Below are the 18 most recent journal entries recorded in cybrludite's LiveJournal:

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
7:35 pm	Disgusting Blatant election theft (40 million hand-written ballots counted in 4 hours? Really?) and brutal supression of the resulting protests, and Obama has to be dragged screaming & kicking to mutter bland telepromptings about respecting the democratic processes and not a whisper of sanctions. On the other hand, when a Chavezista gets thrown out of power for unconstitutionally trying to get out of the term limits in what was more of an X-treme impeachment than a true coup, and suddenly he's johnny on the spot. The Honduran army was acting on orders of both their supreme court & parliament, and with the support of a super-majority of the Honduran people and Zeyala's own party. I may have been embarrassed on occasion by Clinton and both Bushes, and often pissed off at things they've done, but I've never been so repulsed by our president before. 2012 can't come soon enough... Current Mood: embarrassed (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
9:07 am	Yeah that'll get me to renew... A few weeks ago I learned that at the end of July my rent jumps up $25/month. This morning I'm getting ready for bed when a couple of Mexicans fire up a friggin' jackhammer right outside my front door. At least a little warning would have been nice... Current Mood: aggravated Current Music: Whatever it is, I can't hear it over the fucking jackhammer... (Comment on this)
Monday, June 29th, 2009
4:10 pm	Mr. Charles Darwin, please pick up the red courtesy phone... Thunder's been rumbling for the past five minutes, and not fading away. Who the hell thinks this would be a great time to go for a swim? The funny part is they squeeked and got out of the pool when the rain started. Horrors! They might get wet! Seriously, someone's threat matrix is well & truly messed up. Current Mood: annoyed Current Music: "Here Comes The Rain Again" - The Eurythmics (Comment on this)
12:11 am	Scratch that off the to-do list... Was feeling a bit better (been under the weather the last few days), and got out of the apartment for a bit. Went and drank absinthe at the Old Absinthe House, and watched the tourists for a bit. Won't be doing that regularly, as even by my standards it'd be an expensive hobby. Took my 2 Meter HT along. Was able to hit a few repeaters from the Moonwalk, but no one was on the air. Probably all hammed out from the Field Day this weekend. Current Mood: lethargic (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, June 25th, 2009
7:59 pm	If you're the praying type... My cousin's doctors could use some theological backup. (Hey, it couldn't hurt...) http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/lizzeringue Current Mood: nervous (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
7:36 pm	Quotes making the rounds ...regarding Twitter & Iran "The internet was designed to stabilize the government, but is mostly used for chatting. Twitter was designed for chatting, but is being used to destabilize a government." - William Gibson "140 letters is a novel when you're being shot at." - Anonymous Iranian Twitter Commenter Current Mood: hopeful Current Music: "Ghost In The Shell" - Aphex Twin (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
9:17 am	NedaNet Help us help the Iranian people. If you've got a network connection and some spare CPU cycles, you can strike a blow for freedom (And probably get on a FedGov list of some sort...) with NedaNet. http://www.catb.org/esr/nedanet/ Current Mood: pleased Current Music: "The Old Issue" - Rudyard Kipling/Leslie Fish (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 21st, 2009
6:49 pm	Time for a change Current Mood: determined (Comment on this)
Saturday, June 20th, 2009
7:13 pm	Bystander murdered in Iran. According to my Twitter sources, the girl's name was Neda, and she was watching the protests when she was shot by a Basij sniper. Takes a real brave man to fatally shoot an unarmed girl from concealment. Free Iran! Current Mood: infuriated Current Music: "Time For A Change" by Weapon X MC (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
9:18 am	I'm gonna go on (yet another) list for saying this... ...but it's a damn shame that IQ isn't determined entirely by genetics. If it were, then my job could be made much easier by tweaking a virus to take out anyone whose IQ isn't one SD to the right. (Comment on this)
Monday, May 25th, 2009
2:50 pm	Bleh. Worked overtime last Saturday, major network outage at work on Friday night, helped a friend move his mother-in-law this Saturday (That's as a friend, not as a *good* friend. U-Haul & dollies, not shovels & bleach...), and going solo to the Memorial Day picnic yesterday. All work & no play appears to be making Cybr a dull boy. Honestly, at the moment my lifestyle is getting to be about as reclusive as it was when I was living out at the farm after Katrina. My mood is not helped by the fact that a "just friends" email appears to be in my near future. Can't even get blind drunk, because I've got work tonight. So, in summation: Bleh. Current Mood: drained (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, May 24th, 2009
11:37 pm	To all our veterans *THANK YOU* Current Mood: thankful Current Music: USMC Band - The Battle Hymn of the Republic (Comment on this)
6:14 am	Tea Party picnic today West End Park, 11:00-16:00. BYO food & drink. Also, bring some trashbags so we can leave the place looking better than we found it. Current Mood: groggy Current Music: Misfits - Where Eagles Dare (Comment on this)
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
11:18 pm	Menu C MREs Took advantage of MRE Depot's free shipping offer to get two cases of their "Menu C" MREs. Each year the military buys their MRE cases as Menu A & Menu B, with a different standardized assortment of items in each. The Menu Cs were made for a "security contractor" company who has since reduced their operations in Iraq. These are an odd mix of military & civilian MREs. The case and the bags are the mil-spec type, minus the government property markings. The box lacks the temperature tracking sticker that military cases have to help with tracking the cases' freshness. Inside, there's more substitution amongst the side items than you'd see in a mil-spec meal. In fact, two sides from the case I broke down are labled as being from a HDR instead of an MRE. Every meal has a cracker packet & some sort of spread and a fun sized candy. Half had cookies or tabasco. The case had 8 veggie sides, 4 desserts, 3 fruit packs, 3 soup packs (All New England type clam chowder), and a packet of granola. All accessory packs are the sort with coffee. Over all, a pretty good deal. Current Mood: sleepy Current Music: Miles Davis - Weirdo (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
9:18 pm	Yahoo is run by morons Here's a helpful hint: Cell phone web browsers are effectively on dial-up. If I need more than my gods-damned email, I can look for it myself. And my email should be accessible with a single click once logged in. Email is what people use Yahoo for. Current Mood: aggravated Current Music: Drowning Pool - Bodies (Comment on this)
1:23 am	Quandry Scored a couple hundred feet of solid 14 gauge copper wire. Should I make antennas or chain mail? Current Mood: creative Current Music: Leslie Fish - Black Powder And Alcohol (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, May 18th, 2009
3:32 pm	Is Al Gore in town? Stepped outside to take out the trash, and found the temp to be unusually comfortable. Checked the temp & found it's 65° F. In New Orleans. In late May. Current Mood: cold Current Music: Jethro Tull - Something's On The Move (Comment on this)
2:45 pm	You may be a nerd if... ...your idea of an interesting rainy day project is building a 1/2 wavelength 2 meter Yagi antenna out of a tape measure and some 1/2" Sch 40 PVC pipe. Especially if you're then inspired to start fiddling with writing more accurate radio rules for your favorite RPG. Current Mood: geeky Current Music: COG - She Blinded Me With Science (2 Comments |Comment on this)