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MRI on the brain
Once again, my mind is too active at night ( Read more... ) -
Sometimes I just can't go back to sleep
This is a physics thing: if you don't recognize the equations, you can safely skip this post ( Read more... ) -
Cat vs. Lizard
My neighbor's cat always comes running up to me when I'm outside - she loooves my attention. This evening, she was meowing and not coming to me, but playing with something in the grass. Ok, she's still young enough to pounce on random stuff, but she seemed insistent that I come to her.
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Forgotten truths in software
Some people seem to have forgotten a fundamental truth of computer science ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
Mom: "It's got to be heavy metal."
Me: "Of course, it always has to be Heavy Metal!"
Me: "Wait, you're talking about the new disposal, aren't you?" -
That new smell
New car smell == Great!
New pet smell == Ok, not always great.
New carpet smell == Do I really have to stay here? -
google news is the news?
Going to news.google.com just broke (it was working 30 minutes ago), and instead of the news aggregation site you get a search result page. The first result of their search is news.google.com, which has the right description but takes you right back to the same search result page ( Read more... ) -
Sometimes, the Fail Whale just isn't big enough
or "We're sorry, we just borked our homepage ( Read more... ) -
Dr. Horrible
Ok, so I don't normally go for the fads and internet hoopla.... but this one is really entertaining.
http://www.drhorrible.com/
The episodes will be available until July 20, hurry -- and don't let your boss hear you laughing out loud. -
Small World
I was at Apple's developer conference (WWDC) in San Francisco today, and ran into Debbie Cherry, Darryl Root, and Pete Berger -- all college friends from CMU (that's in Pittsburgh PA, just so ya know).
Wow. Even accounting for the "computing professionals" factor that we share, it's still a big coincidence.