Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Goodbye Ruby Tuesday, who could hang a name on you?

Since I needed some documentation about a software program we're using, I decided to make an account with Illumina, Inc. in order to access certain areas of their website (i.e. product downloads, weeee). All was going fine and dandy until I had to do the security validation part...



What is that second word? Is it someone clawing at a wall in a horror film? Is it some sort of ancient script I've never seen? Is it merely a bunch of i's and l's?

What's worse is that I clicked on the audio button to try the security validation that way and it gave me the instructions to type out the words I heard spoken. Then it proceeded to have about 4 people mumbling at the same time with no actual words audible!

Worst security validation system ever! I finally reloaded the text one and got some real words, but, srsly!

Stormy weather, just can't get my poor old self together

It seems I haven't lived in Ann Arbor long enough to remember its seasonal intricacies when they arise. Late autumn is really foggy. Almost every day there is some sort of visibility warning. Of course, this dismal fogginess is quite eerie and beautiful in the morning, but it leads to a long, dark winter where the sun doesn't show its face frequently enough and the whole world is dreary and sad.

The other morning was the beginning. I awoke to look out on a blanket of white through the three dimensional space of my backyard. Without my glasses on, I proclaimed, "Juggles, it's snowing!" He laughed and said it was just fog. Oh yes, this fog stuff we get.

'Tis the season.


Unrelated, there's a Haydn symphony nicknamed "The Palindrome" (Symphony No. 47 in G major Hob. I:47) due to its third movement wherein the second part of each the Minuet and the Trio is the same as the first, but backward. I heard this on the radio today and liked the concept of this done in music.



... and back to your regularly scheduled programming...