fix the issue (though they recommend uninstalling the previous versions which have the security issue) which can be downloaded from here: [link] (Most Windows users are going to want the JRE 6 Update 12 32-bit version.)
A friend of a friend has finished his first book in a series of historical fiction: The Traitor to the Crown series of books is about a witch fighting in the American Revolution. They've made it available free to download. That's right--FREE. It'll be in bookstores at the end of April.
You can get it here. Charlie's going to be at Comicon in NYC this weekend.
If you're there, stop by and show the author some love. He'll be at the Random House booth and on their panel on Saturday.
I'm totally a "published" comedy writer now.
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Hah! Legitimized! Double hah!
