It is frequently very difficult for me to say "no" to people.  This week I said "no" twice in situations where it would have been easy to say "yes" and then have my life fucked up as a result.

Go me.

You know how when climate crisis deniers say things like, "look!  it's snowing!  obviously global warming is a hoax!" and people like me rush to point out, "Hey, there's a difference between WEATHER and CLIMATE ( Read more... )

When I was at Google I complained that Google Drive was unsearchable and, to be honest, I was sick and tired of friends emailing me snarky comments like, "I can never mind anything in Google Drive!  If only this product was made by a company that knew something about search ( Read more... )

I keep a certain amount of my investments in CDs.  Each time one matures, I move banks to get the best rate.

According to my best research, two banks were tied for the highest interest rate for 5-year CDs right now.

• Bank A: 2.25% APR.  Penalty for early withdrawl is 6 months interest.
• Bank B: 2.25% APR.  "There may be a penalty for early withdrawl"

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I'll be in SF for a 4-day weekend.  I'll be speaking at Meetups on Thurs and Monday.  Bored and looking for things to do on Fri / Sat / Sun. (ok.... ok, not really that bored, but if you wanna hang out, let me know!)

I keep seeing people get these expressions wrong. I'm writing them down here so I can link to them later.

• "the elephant in the room" -- The uncomfortable thing that everyone knows but isn't talking about. A drunk father complains "why is everything so messed up?" and nobody talks about the elephant in the room... his alcoholism.
• "white elephant" -- ( Read more... )

I wonder if there would be more funding for String Theory if there was an obvious weapon that could be built as the result of the research ( Read more... )

Yahoo! has stopped supporting Yahoo Messanger for Mac. I don't know why but that's not relevant ( Read more... )

3 months and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Limoncelli still doesn't mention the new book (by the way, wikipedia policy prohibits me from editing that page)

Hey Philly friends ( Read more... )