I need a tree/graph/relation editor for my todo lists; flat views are no longer manageable. I'm at ~5000 lines of text across four files (on three hosts), evenly split between work and personal notes/tasks. (And I don't consider myself particularly ambitious.) I don't even have a system which makes it convenient to assign/sort by priority or due ( Read more... )

By not playing Go for a couple weeks, I seem to have lost about five stones in strength. Which makes no sense, because I only play a few games a week anyway. I would have to invest a lot more time to keep up with my clubmates, which is not something I have right now ( Read more... )

I just noticed that I have a white business card given to me by a Google employee, and a black business card from a Microsoft "evangelist". They couldn't make it any more obvious, could they?

I got a haircut. The barber asked if I wanted to keep a lock. He explained that some people use it to cast spells. I politely declined ( Read more... )

Afghan elections. Haha, tell me another ( Read more... )

OK. I was just trying to open a door which swelled shut after the hurricanes, and I broke the doorknob. I don't mean that I pulled off a distinct part by breaking a screw or something; rather, what was once a solid piece of metal (I'm not sure if it was cast or machined on a lathe) is now two fragments, one still firmly attached to the door and ( Read more... )

I'm listening to some chaps on the BBC discussing the most recent debate. The anchor asked them if Americans understand that a voting record is not as simple as being "against" or "in favor" of a single policy, even though it tends to be summarized that way when the candidates badmouth each other. Boy, those two British pundits gave us a lot more ( Read more... )

"The best defense is a good offense ( Read more... )

Poor Dick. He meant to send people to factcheck.org, but he said factcheck.com.

Cool idea for the day I design a house:

There is some evidence that humans are most comfortable when the radiation temperature is higher than the air temperature. That is part of the reason why people like cool sunny days and like sitting in front of a fire. If homes were to be built with separate control of air temperature and (say) wall ( Read more... )