Zimbabwean Dollar worth more on Ebay than in real life. The 100 Billion Dollar note in Zimbabwe, which is approximately equivalent to $1.85 US Dollars, is worth somewhere around $40 on ebay. That’s profound.
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I'm Psyched about $3.92 Gas
It’s frightening. I got honestly excited because I had the privilege of buying $3.92 gas today, as opposed to the $3.95 from yesterday. Little victories. That’s what counts, right?
Wiiiiii!
Jenn got me a Wii for out anniversary1. My arm is sore from playing tennis. 1We decided that the five year anniversary gift of wood and/or is silver silly. Electronics is much more in vogue. I got her a camera.
Destroy! Before you get Eaten/Kidnapped/Killed
There’s a great BoingBoing short concerning the employment of the Fujitsu ME-P3M Hard-Drive destroyer. The story is very telling: Terabytes stacked on terabytes, all into the Fujitsu ME-P3M. The big old machine that Sarah had helped carry down here. Laughing at the hand crank, screwing her face up as she pantomimed. Amazed at the grant …
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"Geopolitical"
“The Chairstone recognizes the distinguished Schist from E-stone-ia” I was listening to NPR on the way to work this morning and realized that I had no idea what the term “geopolitical” really meant. You hear it all the time in discussions of world events and foreign policy. After checking the definition (“The study of the …
I Used to Do This
When I was a lad of 27 or so, my wife (then fiancé) was a Ph.D. student. We would occasionally go to department parties where I was the S.O. and would wander around chatting with students and faculty. I would see lots of people including those who had no idea that I had no idea …
Electrical Issues
I’ve been an electrical person the last few days. On Sunday, I was eating lunch with Courtney and Kapow KABOOM KABOOOOOMMMMM!!!! a thunderstorm came rolling over us. We were sitting outside at Apres Diem in Virginia Highland and at least 5 of the strikes were within 100 yards. It was impressive, to say the least. …
Chess
My Dad was visiting a few weeks ago and we played several games of chess while he was here. I think we were both rusty, but a few were intricate and exciting. At least half weren’t the type of game where it’s whoever makes the least mistakes who wins, but rather whoever outmaneuvers the other …
Martini Weekend
This fourth of July seems to have been the Martini Weekend! Hats off to whomever invented everyone’s favorite upside-down cone glassware. I hope everyone else had a great fourth of July holiday. Enjoy going back to work tomorrow!
"Are you a Productivity Hobbyist?"
Do you spend all your time on Lifehacker.com? Do you anxiously read and re-read David Allen’s Getting Things Done? Then you may want to read this short essay by Clay Collins.