After a string of 70 degree sunny days, the seeds in the garden are all starting to show their greens. Lettuces and turnips, carrots and chards. Already I’ve got a dozen or so varieties planted, and it’s nearly time to plant the rest. The long promised online tour of the house is nearly complete, and I’ll follow that with a well-documented online garden.

K.E.S.T.R.E.L. : Kinetic Electronic Soldier Trained for Repair and Efficient Learning. Another fine toy from the Shuttlecocks.

Mom always said don’t play ball in the house! Poor NASA… they’re having such a hard time of things lately. NEAR Shoemaker is making pretty movies, so all’s not lost.

Six weeks to go until the dreaded 5/5/00, and all the planets (as seen from Cassini) are lining up nicely.

…I want to lie shipwrecked and comatose
drinking fresh mango juice
Goldfish shoals nibbling at my toes
Fun, fun, fun in the sun, sun, sun …

Robert Llewellyn, actor and writer (Kryten on Red Dwarf) has a nice set of personal pages up. So does Craig Charles (Lister on Red Dwarf), for that matter.

I am on a roll. Yesterday, as I was swimming in Violent Femmes music, I was reminded of their recent live album Viva Wisconsin. I thought to myself, “I’ve got to get this as soon as I can.” Today, I run across a new MP3 player (software). For a limited time, when you download the free player, you can choose a free album from one of the choices listed. Among them: Viva Wisconsin. It is now safely placed on my harddrive.

The Story of a Wicket Woof and a Ladle Gull: Wants pawn term, dare worsted ladle gull hoe lift wetter murder inner ladle cordage, honor itch offer lodge, dock, florist…

Blinkenlights Archaeological Institute: excavating, preserving, researching, and presenting nteresting and historically significant computing devices. “Der machine is diggen by experten only. Is nicht fur geverken by das dummkopfen. Das rubbernecken sightseenen keepen das cotten picken hands in das pockets, so relaxen und watchen das blinkenlights. " Don’t worry… it’s not all in fake German.

Today we at Partner Software bid farewell to our office manager with a large meal at one of the local chinese buffets. Robin took us from a startup to the relatively stable secure company that we are today and is leaving to do the same at another startup here in Athens. I’m not exactly looking for another job, but what these guys are doing sounds mighty interesting. I nearly missed the lunch handling some customer support here at the office, but I got there as everyone else was finishing, scarfed down a big plate of food, and read the fortune out of my cookie: “You will soon go work at a better job. " Well… if that’s what the cookie says, who am I to argue?