Well, the heat's on again, and California is cutting people's power again today in rolling blackouts.

The site may go down at any time, as I don't know what blackout block I'm in, (1-16) but I do know that we haven't had one yet, and they've already gone through 1 through 11, so it can't be too long. The site will likely go down for 90 minutes to 2 hours when the blackout does hit.

This is just another reason why I should finish up the move to Dreamhost. Presumably they have their own generator, so when the power gets cut, the site won't fail...

Lone Gunmen Spoiler ahead:

Last night's Lone Gunmen episode really irked me. On the quest for a secret water-powered car, once they actually find it, they decide they can't give it to the world because water-powered cars would result in more cars, more roads, more traffic, and more mayhem. This is the most short-sighted piece of crap I've seen on a show I actually like in a long time.

Great, water-powered cars are bad. sure, right, wahever. But might just the water powered engine be useful? For say, generating power? I'm sitting here along with 26 million other Californians, waiting for our power to go out because we can't buy enough, not to mention third world countries out there that just can't make enough. Now Fox is trying to tell me that the ability to create clean energy in abundance is bad? Thanks.

Oh, and just to clear up any misconceptions about Californians: On average, we use less power per capita than the national average. It's not that we're using so much power that we don't have any left, it's that power companies out there understand that we have to buy from them, so they're charging more than the utility companies can afford to pay. Watch out, your state might be next. Except Texas, of course. they'd never stand for that...