A. & I have returned from equally hard days at work. Something in one of her experiments has gone amiss and a week’s worth of data collection have been wasted. I’ve had an argument with a superior over whether a particular aspect of the system should be processed “front-end” vs. “back-end”. Meanwhile, the city still […]
Of all my personal goals that I’ve set for 2007, it’s the writing one that’s bugging me the most. Write another draft of my novel. I’m shooting for another draft of at least 80,000 words with at least 40,000 words worth of new material. Complete overhaul. Progress so far? Well, I’ve got most of a […]
Evolution is a double-edged sword via Futurismic: (1) no shit! (2) let us reflect on Tom Robbins’ and Another Roadside Attraction’s assertion that human bodies are little more than a way for water to move itself around anyway. (tags: evolution research) 10 Great Traits to Look for in Managers and Clients via lifehack.org (tags: leadership)
In a heart-warming tale of friendship and perseverence, Alan Shepard rescues fellow astronaut Gus Grissom from the throes of heroin addiction just in time for his first trip in the Mercury rocket. Alan bursts through the door of that cheap, Cape Canaveral apartment to find an ashen-skinned Grissom sprawled out in a ratty, overturned chair. […]
This evening we have an improv mix to share. Decided (rather off the cuff) to hook up the laptop to the decks just to see what came out of tonight’s goofing around. Good enough to share (though probably not good enough to send around as a demo). Nonetheless, enjoy: improv mix (Apr. 16, 2007) YouSendIt […]
How To Green Your Electronics (TreeHugger) via LifeHacker (tags: energy environment hardware tutorial todo) 12 Breeds of Client and How to Work with Them via LifeHacker: oriented toward freelancers but still some useful tips that can be salvaged from in there. (tags: customerservice work)
Was going to start reading River of Gods before bed but I think two books this weekend is enough. (Time for sleep….) That said: what’s up with winter’s triumphant(?) return? I thought we were moving on with our lives. Sigh? Twas a good enough weekend, even if A. did crash on Sunday. Highlight reel? Yes. […]
Getting close to planting time. Our first year doing any kind of “real” or “serious” gardening. Planned: tomatoes cucumbers bush beans broccoli carrots pumpkins garlic? onions? definitely no corn Too much? Room for more? A half-plot here:
Hot off the heels of Blindsight, I decided to stay in the scifi realm for my next read and made John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War the novel of choice. You might say that I decided to give “harder scifi” a second chance. In this instance, I’m not entirely certain that was a good idea. I’ve […]
MathsNet Interactive Geometry: 3D (tags: games geometry math todo) Universcale via Information Aesthetics (tags: art visualization science research) Google Earth adds hiking trails via Lifehacker (via aspiringlibrarian): HOT! (tags: google map trails hiking)