Chocolate-Flavored Rambly Bits

[gnomi]

(no, I'm not sure why "chocolate flavored"; as a friend of mine used to say, "just smile and nod.")

-- My mother and I were discussing the various and sundry types of things one can use for lighting your Chanukah menorah, and the fact that there are multiple types of wicks out there for people using oil in their menorot. She asked me if I knew anything about the various types, and I said no. What I'd like to see, I told her, was an open-source, editable database of information on the various options. In other words, I want a Wick Wiki.

-- Cambridge now has a community skating rink in Kendall Square. Their Grand Opening Gala is today; they'll be open through 15 March 2007.

-- As a follow up to Monday's poll, I've ordered my swift and ball winder, and both are en-route to me. Thanks to all who voted and gave advice.

-- The icons for the various programs that comprise Office 2004 for the Mac look like Hebrew letters. The Word icon looks like an shin; the Excel icon looks like an aleph, and the PowerPoint icon looks like a kuf. The Entourage icon looks like a backwards peh, but that might just be by association from the other ones.

-- This morning, as I was coming out of the T at Kendall Square, a guy with a suitcase stopped me. "Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to Hampshire St.?" he asked. Now, I know in the abstract where Hampshire St. is from where we were standing, but I was pre-coffee and couldn't recall just how many blocks it was. So I pulled out my handheld and fired up Vindigo. Since I knew where we were, I plugged in the corner of Hampshire & Broadway as my location and pulled up the map to show him, and then showed him where we were, a straight shot down Broadway. "What is that program?" he asked. When I told him, he said, "I have a Blackberry. Do you think it would run on it?" I didn't know the answer, but I encouraged him to check out the website.

-- I'll be putting a poll up today, but I'm not sure on what. Suggestions for poll topics are greatly encouraged.

Comments

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

Suggestions for poll topics are greatly encouraged.

How about poll topics?

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Oh, very meta, indeed.

[docorion.livejournal.com]

"I want a Wick Wiki".

I wonder every day why you are not struck down by some deity, I really do. :-)

And I'd thought that about the Office icons also (although without knowing which letters they looked like).

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

I wonder every day why you are not struck down by some deity, I really do. :-)

For the bad puns, or for the potentially sacriligious nature of the puns? :-)

And I'm glad it's not just me who thought that about the icons.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Thirded about the icons.

Also, thanks for the info about the skating rink! Very cool.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

They put a big sign up yesterday, right by where I have to walk to get to my office building. That was the first I'd heard of it, even though they say it opened on 24 November. And it's right around the corner from my office. Rental of skates is cheap, so I'm wondering if I should go try it some day (I haven't skated since elementary school, and I'm not convinced my ankle or knee are strong enough, but I'd love to give it a shot).

[jesshartley.livejournal.com]

In other words, I want a Wick Wiki.

If it was made for really fast information location, it could be a WikiWiki Wick Wiki.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Oh, I like your style. :-)

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

Icky!

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Picky, picky!

[jesshartley.livejournal.com]

Well, only if the coding was really bad, or the facts were false.

If they were just complicated, it would be a tricky wikiwiki wick wiki...

But if it was very well done, and you could bookmark it, it would be a slick and sticky wikiwiki wick wiki...

I'm going back to work now. :)

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

::giggle::

This is why I adore my friends.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

So when do we expect the spindle and waterfracker to arrive?

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

The waterfracker is coming from Northampton and was shipped Tuesday; the spindle's coming from California (I think) and was shipped yesterday. So, the waterfracker could come as soon as today. The spindle'll probably take until some time next week, but who knows.

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

so what you're saying is you want a wicki. :D

where do you get a menorah that you can put oil in? because that would be really cool. (and reminds me i need to buy candles....)

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

so what you're saying is you want a wicki. :D

Indeed. :-)

where do you get a menorah that you can put oil in?

The Israel Book Shop sells a whole bunch of them, in different styles.

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

You can buy little glass bowls with bottoms that fit into a standard candle-based chanukiyah. (That's what I use.)

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Oh, right. I remember those. And then you don't have to get a whole new menorah, just the cups and the wicks.

[elul-3.livejournal.com]

We use those too...just be sure you have your menorah with you when buying, as many candle-structured ones are too closely-spaced for most sizes of glass bowls.

[elul-3.livejournal.com]

What ever happened to "Poll tomorrow, poll yesterday, but never ever poll today?"

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Well, that was yesterday, so there has to be a "tomorrow" poll today. :-)

[half-double.livejournal.com]

What I'd like to see, I told her, was an open-source, editable database of information on the various options. In other words, I want a Wick Wiki.

You could always get a plush menorah. Then all wick-related puns could at last rest in peace.

Did you choose the metal or the wood?

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

You could always get a plush menorah. Then all wick-related puns could at last rest in peace.

Wick-ed awesome! < /bostonian regionalisms>

I went with the wood, since I found a good price on one. And it should be on its way to me sooooon (it's en route, but I left the tracking info at home, so I can't obsessively check its current location on its way to our PO box). The ball winder came in yesterday's mail.