Went to a trade show today, it turned out to be kind of a dud ( Read more... )

Your Chinese zodiacal sign may be different than you think; the placemats in restaurants (indicating year & animal) are not a reliable indicator. Chinese New Year is based on a lunar calendar and varies year to year relative to the Western calendar. Here’s a handy reference resolving it to individual days: Leave a comment  5 

The “call for makers” opened a couple days ago, and for once I’m not like “ERMAHGERD THERE’S THIS THING I GOTTA SHOW!” Still wanna go, of course…it’s my fervit con…but might just attend with the unwashed masses this year. I dunno, it’s awfully nice being able to put a table’s distance between oneself and said unwashed masses. And avoiding the entry ( Read more... )

Just saw someone walking their dog in a sweater. The dog was wearing the sweater, I mean. The owner was wearing a jacket with the hood up, and gloves.

It's 57 degrees out.

A few years back there was this Chinese bakery in SoCal that did the most amazing pineapple red bean buns, best I've had anywhere. But they went out of business. Can still find similar buns at other bakeries on occasion…not as common as regular red bean buns, but it happens from time to time, just nowhere within easy walking distance ( Read more... )

Aw man, two nifty cons the same weekend in March.

Zeroth world problem, I know.

The pile of half-off Christmas crap at the grocery store is still smoldering...and already there's Valentine's Day crap set out. I'm serious ( Read more... )

Literally. Arduinos. Coming out my ass. Wanna see?

Unrelated: top four "recently used" Emoji symbols on my phone: poop, dragon, sparkles and rainbow.

Also unrelated: axial tilt is the reason for the season.

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Krampus holiday special in the works.