A book has got me hooked right now... "Phantoms in the Brain" by V.S. Ramachandran ( Read more... )

We went down to visit my Grandmother (aka Big Mama), who isn't doing so well lately. She's 92 years old and having accumulating issues with breathing and her heart. Her brain is in good shape though. She's currently in a nursing home and looked after by hospice. There are some family tensions between my mom and her brothers over my grand-mother ( Read more... )

I'm just as much a fan of political controversy and... umm... youtube as the next guy... but ( Read more... )

Just finished the first week of classes for the Spring. My classes include ( Read more... )

'tis a very silly game. I got it from my brother for Christmas. It doesn't look like there is are any kids games which use the guitar controller, which is just stupid, because Kallisti loves to wear the guitar. Every now and then it catches my fancy and I'll play a couple rounds. It can be a challenging game. From my meager experience playing ( Read more... )

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Don't fret precious I'm here, step away from the window ( Read more... )

Just a random update ( Read more... )

Ugh, this has really been getting me down. And it's not just that Red Hat stock slipped 25% today. The whole thing is just dirty and it's really gotten under my skin. If you don't know what the hell I'm talking about: Yesterday Oracle announced that they were entering the Linux market with their own distribution, well not really their own, what ( Read more... )

There's a fascinating article in Wired about face blindness (or as it is properly known, prosopagnosia). I was particularly suprised by how common they are now finding developmental face blindness, people who have never been able to identify faces but we just written off as shy. The article suggests that as much as 2% of the population may suffer ( Read more... )

Once again someone stole a quick release off my bike. Last time it was off the back tire in Joliet, this time it was the one for the seat downtown. Not the seat mind you, the seat was locked up, they just took the quick release (a fancy adjustible bolt type thingie). At least I was able to ride it standing up in the pedals the whole way to work ( Read more... )