decafbad recaffeinated

So, I read that Diigo is doing interesting things. It's been awhile since I was there, so I thought I'd go check them out again. Except, I forgot my password. Looking around on the site, it seems like there's just no way to get a password reminder or reset.

Then, I finally look at this thing:

Huh. At first glance, I thought that was some weird viral thing to get other people to sign up for Diigo. But finally I notice the tiny, tiny "Close" button and try it. Ah hah!

Now I'm waiting for the email. That was kind of odd and annoying.

Seems like a trend for most everyone I've been playing with in World of Warcraft, so for now...

...and it looks like the folks at Gizmodo are, too:

Yeah, it's just making shit up at this point:

I installed Mac OS X Leopard back in November, and up until the end of January I'd been getting reliable backups from Time Machine. At that point, for some reason, it stopped working silently and I found out about it with a message dialog 10 days later. Coincidentally, shortly thereafter I needed to completely restore from backup. So, 10 days in the past was better than nothing, and that restore worked.

Since then, though, I can't seem to get Time Machine working again after the restore. I've tried via AFP network share, I've tried with a drive hooked straight up to the machine, I've wiped all existing backups and tried starting with a fresh drive—basically I feel like I've tried every combination afforded by the black box, and it always seems to fail partway through.

Today, this is the cherry on top: