Kitchen accomplishment:
The washer, dryer, coffee grinder, dishwasher and bread machine were all running at the same time. The next step will be to involve the microwave somehow. Tricky timing that, though. Grand slam: coffee grinder and coffee maker both running at the same time for some reason.
I am a very dull person.
posted by Kyle Beatty at 9:57 AM

posted by Kyle Beatty at 2:38 AM

Here's Kopaka on top of Mont M�n�tor:


posted by Kyle Beatty at 5:01 PM

Filmscoremonthly.com posted a trivia contest tonight. Here are the questions:

1. How many times has JAMES HORNER been nominated for an Academy Award and for which films was he nominated?
   
2. BLACK SCORPION star Joan Severance had a cameo in what 1987 action film that spawned a series of successful sequels and who composed the score to that film?
   
3. Name 4 OTHER Films that James Horner's score to BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS has appeared in (and PLEASE, no Goldsmith jokes)?
   
4. What other film did James Horner score that BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS writer JOHN SAYLES wrote?
   
5. In the STARGATE SG-1 episode, "THOR'S HAMMER," a famous actor played the voice of a cave dwelling creature. What was that actor's name and what was the characters name he voiced?
   

The contest is based on who submits the correct answers soonest. My entry went in sometime around twelve minutes past midnight.

Well, if I looked up stuff on IMDB correctly, it's

1. Frira. Gvgnavp, Gvgnavp (fbat), Ncbyyb 26, Oenirurneg, Svryq bs Qernzf, Nyvraf, Nzrevpna Gnvy (fbat)
   
2. Yrguny Jrncba, Zvpunry Xnzra
   
3. Naql Pbyol'f Vaperqvoyr Nqiragher, Oneonevna Dhrra, Jvmneqf bs gur Ybfg Xvatqbz, Fcnpr Envqref.
   
4. Ynql va Erq
   
5. Wnzrf Rney Wbarf, Hanf
   

posted by Kyle Beatty at 11:52 PM

Kyle, your webcam STINKS. And so does this Blogger site. It erased my last rant. Your webcam is always breaking. All I want to do is spin it around and around and make it trip over its cord and fall over, but no, the damn thing freezes after I play with it for a few seconds. Also, this stupid blogger site won't let me post pictures of my parents dogs or ducks. And it erased the last thing I was about to post. Grrrr.
posted by M haughery at 7:34 AM

Hi Manjit!

I wish I could say that the software controller failures were my clever way of preventing the cam from falling over, but I must confess that I have done nothing to prevent it. It's just a happy accident. (The author of the software corrected these problems a long time ago but I haven't installed the patched version. Don't blame Amnon.) Nature always finds a way.

The Blogger site has a pretty weird interface. "Post" is like a preview. "Publish" actually does a series of FTP events that are a lot like reaping and sowing.You'll get the hang of it with more exposure. But yes, it is weird.

Here's the deal with posting pictures: they must exist on an internet-accessible server. From there, you can link to them using HTML:

>

< IMG SRC="http://www.foo.net/satanpup.jpg" >

I hope that this cools your fevered brow.
posted by Kyle Beatty at 11:11 AM

I laugh at the confusion among the foolish humans! Ha! Ha!
posted by kopaka (a toa) at 11:37 AM

Cat on the back porch:




posted by Kyle Beatty at 8:56 AM

How to remove a brain from a Toa head:










posted by Kyle Beatty at 9:12 AM

Unsatisfied with the combination of Jala and Onewa. I have added them to a large Throwbot, Blaster. The result is not completely satisfactory, but was adequate to inspire this tableau:


posted by Kyle Beatty at 12:55 AM