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Category Archives: random
I did it!
OK, in the grand scheme of things, and even in my own life, this doesn’t count as a HUGE deal, but it was an amusing distraction for a couple of days that kept my mind off much less fun things … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, fun, humor, movies, random, sci-fi, technology, television, video
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Our civilization is doomed, reason #7080-175903
I just got off the phone with a teller at my banking institution. I had to call in to transfer some money from our joint savings account into our joint checking account, and to my lovely wife’s checking account. I … Continue reading
Our civilization is doomed, reason #128,212
I know I need to fix some stuff with my blog (apparently the comments link is broken, and I need to spiff up my theme and do a bunch of other things, like, you know, post and stuff), but sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in Family, News, education, random
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Geeky, goofy goodness
I am going to HAVE to experiment with some of our own pics (too few and far between, unfortunately, since I’m usually behind the camera, but they’re around), but ManBabies.com is a treasure trove of silliness. As is this collection … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Family, Life Online, entertainment, funny, humor, random, science, technology
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I’m smitten
With Twitter, and with Wil Wheaton. I got a Twitter account a few weeks ago, and started following some friends and strangers and sending my own updates when I remember (not often enough). After I met Wil at a reading … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Life Online, entertainment, funny, humor, music, productivity, random, sci-fi, technology, travel
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If Rube Goldberg were working today…
He’d be proud of the Dutch company HEMA: http://producten.hema.nl/ Thanks to MH
Posted in Life Online, entertainment, fun, random
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Interesting stuff I’ve read in the last couple of days
1. A terrific profile of Melinda Gates from CNNMoney.com/Fortune. My favorite snarky moment: She made valedictorian and got into Notre Dame. But Notre Dame did not get her. When she and her dad visited, she recalls, officials at the university … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Life Online, News, education, entertainment, funny, random, technology
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It-could-be-worse news from Israel
But seriously, folks, why, in 2007, are there not native English-speakers looking at this stuff? JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s national passport office could have done with a good spellchecker. First it stamped “Ministry of the Intrerior” in English in new … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, funny, random, technology, travel
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The law of averages
It’s just a fact. When you make something like 800 over 1,000 movies a year, they’re not all going to be classics. And when you make music videos from the songs in some of those movies, some of them are … Continue reading
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Two broken things in one day
I don’t remember if I became a fan of Mark Hurst because of his Good Experience Games or This is Broken or some other aspect of his good user experience work, but I am a big fan, as I’ve mentioned … Continue reading
Posted in productivity, random, technology, usability
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