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A few computer/technology related tid-bits that in years past would have been much longer posts.

1. Look, I really kind of like K-Meleon, the lightweight, native Windows Implementation of the Geko Layout Engine. Think of it as Firefox for Windows without the Firefox part. On the Operating System of the Future (Windows 2000), K-Meleon is the browser of tomorrow.
2. If only there were a similar version of Pidgin. I am now taking applications for the windows native multi-service XAMP client of tomorrow.
3. I am currently experimenting with Windows Live Mesh. Mesh is Windows online folder syncing, basically, except that it also syncs to a "Online Desktop," so you can always get at your synched files, so long as you have access to a browser (even KM. So far, I've got my entire allotment of space allocated and it's still uploading. Nice! I wonder what that means. They say that there is a MacOSX Client coming. It has some kind of RDP or VNC built into it, but it's flaky and doesn't work as nicely LogMeIn, for example.
4. If I could add one feature to the Windows Platform, I would add Universal Spell Checking like they have on the Macs. Hands down, Universal Spell checking is OSX's best feature.
5. I still miss you, Linux. Do something awesome and I'll come back to you. Here's a hint. It's not being sold in a box at Best Buy. Hundreds of crappy software products have been sold in a Box at Best Buy over the years.
6. You should be using Evernote. If you're not, you don't care about keeping notes. I have a Ocono.com Story Ideas notebook that I'm publishing there, but it's not about publishing, it's about having your data synced up to the web and on every computer you use. Except for Linux.

When you can't get to the Internet, bring the Internet to you. Trapped in a planning session with nothing to entertain you, might I suggest drawing your own LOL CATs.

Things to note about the guy sitting next to me at Altera at 3:30 p.m. on a Sunday afternoon.

1. He is reading Tagged.com and flipping through voting yes to all the chicks and no to all the dudes.
2. He has an "Apartments for Rent" flier with him.
3. He has a "application for employment" for the Milwaukee Fire Department.
4. He has or knows someone who has a Wells Fargo Checking Account, according to his Nalgine bottle.

That is all.

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She insisted we stop and go in.
Since they had WiFi and I was in no hurry, I figured, why not?

Some notes and links to support the conversation at the Co-working session today:

1. The Bountiful Tunic appears to have closed it's virtual doors. I suggest you squat on the domain right now. A cursory search for "Plus Size Renfaire Garb" finds many viable people to whom you could sell the domain.

2. The Draft of "I hate treehouses" the Screenplay is on Scribd.

3. It wasn't Firewire Disk Mode I used. It was a standalone USB drive. Firewire disk mode is what I use for making backups at work. I was both confused and full of shit earlier. I'm sorry for the confusion.

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I also has pink sugar in my keyboard.

I peek over and see that Gaia is watching me type this, and I notice that she's smiling at me and she's cuddling one of her mother's cha-cha shoes.
Since she's not sleeping, "What are you doing with those," I ask her.
"They're Mama's shoes," she says. "They're cuddly, I like to cuddle them."
"Ok. Go to sleep."
"Do you want to cuddle Mama's shoes in the big bed?"
"No thanks."
"They're nice," she giggles.

I'm Tubing! Look at me Go!
I'm not saying that the new 'tooner is super awesome or anything, but it's been a long time since I've been pulled by anything, let alone on water.
So, here's the thing. I rule. It took a few runs to get used to the way it handled and to start to get an idea of how I could control the tube while being pulled, but by the end of the day, I even got up on my knees, but I fell trying to ride the tube like a surfboard.

It's a good kind of exhausted.

Untitled from Gabe Wollenburg on Vimeo.

Oh, Beersmores, the video.