Photo update as of midnight. This actually came out pretty well for a late night picture. Almost the same view as before, the car across the street on the side street (the first car), is mine, it’s pretty much burried right now.

I’m not quite sure how I got to this page about monkeys. I was browsing around and ended up on it, then went to take a nap. Then I couldn’t remember exactly I got there.

monkeys scare me.

Dave posts Bob Frankston’s comments on Boston Driving.

Just get a car, close your eyes and enjoy the experience. Just remember that green means proceed with caution, yellow means accelerate and red means look both ways for cops.

I have to agree. I don’t mind driving in Boston at all. I dove into it headfirst when I moved here. I don’t think it is any worse than driving in other big cities I’ve been in. Yes, there are some weird annoying quirks here. But once you get a feel for where things are it’s not bad at all. The fun part is slowly discovering new routes and how close everything really is. Remember, Boston is tiny compared to most west coast cities, most places you’ll want to get to are within 4 to 10 miles away tops (even if it doesn’t feel like it).

Derek posts about multi-region DVD players.

The Joy Of Region-Free DVD Players. Gizmodo.com recently pointed to an article about region-free DVD players. The article describes the “region issue” very well, but then… [Derek’s Rantings and Musings]

I love my multi-region player. It lets me get DVDs from Japan that aren’t here yet, and have a low chance of coming out anytime soon (and the ones I get have english subtitles even). I also got one that has Macrovision disabled. This was a big plus because Macrovision is known to reduce video quality.

I hear they’re making a Saikano videogame. I think there are some very basic flaws with this idea. Like, what happens if you screw up, do you get a happy ending instead of a sad one?

Here’s how things look right now:

It happened! For the third time since I’ve lived here Cambridge has declared a snow emergency starting at 2pm. For those of you that don’t live here, this means that you can’t park on any road that is a major artery, and on side roads there’s usually one side that is no parking. Luckily I just heard this now and parked my car in a spot both close to my apartment and where it won’t be towed. I’m a happy boy.

Because the answer made me laugh and laugh and laugh:

Which Izzard Are You?

Slut Izzard: You’ll crawl into any duvet any time of the day. You get to shag everyone, and wear all their clothes. You’re concerned with appearances, whether anyone will shag you, or whether you’ll shag anyone else. Rejoice!! For you are a fashion queen.

So a Big Snow is supposedly coming. I’m about to zip out to the store to make sure I have hot dog buns, maybe some coffee bags, and some smoked fish for making rice balls. If we get the Big Snow, who’s gonna come dig my car out?

The Shifted Librarian says Maybe I Won’t Try a TiVo After All. This is somewhat of a silly IMHO. I’d noticed this tendancy ages back. When I’m up late and can’t sleep I’ll have the TV on with no sound. I noticed it switching way back even when they used to have that little TiVo show that it would record. I personally think it’s kind of funny seeing where my TiVo ends up when I turn on the TV (and it is rarely on the Discovery Channel, it’s usually BBCA).

On another TiVo note, one of the things on my wish list is now a new TiVo. It looks like they are going to be doing some really cool thing with the Series 2 (including working with Apple for Rendezvous support). Though, if the hardware is basicly the same, I wonder if they’ll support people with hacked machines. That would be a kind of cool upgrade to be able to do.