aku-aku: v.. To move a tall, flat bottomed object (such as a bookshelf) by swiveling it alternatively on its corners in a "walking" fashion. [After the book by Thor Heyerdahl theorising the statues of Easter Island were moved in this fashion.] source: LangMaker.com. Aku Aku also has another meaning to the islanders: a spiritual guide.
39 of 52: A Reminder a Day
Posted by dav at 2008 Aug 20 10:38 PM PST
File under: Art

We are leaving Tesla in the care of Mie's mother while we go to Burning Man this year. That will be Friday until Sunday after the Burn ...ten days. We've never been both away from her for even 24 hours before.

I made a little box with a photo of Mie or I on it for each day and we will put a treat in each one. Hopefully she won't think we've abandoned her completely this way? Parental guilt starting to to get thick...

A Reminder a Day

38 of 52: A Goose Dreaming of Moose Juice
Posted by dav at 2008 Aug 11 09:02 AM PST
File under: Art

Mie's nephew Tyler brought out some Dr. Seuss books this weekend while we were having a paint the RV day in Alameda. He pointed out a particular passage in Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book that he liked:

A moose is asleep. He is dreaming of moose drinks.
A goose is asleep. He is dreaming of goose drinks.
That's well and good when a moose dreams of moose juice.
And nothing goes wrong when a goose dreams of goose juice.
But it isn't too good when a moose and a goose
Start dreaming they're drinking the other one's juice.
Moose juice, not goose juice, is juice for a moose.
And goose juice, not moose juice, is juice for a goose.
So, when goose gets a mouthful of juices of mooses
And moose gets a mouthful of juices of gooses
They always fall out of their beds screaming screams
So, I'm warning you, now! Never drink in your dreams.

I thought it odd that the otherwise adventurous Seuss was so conservative in dream juice segregation. I mean, come on, fall out of your bed screaming screams just because you drank the wrong juice? Doubtful. I decided to draw a goose dreaming of moose juice on the RV.

A Goose Dreaming of Moose Juice

CLI editor for ICS files?
Posted by dav at 2008 Aug 1 08:21 AM PST
File under: Geek

I'd really like to find an open source command line editor for iCalendar (ics) files. I generally maintain my calendars using iCal on OS X, but the iCal client does not allow write access to calendars you've subscribed to even if the server settings allow it. So sometimes I want to edit a calendar directly on the server and all I have is ssh terminal access.

I've gone on google hunts (and sourceforge, rubyforge and freshmeat hunts) for this several times but somehow can never come up with one even though I know one must exist. I could probably write one in under an hour using a ruby or perl library, but there has to be a more robust full-featured one than I could do in an hour out there.

Anyone know of one?