http://www.tdrake.net the thoughts that come afterwards Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:34:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sunshine River Tours takes people into the semi wild Florida areas to swim with manatees. I came across their web site and for some reason the video reminded me of being a kid and going to the public pools. I don't know what that means and I'm not sure I ... http://www.tdrake.net/sweet-manatee-memories/ Logo, the gay cable channel, is reviving the great film Sordid Lives as a soap opera. This is going to be, to borrow from ultra gay Brian Rountree, Fab-u-losity! Ok, Brian wouldn't actually say that, but I thought it would be fun to call him ultra gay. Back to Sordid Lives. ... http://www.tdrake.net/sordid-lives-tv/ Five foods that cause anal leakage! How could we possibly live without this information? This reminds me of the fat blocking diet pill that potentially caused explosive diarrhea. I worked great for about a week. I ate sensibly until I couldn't live without a burrito. That's when I realized it didn't ... http://www.tdrake.net/critical-reading-material/ Frommer's has such a lovely description of where I live in Paris. 12th Arrondissement (Bois de Vincennes/Gare de Lyon) Very few out-of-towners came here until a French chef opened a restaurant called Au Trou Gascon. The 12th's major attraction remains the Bois de Vincennes, sprawling on the eastern periphery of Paris. ... http://www.tdrake.net/my-little-paris-ghetto/ Tomorrow (V-E Day) we celebrate the end of World War 2. The Arc de Triomphe has a huge flag flying. Two victories to celebrate in one week. Not that I'm comparing Yahoo vs. Microsoft to WWII. http://www.tdrake.net/v-e-day-in-paris/ I hate VI, no, I really hate VI. Can I say that any more succinctly? VI is a command-line editor for Unix that lets you edit a file on the server. It's great if you are a masochist with an anal-retentive personality. It's torture for anyone else.  So, imagine my ... http://www.tdrake.net/why-would-someone-recreate-hell-on-a-computer-vi/ Jerry Yang did it! He's pushed Microsoft back and Yahoo! is now back to its independent status. Frankly, I thought the Microsoft/Yahoo merger would have been ok. At least Microsoft respects its engineers and has some money to invest in Yahoo products. The worst-case scenario for me was a merger with ... http://www.tdrake.net/yahoo-not-microhoo/ Yesterday was the International Workers' Day (May Day). We not only got that day off, but today as well. Don't tell anyone, but I still logged in and worked on Yahoo stuff both days. Just don't let Sarkozy know, I'd hate to have my visa pulled for not taking the ... http://www.tdrake.net/paris-shopping-mayday/ MyPlayList is a new web site that lets you search for a band and sit back while it finds music and images off the internet to create a playlist. The images come from Flickr and the music comes from wherever it can find good stuff. The playlist options seem to be ... http://www.tdrake.net/myplaylist-mix-images-music/ If you don't know what Goatse is, save yourself and don't look it up. For those that do, can you imagine what this cat is thinking? http://www.tdrake.net/the-best-goatse-photo-ever/