:TESTO:Today was election day, which in Baltimore City means the schools are closed! I spent the day a-puttering. Firstly, I kicked some of the rust off of the Mac OS X application "Snow Desktop", also called "Snö" (I had previously modified it so that the flakes would collect atop windows, and so the rate of snowfall would be tined to network bandwidth, and added the ability for the flakes' color scheme to adjust chameleon-like to your desktop background). My modified Snö hadn't worked with Leopard, and now it does, and has a few minor tweaks and whistles in tow. The color-matching now correctly samples the entire image, and flakes can be set to fall *behind* desktop icons and in front of the desktop background. Many of my earlier modifications to the Cocoa were hackish and blunt, I might like to go back and clean it up later (especially the part that loads image-packs. On the upside, there are now nice Autumnal Leaves. And pretty flowers.) I also started what I hope will be a nice cranberry mead, with about three dry quarts of fresh cranberries and 8 oz of cranberry concentrate. There's a handful of ginger and a healthy dose of cardamom, and half an ounce of dried sweet orange peel. The honey was free (maybe 1.5 gal of 22% water honey), to boot. I think I might call it "Mad Doctor Hrothgar Can't Fit Down the Chimney," but I'm not sure it'll be ready in time. Perhaps "Mad Doctor Hrothgar Prevents Urinary Infections"? That's a nice, timeless name... :ENDTESTO: