For those of you running OS X, Heath points to the “Best. Screensaver. Ever.” And I think I have to agree.

Hmm. I’m thinking I may have to rearrange my apartment. I need a change and I think I figured out a way to make it less cluttered.

Tiring Day today. I definitely pushed myself a bit, which is good. Started off with 15 minutes on the treadmill, didn’t push myself too hard. Then did the arms machine (this thing has two handles and you kind of pedal them with your hands. And last but not least was 15 minutes on the reclining bike. That’s the hardest one because those muscles haven’t gotten as much of a workout in ages and ages. After my doc appointment this afternoon I’ll take a nap and that should help things.

This weekend The Animation Show is going to be playing at The Brattle. It looks pretty cool, I may go on Sunday. [Found on bradley’s almanac via Boston Common]

And for other cities that will have The Animation Show visit their website.

The wonderful folks over at Ars Technica have posted a guide to fixing your PS2 if you are getting read errors on some disks. I’ve been having this problem myself, especially with old PS1 disks, so I think I may give this a try later.

Oh yeah, and the folks over at TechTV’s X-Play have a guide to doing it also.

Augh, what a fucking pain in the ass. On a mailing list I’m on, people started complaining about my sending out digitally signed messages. Checking their email headers it looks like the ones complaining are using Outlook Express.

Problem number one, when Outlook Express gets a digitally signed message it displays a somewhat confusing message in the message pane when the user goes to read it. You have to click on a button to see the actual message, There is a checkbox to say not to display the message again, but it’s still confusing to the user. I had one person say they thought it was spam. Which, if you don’t know what a digital signature is, is understandable. How many valid emails ask you to click in a box marked ‘Display Message’

Problem number two, if you click reply to a signed message, OE automatically selects the ‘sign’ option. This isn’t bad in theory, but if you don’t have a certificate it complains and won’t send the message (unless they deselect ‘sign’). Once again, to someone who hasn’t ever seen or heard of a digital certificate, they just see that they tried to reply to me and got an error. And there is no way to change this behavior, at least that I could find. If anyone knows of how to turn it off please let me know so I can pass it on.

Thank you Microsoft for providing me with yet another reason to get annoyed with you.

This one from over on LiveJournal. You take the text provided for your month and cross out the parts that don’t apply to you.

NOVEMBER:
Has a lot of ideas. Difficult to fathom. Thinks forward. Unique and brilliant. Extraordinary ideas. Sharp thinking. Fine and strong clairvoyance. Can become good doctors. Dynamic in personality. Secretive. Inquisitive. Knows how to dig secrets. Always thinking. Less talkative but amiable. Brave and generous. Patient. Stubborn and hard-hearted. If there is a will, there is a way. Determined. Never give up. Hardly becomes angry unless provoked. Loves to be alone. Thinks differently from others. Sharp-minded. Motivates oneself. Does not appreciates praises. High-spirited. Well-built and tough. Deep love and emotions. Romantic. Uncertain in relationships. Homely. Hardworking. High abilities. Trustworthy. Honest and keeps secrets. Not able to control emotions. Unpredictable.

Hmm. I hope I wasn’t too hard on myself.

From the Landover Baptist Church: Mind-Altering Energy Drink Turns Senior High Bible Study Into Godless Sex Orgy

And some news of the weird: Mystery surrounds 70 pairs of shoes filled with butter in woods.

Today was the first day of my second time through Pulmonary Rehab. I’m actually glad to have started this again. Though they ask you to keep exercising after you go through it, I found it hard to keep things up to the same level.

Today started off with stretching, I used 3 pound hand weights, and no leg weights. Since I was just starting we did a six minute walk (to see how far I could go). I actually went further than I did the last time I did one a month and a half ago. Cardio exercise today was 15 minutes on the arm machine, 10 on the bike and another 10 on the treadmill, all at really low levels. I figure I’ll keep some kind of online log here of how the sessions go, so hopefully it will get more interesting as time goes on.