Genki Hats has moved to a keen new site, and added a number of new hats! I like the Lonely Bunny Hat myself:

Are you a lonely bunny? Do you wander the city not belonging? Who are you really? This hat will help you discover your true self. (self discovery not guaranteed)

Now I just need to see if they’ll do an Alien 9 hat for me. Though that would probably be hard with the wings.

As I slowly make my way through the X TV series I can’t help but think that it really needs some kind of Toastyfrog-esque treatment of it. It just seems to scream for it.

I don’t think that I could ever buy something called Elephant Lube. Even if it is “comfort food for the skin”.

I just discovered a yummy snack. Pocky dipped in peanut butter. YUM. (ooops, got that wrong first try)

Mahoromatic season two has started! I was startled to see episode one show up on the list of the new fansubs out yesterday. I just got done watching it and give it a thumbs up (especially since the character I hate wasn’t in it much). It will be interesting to see what direction they take things in this season.

Now time to see what other shows are due out this fall.

Glenn Fleishman from 802.11b News had an article in the Seattle Times about Bluetooth. It covers just what is so cool about this technology and the devices that use it. I can’t wait for there to be more things I can link to with my computer.

Bluetooth starts to reach usefulness: My article in today’s Seattle Times discusses how Bluetooth works and in which devices you can find Bluetooth support, or how to add it to existing equipment. My prognostication, implied in the article, is that once you have enough equipment shipping with Bluetooth built in, an extra $50 or so to enable your computer or laptop won’t seem like much because of the additional utility. Cell data is the big motivator here: if I can get a 2.5 or 3G phone with Bluetooth that I can control entirely from my computer as a network connection, then why bother with infrared, cables, or other proprietary solutions? [80211b News]

I’d think that within a year or so Bluetooth will start being built into computers so that you don’t need to go and buy something like a USB adapter for it. What I want now is something that will snap onto the bottom of my Palm IIIx to let that be bluetooth enabled.

Yesterday, Apple released the beta of iSync. For those of you not familiar with what Apple’s been up to lately, this is their application for syncing address books and calendars. It is specificly designed to work with their address book and iCal. So far it provides support for syncing multiple macs, to cell phones (over bluetooth!), and Palms.

I downloaded it yesterday and promptly syncronized it to my phone, and it worked flawlessly. Gotta love it. Unfortunately, as with all beta software, there are little issues here and there. Luckily Apple provides a link to their knowledge base section on it. Overall it is pretty decent. The biggest complaint being that syncing between two computers requires a .mac account. I’m hoping that for the full release there is some kind of Rendezvous based syncing. Since it seems like the perfect place to use that technology.

Two nice cool mornings in a row. I can’t wait till the leaves start changing. I love it when it’s nice and cool at night. Even if this does mean the coughing will start to increase when I go outside. But it is such nice weather to sit outside and read some. Finished the first GN of Wish this morning while sitting on my doorstep. Not bad, but not amazing. The third Chobits is up next.

When I was in 7-11 today I saw they had Smack Ramen. What a wonderful name for a product.

Tom Lehrer. “I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!” [Quotes of the Day]