Thu, 19 Feb 2009
small, backup cat
Lola Update
As referenced in an earlier posting about Lola, the demon-spawned cat from Hell, We had cat problems. If you’ll recall (or just read again to refresh your memory), Lola had behavioral issues. I left the story hanging with Lola being taken to the vet for a health evaluation. Her final disposition was pending the outcome of that examiniation.
(Un)Fortunately for Lola, no health issues were evident. The shelter from which Lola had been adopted was willing to take her back; but she will never be permitted to leave the shelter again to be adopted by a caring family.
Yes, we got another cat.
No, I’m not particularly happy about it.
But Runway is cute.
Thu, 12 Feb 2009
Time’s up!
Unix time is fun! As I noted in a previous entry about the nature of timekeeping in the computer world, Unix tracks time by counting seconds since January 1, 1970.
The latest milestone for Unix time is at 23:31:30 UTC on February 13, 2009. People who like patterns in their numbers will rejoice as Unix time reaches 1234567890 seconds since the beginning of the Epoch. By coincidence, this day falls on Friday the 13th on the Gregorian calendar.
If you're using a Unix or Unix-like system, you can see how this works:
[on GNU]
>$ date -ud@1234567890
[on BSD]
>$ date -ur 1234567890
That will look like this:
For more information see the time_t entry on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Marc Elliot Hall St. Peters, Missouri
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Page modified: 31 December 2009
