[d] enclosed in brackets chaotic perfectionist for hire

Here's the follow-up to this post.

Yes, I think they're funny. Yes, they've been around for a while. It's ok though, I want to make sure people have a chance to laugh. Mofo.

If you haven't seen this, watch it... Oh, and it's NSFW.

There's a second version too, and I'll post that in a little while.

After my last post about the beard hat, I realized that I didn't explain how I would go about getting one of these hats without forking out $135 for one.

About a year and a half ago, I started learning how to knit. For the one person out there who doesn't know, read up on knitting on Wikipedia (actually, there's some good stuff even if you *do* know about knitting). I had wanted to learn how for a while, and my mother-in-law taught me over vacation. She let me borrow some needles and bought me some "starter" yarn - now I have a few pairs of needles and some yarn of my own, but I would love to get a set of circular needles like the picture here.

So far the only "real" things I've made are a hat and a small scarf (pictures coming soon). The hat was made from a pattern (update: I found it), and was done up on size 8 US straight needles. It was going to be for my wife (K), but ended up being for my son. There's another hat in the works that'll be for K, and it should be done soon.

Next steps to getting that sweet, sweet hat going:

• Figure out the pattern (gonna get some help on that one)
• Get the right needles (circulars or straights?), probably around size 10 US
• Get some good yarn. I've seen some that would be perfect for it, but I have to find it again.

There's a ton of resources if you want to know how to knit, including geeky patterns, like the klein bottle hat and the DNA hat (the link I had is broken). You could ask me too, but I'm still pretty close to "just starting" as far as experience goes.

File this one under, "Projects to make sooner than later."

While reading about the Skeletoque on Instructables (check it out), I found a link to boingboing that pointed to this:

Woolen cap gives wearer fake beard

(pic credit) Since I already have a beard (for now, anyway), it would only be a little entertaining on me. On the other hand, I could try to make one, as long as I can figure out a pattern... which is better than spending the $135 they're asking for one.

The possibilities are endless... and it would be funny on pretty much anyone I know, including my 1-year-old son or my 6-year-old daughter. There are comments on the articles asking for a pattern, but nobody has it quite done yet...

I definitely can't say it better than they did, so from drupal.org:

Downloaded and updated on my localhost. It's nice, although I haven't had a chance to play with it much so far. The update process was really smooth, with no errors throughout. We'll see what happens when I try it on this site. Time for the checklist, starting with a full backup (just in case).

How long to wait though... that's my next decision. I think I just need to have a chance to make sure I have modules and themes ready to go when I make the jump. 

Whether you're starting fresh or upgrading, start here for information and download links.

This is one of those things that I thought was really funny the first time, and it's still funny, but I have to be in the mood for it to really laugh (or watch it with others around).

That reminds me, I need to have a videos page set up 'round here (gotta plan ahead). Maybe it's time that I get on that.

[Update: there is now a Videos page.] 

It's Abraham Lincoln's birthday today.

In "honor" of that, I present the definition of Abraham Lincoln (not for the faint of heart), provided by Urban Dictionary. WARNING: It's not even a little bit nice.

The nicer part would be that he was our 16th President (1861-1865), helped end slavery, and is on the penny and the five-dollar bill. If you want more information about him, you'll have to click on the first link.