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Friday, May 18, 2001
Speaking of monkeys, has everyone seen the Karate Chimp? (Warning: big MPEG file).
posted by MES 7:41 PM ET | discuss | link
Good news: Fox will be bringing back The Family Guy next fall, with 22 new episodes! Bad news: It's going to be on Thursdays at eight, opposite Friends and, most likely, Survivor.
posted by MES 7:37 PM ET | discuss | link
OK, I resisted blogging this for a long time, but it's finally hit the legit. pre4ss, so it's time to post it here. Watch out for the MONKEY-MAN!!!!
posted by LT2 12:44 PM ET | discuss | link
Thursday, May 17, 2001
Well, I've got good news and bad news on my wireless broadband connection. The good news is it works. The bad news is that it's only working on one tiny corner of my balcony, and only intermittently, and with not so impressive speeds when it actually is working. I'm using it as I type this.Now the concept is definitely cool. I love the fact that I'm sitting here on the internet with no wires connected to my machine. But I'm gonna have to get MAEDulles to add or re-aim their antennas, or I ain't payin' for this shit.
posted by MES 8:37 PM ET | discuss | link
Wednesday, May 16, 2001
Here are some more TiVo secret codes, more for my future reference than anything else.
posted by MES 6:46 PM ET | discuss | link
Here is undeniable proof that it's just not a good idea to take your kitty on vacation with you. (The cat is Mike Rizzo's cat Sheeba, the place is the Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome.)
posted by MES 1:50 PM ET | discuss | link
Tuesday, May 15, 2001
Well, Doug has been AWOL for a while since he is above Camp 3 waiting for a break in the weather and away from the telecomunications hubs at base camp, so this update comes from DOug's mom, who has been culling what info. she can from the news. Here goes:From Sherrill MacLaren (Doug's mom):
"We now have a report that Camp IV has been established by Douglas's team - possibly by their very fine Sherpa, Boca, who stayed with the team after
Babu's death. The following came off the internet:"
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"Report from the Internet - I do not know what ABC means - at Base Camp? or somewhere very high.
Everest Status: North and South: 5/14/2001"Some climbers are staying at ABC to get in line. However, some climbers have been there for a number of days and are going to need to go up or down. Look
posted by LT2 7:42 PM ET | discuss | link
for a line of climbers to form as soon as the weather breaks. The first summits in 2000 were on May 15th, and more climbers summitted Everest than ever before in 2000. Some climbers will leave, this happens every year. Other will stay. This year is different in that the avalanche danger is high. Also the Sherpas have not liked this year from the start. The high winds at the Summit, were causing some Sherpas climbers not to go high when asked (or told), Sherpas would simply turn around (not a bad idea). The High camp on the South is set for almost all expeditions. High camps on the North are set for some. What will be the most interesting is to see who leads. On the
South, we have many small expeditions this year. The plan was for the large Japanese expedition with numerous Sherpa climbers from Asian Trekking, including 11 time Summitter Apa Sherpa, to fix the route from Camp 4 to the Summit. This would pave the "yellow brick road" allowing others to follow with the main concern of getting back down, if they have enough energy to get to the Summit. NFB, Mountain Experience and IMG has now teamed up to fix the rope to the 200 meters above the Balcony."
Damn I'm good. I just recognized Buck Henry, from behind, at fifty yards. Bow down before the king of celebrity recognition.
posted by LT2 6:24 PM ET | discuss | link
Yet another 3LP Alumn has become a parent. Jim and Jenn Wasley had a baby girl, Sarah, last wednesday. Congrats guys!.
posted by LT2 11:15 AM ET | discuss | link
Monday, May 14, 2001
Wow, I don't know if it's because it's been down most of the day, and so people aren't using it, but Blogger is faster right now than I've ever seen it!
posted by MES 5:33 PM ET | discuss | link
Weekend Edition yesterday had a nice little piece on Douglas Adams that included excerpts from the Hitchhiker's Guide radio show and a 1982 interview. (4 minute RealAudio clip.)
posted by MES 4:25 PM ET | discuss | link
One of my favorite writers, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, whose work I was introduced to four years ago by reading this Celebrity Atheists page about my favorite fictional writer, Douglas Adams, today wrote a touching lament for his good friend.
posted by MES 4:11 PM ET | discuss | link
So Mike, ain'tcha gonna do something to commemorate the passing of Douglas Adams?
posted by LT2 11:43 AM ET | discuss | link
