Writ of Mainprize
"Sonny, true love is the greatest thing in the world — except for a nice MLT — mutton, lettuce and tomato sandwich, where the mutton is lean and the tomato is ripe" — Miracle Max, The Princess Bride
Yesterday, I turned on the TV to sort of watch the Ten Commandments — You know, the original with crazy NRA Charlton Heston? Anyways, it turned out that ABC was airing a new remake of the Ten Commandments. Tuning in part way through I wasn't that interested in watching it, but I was confused enough to look up the ABC website to find out what this movie was. Then I stumbled across a few websites about the variations in the Ten Commandments. There is a good entry in the wikipedia about the Ten Commandments and there is another one looking at the Hebrew origins of the Ten Commandments. ... Read the full post »
I've often wanted to try out solar power to offset electricity consumption, but prices and the power output of these systems makes it impractical. Recently, prices have dropped, solar panels have become more efficient and home "plug-and-play" kits are becoming available. For the most part, solar power is still in the realm of environmental enthusiasts and eco-hippies, but I think that it will become more and more mainstream in a few years. Here are a few interesting sites, some informative, some offering commecial products Real Goods "Products for an ecologically sustainable future" SolarPowerStoreA solar power store located in Ontario. Website is way out of date (2001) Solar Power in CanadaA slide presentation with some very good data relating to energy and solar power use in Canada. ... Read the full post »
Keeping track of a computer's devices and installed software is pretty tricky if you do it by hand, but Belarc has a handy-dandy tool that gives you a quick summary of just about everything about your computer! Just install a little program that you can download for free and run it. It creates a nice little web page file that summarizes everything installed on your computer. And don't worry, nothing is transmitted to Belarc or anywhere else for that matter, your info is stored on html files on your computer.
O.k. I'm at work, and I can't do any work, because all of my code, data, and documents are on a network share disk. And that system is totally dead at the moment. At the moment then, mainprize.ca is a more stable machine than my work machine.
So I was surprised early this morning at office group meeting. Just like Kyun-Woo (with a little gender reversal), my girlfriend "snuck in" to the meeting — complete with a hat/scarf disguise — and presented me with roses. I was incredibly embarassed and incredibly happy and I think my co-workers were incredibly jealous! I have such an amazing girlfriend!
The photo is from my cell phone, so it's not very hi-resolution. Oh well, who cares right? They are paper origami roses and dried baby's breath. Olivia stayed up late last night making them. I don't think she got any sleep and she definitely did not get to work on time. Anyways, it's pretty hard to concentrate on work at the moment! I love
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WRIT OF MAINPRIZE, English law. A writ directed to the sheriff (either generally, when any man is imprisoned for a bailable offence, and bail has been refused; or specially, when the offence or cause of commitment is not properly bailable below) commanding him to take sureties for the prisoner's appearance, commonly called mainpernors, and to set him at large. 3 B]. Com. 128. Vide Mainprize.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.