My mom's birthday is coming up fast, and I'm having a lot of trouble coming up with good ideas this year, for whatever reason. I like to give her books, so I thought I'd see whether any of you have read anything recently that you found particularly impressive. She likes almost everything, but particular areas of interest include novels with a ( Read more... )

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There's a company that's looking likely to open up a new office next to us over here at MASSMoCA. The guy who runs it is a fellow Williams alum, and was directed to me as somebody who might be able to help him make a technical hire. I have some ideas for him, but shgb suggested I also post the position here, which seems like a good idea ( Read more... )

Any of you out there have poetry journals or magazines that you like - something you think would be worth a subscription?

Happy Mother's Day!

A number of people have expressed interest in having some way of knowing where I am at any given time (which, incidentally, is very sweet, but I'll stop being a cheeseball now). I spoke with some folks about the best way of making this happen in a helpful-yet-unobtrusive way, and the conclusion was that LJ is the way to go ( Read more... )

Local ice-cream makers, you might enjoy this:

Reinventing ice cream in Hong Kong

I especially enjoyed the key admonition: Avoid tuna. And yet, osirisbrisbane, you may find vindication here.

Now I can access the Wrd of Gd whenever, whereever - though roaming charges may apply ( Read more... )

Anybody still need to see it, or want to see it again? Because I, like, haven't.

EDIT: shgb have gotten desperate and decided to hit the 10:05 showing tonight at the local mall. If you want to join us, please do! You might call shgb's home first, or my cell if you know it, so that we know to meet up with you ( Read more... )

woobat and heef asked for it, so here it is:

List 10 things (in no particular order) that bring you a moment of joy.

1. Searching for beach glass
   
2. Hole-in-the-wall falafel restaurants that play that 70s-sounding Middle Eastern pop
   
3. Finishing the development of a new game
   
4. Seeing other people using a piece of software that I was in some way involved in getting out ( Read more... )