(18:14:03) noweb4u: would you pay to use ricochet?
(18:14:04) SmarterChild: You think I should pay to use ricochet?
(18:14:09) noweb4u: of course
(18:14:09) SmarterChild: Oh.
(18:14:35) noweb4u: so would you pay to use ricochet?
(18:14:35) SmarterChild: Wow, that's fascinating. Maybe!
(18:19:05) noweb4u: How much would you be willing to pay for mobile internet access?
(18:19:06) SmarterChild: I'm just not sure…

http://www.telcodata.us/telco.html

Search for a non-existent exchange. I'm going all Network Solutions on people for this one. 😉

Thanks to everyone for the outpouring of support. It's not the deaths themselves that were as shocking as the crushing blow of multiple ones within such a short timeframe. I'm gonna be okay, I just needed to be alone.

As I said earlier today to a friend of mine – the idea of instant global communication is amazing. I'm not sure if IM is the best method of communicating a death in the family, but I figure as long as it comes from a relative or close friend, it's definitely not tasteless, and it keeps the phone lines free for those who are more directly affected to hear a sympathetic voice at the other end. I've always been a fence sitter as far as internet usage for various meatspace things, but I think this is a good use of instant messaging. What do you guys think – is it okay to communicate death in the family over IM?

Writeup is here
Pictures are here

2 deaths in my family within the last 6 hours. Both of natural causes.

Fuck it, I'm going to bed.

Zer0, I got your scsi box working. Damn that thing was dusty. It's sitting on your bed. whatever you do, don't remove the power cable, there's no way to keep the socket on the inside in. I'll fix it permanently when I find the right kind of jack. Scouts honor.