kellan has discovered what everyone who has spent any substantial amount of time in the northwest discovers – that whole thing about it raining all the time – it’s a myth perpetrated on californians and other non-northwesterners. having lived in oly for 4 years, i can say with some authority that it’s a sham devised to keep the whole place to themselves.

first, i want to make it clear that i don’t actually believe what i’m going to say, it’s just that my brain is far too efficient at pattern matching and induction even if it arrives at false conclusions. and second, i want i apologize in advance for appearing as if i might be making snarky comments about someone’s death. having said that, one can’t help but imagine the types of theories one could run through the conspiracy mill with the grist that a marine who helped rescue jessica lynch killed in crash on his first weekend back from iraq:

“Holly Coupe, his fiancee, said Speer sent her a letter from Iraq that said, “The first thing I’ll do when I get back is put a ring on your finger.””

coindence or not that it’s conveniently timed with news that the army describes what went wrong for jessica lynch’s unit?

thanks in part to a link from mefi the autopsy report blog has exceeded it’s allowable bandwidth and has been taken down for today. but you should check it out tommorrow, if you’re into casual observations blunt force trauma. it reminds me of the the wonderful sense of wry understatement that you’d find around the various academic medical centers that i used to spend more than fair share of time in.

it’s easy! anybody can do it:

“This step-by-step tutorial will get you up and running with a very basic XML-based content management system (or CMS). I don’t have the space here to get into a very complex example, but with any luck, the concepts and ideas presented here will provide you with the necessary springboard for your own exploration.”

[ via dangerousmeta ]

wherein we learn that xp’s origins can be found in the one of the oldest conundrums in the world. at least the software world:

“Up until then I believed better programming would solve all the world’s ills. Yes, you can screw up the programming so badly you kill the project. Usually, however, the problem concerns relationships between the business people and the programmers, the budget process, poor communications — factors unrelated to the programming. The context in which the software development takes place proves as important to the project’s success as the programming itself.”

[ via daniel berlinger ]

dave birthed a new technorati pinger service over the weekend. perhaps i’ll have to add support for it into my homegrown rss generator.

one can only imagine just how bad
edible gear tastes. but it doesn’t matter, since i’m a sweathog:

“Question: How do your products interact with sweat/condensation?

Answer: People who are unwilling to regulate their sleeping temperature should not buy our sleeping bags or pads.

Excessively sweaty hikers are also advised to avoid the SnackPack.”

[ via dangerousmeta ]