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if this works (i.e. if you are reading this), this post will be the first one that i’ve written and submitted from the stall in the men’s room on the fifth floor of uci’s admin building (perhaps the...
View Articleipodmini.
it’s silly, i know, but in my attempts to attain the heavenly bliss of nirvana and non-attachment, apple is the tether that keeps me bound to this world, worshipping at adam smith’s altar. curse the...
View ArticleMightier than the sword.
I got my Graphire3 pen and tablet yesterday. I am hoping that someday, after I have progressed in the Way of the Adobe Illustrator, people will behold me with Wacom pen in hand and fear me. Right now...
View Articleon Condescension & Diminutives
Two stories: I recently helped a customer who kept calling me “honey”. Drove me crazy. First time he said it, I said, “Please don’t call me honey. My name is xJane.” He didn’t blink & did it again....
View ArticleEinstein: Religions are “childish superstition”
(It’s that time again – guest post from Zach time.) (Image from Bloomsbury Auctions) Lots of people are talking about a newly-surfaced letter by Einstein, which seems to clarify his ambiguous views on...
View Article“We are so blogging this!”
(overheard between a drunken John & a drunken xJane at last night’s Abney Park concert) Background: Yesterday, xJane was sitting around, slightly ill, and generally feeling sorry for herself....
View ArticleFry’s
I just have to post this to all and sundry: perhaps Fry’s is trying to make a new image for itself. Perhaps this is one lone, respectful employee. Perhaps the stars were aligned or the interaction was...
View ArticleSpark: Time Machine
dunno how long this will be up, but right now, you can Google stuff in 2001: it’s like a window to the past (most of the links are dead, so you’re really searching Google’s cache, but still fun via
View ArticleIf you could be anything you wanted…
One of the more popular genre of games right about now is a cross between full RPG and general story game. The most highly anticipated was Fable, where you start out as a young boy and grow into a...
View ArticleFair Use, the Internet, and some Funny
Synchronized debating. This is exactly why the internet is so important. Why fair use is not just some abstraction but something that affects each of our lives. And, it’s funny. So learn more about...
View ArticleCaptain’s Blog, Stardate 3.14159265
Years ago, Avery Brooks (who will forever be Cmdr. Sisko to me) did a truly awesome commercial for IBM, one that still prompts me to occasionally exclaim, “I was promised flying cars!” The point was...
View ArticleSpark: is Digg Sexist?
Like most internet-based phenomena, the answer is probably “yes”. But read the article and decide for yourself (and then read the scared-boys comments and see if that changes your mind…).
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