it must be a slow day since wired news has seen fit to write a lengthy article on the tdi club.

i’m loving my jetta tdi wagon. with gas prices what they are you just can’t beat getting 45-50 miles to the gallon [ and diesel is cheaper the regular gas anyhow ]. and it would seem that biodiesel must be catching on, since you can even get it in the perpetually-behind-the-curve area of west michigan where i live.

oddly, i haven’t joined the tdi club yet, although i did just join the galaxie500 club.

interesting. google has pulled removed from its index eight sites that distribute kazaa lite at the request of kazaa. welcome to the wierd world of the dmca. i suppose at least google is transparent about the situation [ see the footer of the search page].

somehow i almost missed that the thunderbird 0.2 candidate builds are available for your downloading pleasure. see the release notes of sorts for the lowdown on new stuff.

well, now you can find out exactly where you fit in the global pay distribution. it’s an effective way to drive home a simple point. [ via blackbeltjones ]

so maybe norman vincent peale was onto something
with all that

power of positive thinking

talk. scientist apparently finding more clues that

positive thinking may have a health benefit:

“Researchers at the University of Wisconsin are
reporting today that the activation of brain regions associated
with negative emotions appears to weaken people’s immune response
to a flu vaccine.”

yes, that’s right. i’ve actually updated the photo gallery. thanks to “scanners and mac os x”, i discovered that there is now a plugin for my canoscan n650u. this means i can use the perfectly capable graphic converter application to get my photos out of the shoebox and onto the web.

in a move that will surprise exactly nobody, i have more than a few dog pictures in the queue. here’s a few from winter 2002.

ever wondered what it might be like to regain
your sight after being totally blind for 43 years? apparently,
it
takes a little getting used to

:

“I found it very distracting to look at people’s faces
when I was having a conversation. I can see their lips moving,
eyelashes flickering, head nodding and hands gesturing. At first, I
tried looking down, but if it was a woman in a low-cut top that
would be even more distracting. It was easier to close my eyes or
tune out the visual input.”