Hello 
I'm Siobhan Curran/Kisa Naumova, and this is my weblog. I tend to write about stuff like crossdressing, Macs, code, cats, wine and Second Life, but in general it's just an ongoing conversation about all sorts of stuff. If you'd like to know a little bit more about what this all is, I recommend starting on this page which has a little bit of info on who I am, and what I'm trying to do — or you could dive into my five years worth of archives if you like.
Otherwise, feel free to close this box and explore...
Real DJs Code Live
Techies, who if they know it or not have natural artistic ablitity -wow! suprised? — (Wired News)
Ideal Mac Setups
If you cast your mind back a few months, you might recall that Jon 
and I were in deep discussions about what the perfect Mac-based home media centre would be like.
Since then, I haven't really expanded on what I've got here, apart from getting my (wonderful!) Elgato EyeTV box, which really has changed the way I watch television.
The thing is though, that I'm pretty convinced that the way I'm currently set up isn't the most efficient way of doing things. Ideally (I've been thinking) I would have one specific Mac dedicated to all things 'entertaining'...
...and I'm thinking that the most perfect thing in the world would be an Intel Mac Mini, tucked away, somewhere central in my house. See, if it was central in the house, then I (although I'll have to check out things like ranges and stuff) could use my phone to control it from wherever.
I don't have to be able to actually interact with it — because I can use the G5 over the network to do things like trim adverts out of recorded TV programmes and burn DVDs and stuff.
But ... a couple of weeks ago, I was Stunned And Amazed™ by the performance of a colleague's MacBook Pro running Second Life, and I was thinking "Woah, Intel Mac Mini, with a bluetooth keyboard and mouse, hooked up to a fuck-off big HDTV, running Second Life — that would be sweet"
Or even a projector 
When April was up, we hung a sheet across the middle of my downstairs and projected films on it. I'm just thinking now that I could have a life-sized Kisa going on 
...
This is all (of course) aimless wish-listing. And the only real reason for me mentioning it, is to ask if anyone has tried out Second Life on an Intel Mac Mini — and if so, what's the performance like?
Oh. That's poo 
Anyone got a MacBook Pro with a busted screen that they want to sell?
I've tried Second Life on an Intel mini. The performance sucked, but it was a single-core chip...
@Everyone
Sorry — my minds just randomly wandering this morning. Truth is, I only woke up about an hour ago — not because I was drunk last night, but because I was sober.
And it's not like I was up real late or anything — I watched Final Fantasy, Something About Spirits Or Something that I'd saved earlier in the day, and got to bed at about 1am.
So that's like about 10 hours sleep — so why am I so tired today? Eh?
Never mind. In my Tired, Need Coffee™ state, I was wondering about commenting-conventions, in particular the whole "@Someone-or-other" thing.
Now, I've been using these here internets for a long time, and the idea of 'discussion' conventions isn't exactly new to me. But it's only recently I've been seeing people using "@Whatshisface" to direct a comment to a specific person, rather than using blockquotes and the like.
In fact, I think the first place I saw it was on Flickr.
Have I just been asleep for the past few years, or is it a totally new thing?
I've been up since 6am and i feel like it.
I'm loving that LiveCoding! I've been working on a DJ software project recently, I think I could integrate LiveCoding to come up with something pretty cool
And it's in perl too, my first language!
How To Be A Transvestite Weblogger In Six Easy Steps
Got a blog? Like wearing dresses? Worried that your content is a little sparse? Worry no more my little pantyhosed comrade. There's a world of content out there, just waiting to be reacted to.
Go to http://news.google.com
Type the word "transvestite" into the search box
Pick a story at random
Copy-paste it into your blog
Attach whichever of the following reactions seems to fit best:
- OMG, that's so funny *giggles*
- *pah* Don't they know the difference between TV and TS
- It's people like that that give us a bad name
- LOL! I hope Sam wins Big Brother
Repeat to fade.
Asteroid and Earth in 'near miss'
Holy Fucking Shit! Where's Bruce Willis when you need him eh? — (guardian.co.uk)
"It would probably be big enough to wipe out a small country," Dr David Asher, of the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland, said.
A small country you say? Like, um, Northern Ireland?!
/me runs for the hills
The Sun
Asteroid/Earth "near miss" = 10% further away than the Moon! Astronomy does have an interesting definition of near...
Mel xx
LOL @ How to be a Tranny Blogger
It's actually easier than that. The true lazy tranny blogger subscribes to a daily Google News email of anything containing the word "Transvestite", and then sits back and waits...
...for hundred of bloody stories about I am My Own Wife.
Not that I'd do that. 
And yeah, what K said about Second Life on Mac Minis: on-board graphics = pants for 3D stuff.
If you do get a busted-screen MacBook I'd suggest putting in in a plastic bag and keeping it inside your boiler. Play those graphics-intensive programs in winter months, and it'll double as an immersion heater! 
In astronomy terms that is near, maybe not a "near miss" that sounds like journo speak to me. But in a science that measures distances in terms of the distance a photo of light travels over a year and needs definintions like that then passing by a bit beyond the moons orbit is close by.
Currantly
Back in march, we had one that came within 0.7 LD (Lunar distance), and she never hit us, so I'm not going to go hide under the bed. I'd have to clean under it before I did anyway, and by the time I got that done, we'd all be vaporized so to hell with it.
As far the mini, yeah, I was extremely disappointed with the integrated graphics scheme they came up with, so I upped my budget and went for the intel iMac.
Emily Grae
I just looked up Space Weather, and realized that the asteroid we're talking about isn't a surprise to anybody really, isn't a threat, and to me, the solar system news that torques me is that we are at the furthest point in our orbit away from the sun, and yet it's still supposed to be 94F/33C today! How the hell does that happen?!
Emily Grae
The truly lazy tranny blogger subscribers to google news with the keyword "transvestite" and points it at her blog-by-email address. Add a dash of google ads and the occasional bit of comment spam on others blogs and watch the $ roll in
Gah, The Heat
Now, I know I shouldn't complain or anything, but well *pheeeeeeew*!
I've just been to the pub for a couple of pints with Looby 
, and it's bloody sweltering. My jeans are sticking to my legs as if my sweat was made of Bostick.
If only I had some kind of looser garments. If only I had something more floaty — something resembling just a piece of fabric that I could tie around my waist. Something like a skirt maybe.
Oh wait ... I'm a transvestite!
I knew this would come in handy one day
So, shorts didn't even enter in to the equation then?
Are you sure you're not a transsexual?
Shorts chafe And besides, surely wanting a skirt means I'm not transsexual
Touché!
(I think that's how you use it.)
Sorry to back-track a second, but...
I just looked up Space Weather
Woah! Space Weather! That's just sounds awesome. It's like we're living in the Twenty-First Century
"That's all the Space News for tonight, now let's go over to Jim for the Space Weather. What's the weather in Space like today Jim?"
"Well Bob, this cold snap shows no sign of ending"
You're absolutely right about being this weather — makes you feel glad to be a tranny! A little slip dress with nothing but panties underneath is even cooler, tho.
Draw The Pirate
A man takes an art school entry exam placed on a matchbook. — (Undergroundfilm.org, via Wired.com)
I cannot wait to run Second Life on a Macbook when it arrives in the next couple of weeks. Managed to spend around £50K at work this week, so exciting!
Is that the Waterwitch?
No love — does the title of the picture above it not give it away? "The Sun"
Yes, as we all know, intigrated graphics cards suck no matter whether they come in a PC shell or an Apple one. They just aren't a good idea unless all you plan to do is surf teh intarwebs and do word processing. My PC that my parents bought me for school (crosses fingers for MacBook next year!) has an intigrated graphics card and so even if I wanted to switch it out for something that would run some games, I'd have to replace the entire Motherboard too! What am I, made of money?
Pah!
Unfortunately the Intel Mini ships with the Intel graphics chipset soldered onboard, and that's not supported by Second Life, which needs ATi or nVidia graphics.
Sorry