Poor wee device.

Oh my poor wee phone. Barely a week old and already I've installed a number of minor apps:

-Latest HTC ROM
-Finger-friendly keyboard with trainable autocorrect
-FITALY ergonomic stylus keyboard (I'm at about 20WPM on it)
-Garmin XT full voice GPS navigation, with full NZ and US maps.
-A finger-friendly task switcher
-An alarm clock that makes me solve puzzles to turn it off, and keeps going until I solve them fast enough, or turn on the light. It screams if I turn the light back off again though...
-The latest Google Maps- handy for searches, but Garmin's better for navigation.
-Smart auto screen rotation program
-IRIS web browser, smarter zooming and link management than Opera.
-Battery monitor that displays atop all programs
-TCPMP media player, plays about anything you like to throw at it.
-Dynamic processor speed manager with configurable profiles. I mean, does it really have to run at 600MHz when it's turned off? How about 20MHz?
-Really smart calendar app with appointments written in teeny-tiny text on the days.
-Pocket Player audio player. Supports A2DP and AVRCP so it can talk to my lovely headphones.


I'm not really concerned about the phone, it's plenty powerful enough to run everything at once, I'm more concerned about me. What happens when I run out of things to install?!? As it is Windows mobile 6.5 is only a few days away...

NZ AIDS Memorial Quilt Project

...is in trouble. Declining interest and funding means that the project is just barely paying the storage bills for the quilts, and the two remaining trustees called a meeting of community leaders and interested parties to see if we can fix it.

The outcome of the meeting was a little surprising: the idea of quilts as a memorial is outdated, and the current regime of preservation and display is doing little to make them more relevant.

However the concept behind the quilts, that of a living memorial to those we have lost, is inspiring. I believe the quilts, properly documented and presented, can become the core of an evolved Quilt Project that curates living memorials in all sorts of media. A website, a travelling display, even a collection that goes on loan to museums. Once the quilts have been documented and made relevant again, the physical artifacts will be free to be donated to a museum for proper care and maintenance (they are, after all, an irreplaceable record of gay expression in this country) while the information and the concept will live on.

Let's see how we go.

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OMG

JJ Abrams admits that the lens flares in Star Trek are over the top.



...and then tells us that they were all PRACTICAL EFFECTS. Spotlights shined into lenses. Not one ounce of CG.

HOLY FUCKIN SHIT DUDE, are you INSANE???!!?!

That's teh most awesome thing I heard, ever! Ever ever!