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When I try to use Meta-Ctrl-< in Emacs while there is some text selected, OmniOutliner pops up and tries to insert the text as a “Default Clipping”, which is terribly annoying, to say the least. After some looking around it seems to be a “Service” that can be turned off:

Went on a “fountain pen bender” this past weekend. Found tons of interesting things. Here is a bag of them: http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=8175 : index of pen reviews http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=39354 : index of ink reviews http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=58316 : fade test of inks http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=11808 : Fountain Pen Network FAQ http://www.richardspens.com/ : Richard Binder’s fountain pen site http://www.richardspens.com/?page=ref/anatomy-vac.htm : Anatomy of a Vac. Lamy Safari pics:

Ran into lawnmower trouble today. After priming the engine and firing it up, it runs for 2-5 seconds and dies. It sounds like carburator trouble. Some links I checked out in the process, which are worth saving:

Bryan pointed out this interesting link: http://www.crossfit.com/cf-info/excercise.html

Camera reviews at dpreview.com: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond80/ http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond90/ http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos450d/ (Canon EOS Rebel XSi) Lens reviews: http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-S-17-85mm-f-4-5.6-IS-USM-Lens-Review.aspx http://www.photozone.de/canon-eos/181-canon-ef-s-18-55mm-f35-56-is-test-report--review http://www.slrgear.com/reviews/showproduct.php/product/355/cat/all (Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II …) http://www.slrgear.com/reviews/showproduct.php/product/349/cat/31 (Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro) http://www.slrgear.com/reviews/showproduct.php/product/136/cat/11 (Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM) http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Tamron-17-50mm-f-2.8-XR-Di-II-Lens-Review.aspx (Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8) Shopping links:

I found the following links interesting when I investigated my fever/flu: http://www.fluwikie.com/pmwiki.php?n=Consequences.Fever http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fever http://www.cdc.gov/flu/

I’ve been thinking on how best to get an accurate estimate of fuel consumption on my Honda Civic. Here is what I came up with: keep a notebook in car upon filling up the tank with gas: fill the tank all the way up note how many litres were purchased; write this down in the notebook, with today’s date also write down how many kilometres were travelled since last such refueling reset the “fuel” distance counter Figuring out the mileage over the distance travelled since the last refueling thus becomes trivial:

10 Rules for Preventing Automotive Performance Loss - Part 1 10 Rules for Preventing Automotive Performance Loss - Part 2 10 Rules for Preventing Automotive Performance Loss - Part 3

I just had Windows reboot out of the blue (no BSOD, just as if I pressed RESET). Looking at the system event log it seems Windows ran into trouble: Event Type: Information Event Source: Save Dump Event Category: None Event ID: 1001 Date: 12/11/2007 Time: 3:19:32 PM User: N/A Computer: SKYNET Description: The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x100000d1 (0x00000000, 0x00000002, 0x00000001, 0xba940dc2). A dump was saved in: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini111207-01.dmp. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. A useful website detailing the STOP codes: http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm Also of interest is the KB article on dealing with the minidumps: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315263