It’s all Greek.

It’s all Greek.
The Snook: “It’s easy. Quicktime is to AVI as Sorenson is to DIVX.”
Me: *hysterical laughing* “Fleurgen is to schneurgen as gmergen is to geflorgen. You didn’t make it any easier.”

Eyeglass Piercing

I don’t think I could personally hang my eyeglasses off a nose piercing. I just have this feeling that it would, like, tickle me between the eyes, and I’d go cross-eyed from staring at the lack-of-bridge all the time. (Didn’t that sorta happen in The Jerk?) That said, I got terribly frustrated while shopping for new sunglasses tonight. All the styles were wraparound, which my Korean face completely rules out. (My nose has very little bridge so wraparounds end up sitting on my cheeks, which I hate.) Maybe “Blue Blockers + Piercing” would be just the ticket?

Stressful week

It’s been a stressful week at work, but I wanted to let all the knitters know that on Saturday Tapestry Craft will be having an official product launch for Noro yarns. I know! How sweet is that? We’re finally getting them. I also heard through the grapevine that “Don from Prestige Fibres” is also going to be giving some of this cult-favorite wool away, so be sure and stop in if you’re in town…

iPod-iTunes Data 1.0.1

Okay, so I managed to lose all the ratings and playcounts in my iTunes music library. I still had that data on the iPod, but it wouldn’t update iTunes (since I had the iPod set to manually update because out library is bigger than the iPod). I did some desperate Googling tonight and discovered iPod-iTunes Data 1.0.1. It’s not the prettiest application in the world, but I’m happy to report that it copied all my metadata back to my Mac. (Tip: I had trouble getting it to work at first because I didn’t read the fine print about setting the “update” dates at the bottom, which default to the current date. It only checks songs that you’ve played since that day, so if you’re doing it for the first time, you need to click the down arrow about a million times to get back to the first day you used the iPod. That was easy in my case, but it could be a bitch if you’ve had yours a long time.)

Pocari Sweat

60% of The Human Body is Made Up of Body Fluids
I just stopped by our local Chinese grocery to grab a Diet Coke when I noticed something new in the cooler in amongst the Red Bulls and Gatorades: Pocari Sweat. Yes, Japan’s most famous soft drink named after a smelly bodily fluid is availabe right around the corner from my house. Reviews on the Internet are mixed. I am now completely obsessed with this fearsome drink. Dare we try it?