I had a brainstorm in the shower. I have lots of brainstorms in the shower, it is one of the reasons I would take six showers a day, if I could.

Search Engines are continually getting smarter and smarter. They are the bold future of Artificial Intelligence, the core of reasoning in differentiating data. Eventually, they will be able to aggregate ( Read more... )

As previously mentioned, I have the Blues, something along the lines of Seasonal Affective Disorder. I have no good reason for having the Blues, nothing is particularly depressing about my life or situation, but I find it harder to find motivation every day, I no longer enjoy many things I did a few months ago, and it is increasingly hard to find ( Read more... )

I cannot figure out why on this instance of Firefox on this computer (Claire--home desktop) I cannot comment on other people's blogs.

Monday is MLK Day. There is no parking meter enforcement in the City of Seattle that day.

@Crom74: Toilets are easy. One of my hidden talents is the ability to fix a toilet no matter how inebriated I am. I'm sure ( Read more... )

I did not hate Cloverfield. I did hate having to walk out of it. As I had feared, the hand-cam style of filmmaking affects me as bad as First-Person-Shooter (FPS) video games. Around halfway through the movie I started feeling very nauseated, a headache formed behind my eyes, and my skin turned clammy and cold. Walking home I was dizzy and it took ( Read more... )

...Cloverfield, 12:01AM at the Cinerama. I paid for tickets online on Monday, so I just have to run my card through the AMC robotronic ticket vendor and then wait in line for a seat. In theory there will have been a long line already, and I will probably get a lame seat. Then again, I have very mixed hopes about this movie. I do love JJ Abrahms ( Read more... )

Shopping for me is half instinct, and this is part of why I love shopping at the Pike Place Market. There is so much there to take in, you either have to know exactly what you're looking for or have some kind of guide to finding what you want. There are four or five different places to buy good loose leaf tea, for example. There are also two huge, ( Read more... )

It is a big election year, are you registered to vote?

If you live in King County, Washinton (Seattle and surrounding area), then primary day is February 19th.
If you are not registered to vote yet, then you have until Saturday, January 19th to register by mail. New residents/voters can visit the King County Auditor's office in person to register up ( Read more... )

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On Thursday, when I walked home from work, both my phone and mp3 player mysteriously died. Since then I have not been able to charge them back to 'full', instead only getting about half a charge to register, maybe less. Neither one will last for more than half of the battery time that they had before Thursday. I use a lot of rechargeable batteries ( Read more... )

Sometimes, the past can sneak right up behind you and bite you in the ass.

On Thursday, Doug Luce showed up out of nowhere at Zillow. He came to see Shrinkydink, allegedly to speak about his divorce, and was surprised to learn that I had moved to the City on the Edge of the Future and worked there.

I have a hard time thinking about Doug without ( Read more... )