You can dial, but you can't text

It's okay to dial a phone number and chat on phone while you're driving, unless you're too young. But you definitely can't text. That seems very silly.

I wonder if it's okay to text if you're stopped at a red light at an intersection. I did that the other day, after my wife prevented me from texting while was driving.

in reference to:

"The new law also bars drivers under 18 from talking on cellphones. Pelle says it will be tough for officers to tell the age of drivers and whether they're dialing a phone number instead of texting"
- Boulder County sheriff says no-texting-while-driving law will be hard to enforce - The Denver Post (view on Google Sidewiki)

zucchini and eggs

I would not have thought zucchini and eggs pair naturally, but according to the internet they are 'a match made in heaven'. I haven't tried that recipe. I did, by circumstance, create my first frittata last night, though, after being put in charge of making dinner. I didn't follow that recipe though. I scavenged for vegetables we had around (zucchini and green pepper), sauteed them and flavored them with a curry sauce, and used that recipe as a guide for quantities for the next steps. Four eggs, some cheese, and some time in the oven later, I'd say that the zucchini did do well in the dish. I don't suspect that the eggs and zucchini shared an immortal soul in the heavens before being plunged to the earth to eventually find each other and fulfill their cosmic destiny, though.

What a rumor

So Google's hot trends has picked up a spike in rumors that Fidel Castro died... of nephelococcygia.

And I just blogged about the rumor, adding to the mill :-O

in reference to:

"Castro's death has been attributed to oxygen starvation caused by failure to breathe while staring at clouds.  He loves to look for images of Che Guevara and Charo."
- Nephelococcygia--Did It Cause Fidel Castro's Death? | Gather (view on Google Sidewiki)

desktop search: "petunia"

results for petunia
location: http://www.ancorainviaggio.it/petunia3.jpg

desktop wallpaper search string

nightshade
Result:

64 bit sideshow - installing java plugin for Firefox

It's real easy to download the 64-bit installer for JRE on Linux. Unfortunately the installation page leaves out an important bit about registering the JRE plugin for Firefox's use.
The missing step could easily have been included in the instructions from java.com :
ln -s <JRE install dir>/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/

save time with dates

Yay, I stumbled upon a time-saving keyboard shortcut for entering a date into Excel! Ctrl+: (that's a colon) will put today's date into the current cell.

This keyboard shortcut also works in Google Docs spreadsheets. So if you find yourself logging things daily and think typing dates is tedious (or even remembering the date), this is a pretty handy shortcut to know.