This weekend, I’m at the Farpoint convention here in Baltimore. This is my fourth Farpoint. My first was back in the halcyon days of 2006. I remember it well, mostly because of the carpet at the Hunt Valley Marriott. The convention has moved, a little closer to Baltimore. Alan Tudyk, better known as Wash fromContinue reading “On the Weekend”
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On the Yes/No Meme
You know what’s awesome about memes? They’re cheap content. I don’t have to do a lot of thinking, and you get something to read that says something about me. And possibly something that you, dear reader, can interact with. 🙂 This one is Dayton‘s and Jim Johnson‘s faults. You can only answer Yes or No!Continue reading “On the Yes/No Meme”
On the Latest Blog Stats
You can tell I’m a baseball fan; I love statistics. I don’t always know what to do with them, I’m always reminded of Mark Twain’s “There are lies, damned lies, and statistics,” and sometimes I can get really squirrelly with stats. Numbers, hard data — these are fun things, even if they’re completely meaningless and,Continue reading “On the Latest Blog Stats”
On Anniversary Years
Needing some mood music, I went to my CDs, and pulled one that I’d not listened to in a while — Danny Elfman’s score for the original Tim Burton Batman film. As I put it in the CD player and leaned back in my office chair, a sudden realization struck me. This summer, it willContinue reading “On Anniversary Years”
On a Sunday Morning Meme
Let’s start Sunday with a meme. Then I’ll follow that with breakfast and writing. Go me! WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?My great-grandfather for my first name. My great-grandmother for my middle. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?Friday. I was just feeling kinda down on Friday. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?I do! I can’t writeContinue reading “On a Sunday Morning Meme”
On Joining Last.fm
A scouring of the Opera website, looking for new and cool widgets to trick out the Opera 10 Alpha this afternoon, led me to a realization — there are all sorts of social networking music sites out there, and I’ve never, ever looked at them. So, I went and signed up with last.fm. Here’s myContinue reading “On Joining Last.fm”
On Saturday Randomness
At long last, it’s snowing. I looks nice, from out the office window. I’ve installed new fonts. I even got them to work on my Ubuntu install. Yes, I installed Ubuntu a few weeks ago, on a slave hard drive I wasn’t doing anything with. I’m not doing anything with Ubuntu, except to play Sudoku.Continue reading “On Saturday Randomness”
On Friday Musings
I am cold. I am pensive. I like fonts. I am wondering how it got to be Friday.
On Getting Home From Work
Most days, getting to and from work is not a problem. Oh, I might miss the connection from subway to light rail by the merest of seconds (like yesterday, where I was five seconds late to get aboard the train), but for the most part, things go smoothly. Except when they don’t. This evening wasContinue reading “On Getting Home From Work”
On the Stairwell Light
In the stairwell that leads upstairs there are two lights, one at the bottom and one at the top. Top and bottom both have lightswitches. The lightswitch at the top is older, and it mades a loud clank! when it’s thrown. The lightswitch at the bottom is newer and, thus, quieter. About a year ago,Continue reading “On the Stairwell Light”