Friday evening, there was the Auto Body Experience show. Good show, but on the way there, I tripped in a pothole in the street in front of Lee’s, and twisted my left ankle. It didn’t hurt too much at the time, but my right knee, hand, elbow, and shoulder were sore from the hard landing on the pavement that resulted (and the scramble to get out of the street before a car came along). I got through the show without too much pain (beer is helpful that way, it seems), and called it a night.
Saturday and Sunday, I mostly stayed home and nursed my wounds. No trip to mom’s. No Zombie Pub Shamble on Saturday. No taking pictures of the fall foliage. No hanging out gun-nutting with a friend on Sunday. It wasn’t as though I was completely laid-up, but getting up and down the stairs at home wasn’t pleasant. When I was younger, I either would have shaken off the injury immediately, or worked harder trying not to fall, and really sprained my ankle. I’m not sure which I enjoy more less, but I was struck by the thought that this “getting older” thing sucks in general, and I need to try and get back into better shape so you don’t read about me in one of those news stories where they have to peel the roof off my house and hoist me out with a crane.
And with that image to brighten your day, let’s get to the links.
- Karen Kwiatkowski looks to Casablanca and Rick for schooling in The Art of Resistance:
I was disturbed when I watched Casablanca this week, because I realized that the Vichy French colonies in 1942 were freer than downtown Washington, D.C. today.
I watched Casablanca again last night, and while I don’t quite agree with Karen, I think her essay was good in a “get me thinking” kind of way. - A Cross-Site Scripting Worm Hits MySpace, using JavaScript and XMLHTTPRequest (the technologies behind that AJAX stuff all the cool kids are doing) for evil, rather than good. [holy schmoly]
- Son of God or a bum? Try Homeless or Jesus? Warning, it’s noisy if you’re going to try and play at work, so put on the headphones or turn off the speakers first. [jwz]
- The folks at the Register have been poking around Google Earth, and discovered that the black helicopters have landed. And they’ve got pictures!
- A new tool called EULAlyzer will
analyze license agreements for interesting words and phrases
and give you an idea how abusive that license you’re about to click past really is. Sadly, Windows-only. [boing boing] - Heh. jr’s got a rant about the iKudzu that tries to take over your world when you install the new QuickTime on Windows. [jr]
- I pointed to one alcohol stove a while back, but here’s a Penny Alcohol backpacking Stove that looks easier to construct and might even work better.