Category Archives: Random

I’d heard about this video a few months ago. Finally got around to watching it. I did not study the theory of economics outside of high school so this was educational for me.

Will it Blend has already done an iPad. I love this guy.

I unboxed my new camera today. It is the replacement to my three-plus year-old Canon Digital Rebel XT. The Rebel has been great, but it’s showing it’s age, plus I wanted to upgrade. If you click through, you’ll go to my flickr set that has the unboxing.

I follow the blog Unclutterer because it often has nifty approaches to tweaking your daily life and schedule to make you more productive. It’s a little less blatantly obvious than Lifehacker (which I also follow) but does fall sometimes into the same PIT OF DOOM of obviousness. Today [ed: this was a while ago, unfortunately] …

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TRON! That is all.

We went to see They Might Be Giants last night, opened by Jonathan Coulton. This was both a fun night and an exceptionally long one. Fun because I got to hang with friends having pizza and beer prior to the concert and enjoying the music during. Long because I was/am sick as the proverbial dog …

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(Well, one of the coolest things…) This website, brought to my attention by the Bad Astronomer, is just way too much of a time sink. I can sit and play for hours. It is a solar system simulator which lets you play with the initial conditions with up to four different bodies! As Phil Plait …

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Jack, Jake, Whoever