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word association graph game thing?
Hey...does anyone remember that word graph association game thing that was popular on LJ a few years ago? The one where there was a growing graph of words/phrases/names, each connected to other words/phrases/names they were somehow associated with, either by being members of the same category (e.g. poker players) or in some other way. The words ( Read more... ) -
convergence
I feel like my hobby these days, and how I spend my free time, is convergence. Everything I want to do is of the form "Make X work on/in Y" or "Get information about X via my Y". I've been interested in this for a few years, ever since I got my Ambient Orb to tell me about Phillies scores on Shabbat.
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Workflow
Today's XKCD reminds me of my time as a LiveJournal volunteer.
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Accuweather accuracy
So a few months ago I decided to start a Wordpress blog on which to post occasional things that aren't really about me personally and that I'd be happy to have reach a wider audience. And yesterday I posted something fun: the first data I've gotten from my research into whether Accuweather's 25-day forecasts are at all accurate. Have a look, if ( Read more... ) -
OCD
When I was a kid, it used to really bother me if I (or even other people) did certain things in one direction without later "reversing" it. For example, if there was a room with two entrances, such that I could leave the room by one entrance and come back in through the other, I'd then want to go back and cycle around the other way to make it even ( Read more... ) -
exerpt from a great conversation I'm having right now
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x-post from a Facebook comment
I am embarrassed to admit that I subconsciously know which parts of my 6-block walking commute have trees with low branches overhanging the sidewalk. I find myself cringing when I get near them, head buried in my phone reading some interesting blog post, because I've probably run into all of them before.
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Maybe call me?
Bringing this over here from Facebook. Your challenge: Create the best possible poem or very short story, using only words found in the lyrics of the song "Call Me Maybe".
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Parx report
Up $10 on the living social deal ($20 cash -> $30 in slot dollars), even on slots, down $30 on Pai Gow Tiles, up $85 on Craps, net up $65. And I'm in line for free food. I'll take that any day!
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horizontal Shabbat elevator
Another post in the series of exploring the less logical sides (at least as viewed by an outsider) of my Jewish practice ( Read more... )