Rave: After using it for a couple of weeks now, I have to say that the Braun Activator 8595 is the best razor I have ever owned, electric or bladed. I have had six electric razors in the past sixteen years, including two Brauns, a Panasonic Linear (the worst one), a Remington, and two Norelcos. This is the first shaver I have used that actually works on my tough beard without having to go over the same areas for thirty minutes. I am so glad that I left the charger for my Braun Synchro in a puddle of water, causing it to short out and melt.
Rant: Hollywood lawyers are clamping down on a few high-profile Bit Torrent sites, causing others, like SuprNova.org to go dark. Damn it. Now I have to search elsewhere for my torrents of television programs that I either forget to TiVo or can’t record because there are too many other things on at the same time. At least there is still TVTorrents.tv and a few others, but for how long?
Rave: GEICO is now available in New Jersey. Now I can save “15% or more” on my car insurance! Actually, if I decide to switch, I would only save about three percent over Allstate, but twelve bucks is twelve bucks.
Rant: Colds suck. I have been nursing one for the past week. It has almost run its course, but now my sleep schedule is all screwed up, and I have skipped my last three Bowflex sessions. I haven’t had the energy to blog or e-mail or work.
Rave: Movable Type 3.14 is out. It fixes a comment-spam server load issue, but even better—the version number is reminiscent of the ratio between the circumference of a circle and its diameter.
Rant: The lack of browser support for the CSS min-height property is a pain…in…the…ass. I finally gave up on a pure-CSS layout for a work-related site after wasting untold hours. Sometimes minimal tables are the only practical option.
At the risk of sounding like your mother, drink lots of fluids, get enough sleep, and wash your hands fanatically. Colds are the worst, aren’t they?