Tomorrow is the early application deadline for Clarion West. I don’t need the $100 tuition discount, but it was a good way to get myself to write for the last two weeks, and I’m all done–I just hit “send” on…
Month: January 2008
“An expensive way to smell poo”
I generally find the product reviews on Amazon.com very helpful. Sort them with the lowest ratings at the top and you’ll see if there are common complaints about a product, or if people are just blowing off steam for some…
D’s California Voter Guide
It’s a week and a half before the California primary, but thanks to the magic of vote-by-mail, D and I have already completed our ballots. Since she’s the one who actually reads the entire voter information guide–including the actual text…
M/W/28…DOA
Heath Ledger is dead. There’s going to be a lot of frivolous reporting in the next few days–especially since this year’s Academy Award nominees were also announced today, and that’s one hell of a juicy juxtaposition–but before you drown in…
Goodbye to Google
(Pop quiz: Does the title of this post make you think of the Carpenters’ “Goodbye to Love,” Michelle Branch’s “Goodbye to You,” or another song? Leave your answer in a comment below!) After more than four years, Friday was my…
Phrase of the Week
Courtesy of BoingBoing: Browsing the web from Guatemala is always an adventure. Works okay when there’s electricity, which hasn’t been very steady while I’ve been down here over the last few weeks (there have been some big blackouts here related…
Gmail Pwn4g3
I’m not sure, but I think this might be bad… What do you mean, you don’t get it? Sigh.
“That’s worth going to jail for. That’s worth anything.”
Those are the final words of Cory Doctorow’s short story “Printcrime,” and I didn’t spoil anything by telling you that. But you should read the story–it’s short, less than 750 words–before you read about the RepRap, an actual, open-source product…
The View from My Parents’ House
D and I spent the week between Xmas and New Year’s with my parents, who live in Rancho Palos Verdes. Here’s the view from their back window, looking north toward downtown Los Angeles: It’s even more spectacular at night, when…