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Baltimore
So today in my much neglected friend feed I saw adjacent posts from two friends, one about watching the Wire, the other about visiting Baltimore. Apparently it's full of bookstores - who knew?
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Units
Yesterday at the supermarket a little old lady asked me how big 16x17cm was (she was looking at a box of freezer bags). I said 16cm was a tad over 6”, but she still looked a bit confused, and suspected they might be a little too small. Then I remembered that my shopping list was written on a folded sheet of A4, so I could show her it was a ( Read more... ) -
clothes maketh the clothes horse.
Wearing a fitted shirt today, have been since I went out for coffee five hours ago. It's a constant reminder to engage my abs, pull my shoulders back, and hold my head high. I'd normally change into a t-shirt the moment I get home, but I didn't this morning, as all these reminders are useful, and I've been habitually bad at all those things to ( Read more... ) -
10 applications I use all the time
This is cupidsbow's fault. What started as a comment for this post seemed a bit long to leave as one, so now you all get to find out what my ten most used applications are at the moment.
Safari - Apple's current web browser. It can be a little memory hungry at times, but I just find it saner to use out of the box than Chrome or Mozilla. I like the tab ( Read more... ) -
Existentialism, history and context.
Exhibit A, Albert Camus' The Stranger, a novel centered around the irrational killing of an Arab man whom the protagonist recognises in French Algiers, and the protagonist's angst about his lack of remorse about anything he's ever done.
Exhibit B, The Cure's first single, Killing an Arab, based on Smith's impressions of the novel.
Exhibit C: The ( Read more... ) -
Lyrics and weddings.
I'm meant to be picking a song to request for my cousin's wedding reception as part of my RSVP ( Read more... ) -
Kinétic at Usine C, Montreal.
Can't remember how I stumbled across this gig lineup (complete with misspelled headliner), but my initial disappointment at not being in Montreal the week after my 39th birthday to catch (OMG) half a dozen of my favourite bands (Covenant, Frozen Plasma, Rotersand, Unter Null, Melotron and Cesium 137) in one day, alongside some others that I should ( Read more... ) -
Dead trees
Thesis: "A moderately extensive library of paper books is no longer a necessary signifier of a literate household ( Read more... ) -
Braid, Damages
We just watched the first season of Damages (2007-) Excellent cast and riveting story telling ( Read more... ) -
heater efficiency and physics
Dear Lazyweb,
How is it possible for one (self contained and relatively quiet) electric room heater to be less efficient than another one at converting electrical energy into heat? Where does the rest of the energy go?
yours in confusion,
me.