Archive for November, 2004

The color of progress is blue

Wednesday, November 24th, 2004

My workplace is going through a fairly significant change, and as part of that change I found out today that instead of being provided a cell phone through work, we’re going to be given an allowance to put towards a phone in our names.
Change is often irritating and confounding, but sometimes there’s a silver lining. [...]

Is it on? Is it off?

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004

This may come as a bit of a surprise, but I’ve never really been much of a fan of DEVO. Maybe it’s jut because I’ve only heard their well-known stuff, but I’ve heard their song Race of Doom twice now and I really like it. It’s surprising how modern it sounds considering it was released [...]

Jet-Powered outhouse

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004

If a picture is worth a thousand words, I’m not so sure I want to know what this one says…

Let me spin you a yarn

Monday, November 22nd, 2004

For those of you Stitch’n’Bitch adherents, here is the ultimate in geek yarn.
This is great. Not only can you now knit something that’s warm and comfortable, but it can double as a bulletproof vest or hat or whatever — perfect for your North Philly friends. Bulletproof iPod sock that doubles as backup battery? Sure! Mittens [...]

More than words

Monday, November 22nd, 2004

Last week I finally got around to doing something I’ve been meaning to do for a long time now. I bought a book of crossword puzzles.
Historically I’ve always been bad with crosswords. The sky, blue. Water? Wet. And me — horrible at crosswords. Ever has it been so. Another thing I’ve often noted is that [...]