6708 Settled on a new digital home, now I just need a physical one.

Mind is scattered all over the place today, and I find myself wishing I'd had more time this morning for a hearty breakfast. (not to mention something in the cupboard that resembled a hearty breakfast.... everything is pretty much dinner-oriented until I visit the grocery again.)

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Yikes.. Electricity this month was $105, compared to last month's $73. quite a leap... With the way I've been cranking the A/C these days, I wonder if I'll crack $120 next month.

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Well, I started the ball rolling for my new host... I went with Rydia.net/ for a few reasons.

• They got back to me via email *fast*. That counts for a lot in my book. I want people that are responsive.



• Downtime log seemed reasonable (especially compared to my last host, which had a multi-day crisis earlier this year.)



• The price is right - $10 a month for all the features I want, and more bandwidth than I foresee needing, even if I stream audio and video 24/7 for newtcam. I like the idea of doing subdomains easily, too.. now I can have newtcam.scottobear.com, or whatever.

Also tempting was NearlyFreeSpeech.net. It's $1/GB for bandwidth (actually 1¢ per 100th of a GB), and 1¢/MB/month for disk space. You simply send them a deposit (as little as $5) and when you've used that specific amount of bandwidth or disk space, they take out a penny. Thanks for the advice, Jordon! If I wasn't such a data storage piggie, that would've gotten my vote.

Speaking of hosting, all sorts of nifty goodies at DNSstuff.com

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( 2 Piccies from yesterday's walk home )

Um, so holding a beer in public is a 911 emergency? Good to know, when I've seen Broward cops let a crackhead go *with his crack* because they're too damn lazy to bring him downtown, only 2 blocks from The CR. Somebody's telling a fib, or worse, has a really skewed set of priorities.

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Following up on a condo in Hollywood this week. I'm hoping that it's worth snapping up.

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That rain I was hoping for hit, and faded to vapor before I could go out and enjoy it yesterday... at least it cooled the air down a trifle. I'm going to have to look into rain gear soon, since the rainy season has started, even if it's not too noticeable yet.

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I'm getting the urge to visit the Morikami lately, gardens of so many skipped days in my senior year of high school. Maybe I'll go on one of the Summer Walks scheduled. I certainly would enjoy attending the Bon festival.

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Worth1000's new contest incorporates animals into classical artwork. Galleries: 1, 2, 3. (last is my favorite.)

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Forget Reagan, I'm more worried about Bonzo's tribe -

There are four chimp species, and only 8,000 of the rarest chimpanzees left in the wild. A new study presented at The Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance in Johannesburg states that in 50 years there won't be any at all.

Chimps are hunted for their meat in Nigeria, their habitat is being reduced to 10% of its original size by assorted human encroachments.

( Article )

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Thinking of mi Hala -

Emily Dickinson's #478

I had no time to Hate --
Because
The Grave would hinder Me --
And Life was not so
Ample I
Could finish -- Enmity --

Nor had I time to Love --
But since
Some Industry must be --
The little Toil of Love --
I thought
Be large enough for Me --

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current mood: Wo-oah, what I want to know, where does the time go?

current music: Uncle John's Band - Grateful Dead

want to listen?