Fat Jerk

I’m not sure I want to embed flash on this page just yet (I might some day do up a click-to-load javascript thingy, but I’m currently enjoying the “state of lazy”), so instead here’s a link to a video of a big ol’ tarantula, that I call Jane.

A while back we determined what was the cause of some specific errors related to the IBM TS3200 library. I forgot to post about ‘em until now, though. Here’s the error message from mtx:
backup1:~# mtx next
Unloading Data Transfer Element into Storage Element 5…done
mtx: Request Sense: Long Report=yes
mtx: Request Sense: Valid Residual=no
mtx: Request Sense: Error Code=70 [...]

I’ve only uploaded a couple of photos from the trip so far. Here’s one taken while boating around on the Rio Negro. Our boat was pretty much directly under this snake, but we figured it wasn’t a big deal because he was pretty busy. That in its mouth is a bat. We assumed it was [...]

It’s perty here, but I’ve gotta say it’s weird not rinsing my toothbrush when I’m through with it. Time to go find some not-crazy-expensive bottled water!
<TourGuide> 88-year-olds wearing dental floss: That’s what Rio is all about!