Talk Like a Pirate Day
Arrrr, today is Talk like a Pirate Day! Why? Well, I’m not sure, but you can read about it for yourself. NPR also ran an inteview with Dave Barry about it.
Archive of posts filed under the General category.
It’s time for online voting
So the California recall election might be postponed due to problems with punchcard ballots in some districts. Punchcards are the “modern” equivalent of hieroglyphics. It’s been decades since anyone has seriously used a computer that needed punchcards, why are do we still have them to elect our officials? Some districts aren’t even sure if they …
Swedes need their Slurpees
Won’t you help a Swede out? They’ve got all the lingonberries and meatballs they can stomach, but no Slurpees! Help bring Slurpees to Scandanavia!
Flying on September 13, 2001
Two years ago today, I got on the first flight out of L.A. after the airport was reopened. It was quite an experience. I didn’t have a blog back then, so I thought I would commemorate the anniversary with posting the essay I wrote a few days after our flight.
It’s raining.
That’s really weird for Silicon Valley. It’s been so long since I’ve seen it rain here that I’ve almost forgotten what rain looks like. In New England everyone watches the weather religiously. They plan outdoor events and pray that it will be nice out that day. Large events like graduations always have an indoor venue …
This flush is brought to you by Charmin
Last weekend at the Mountain View Art and Wine festival, they had something I’ve never seen before – sponsored restrooms. The Charmin “Ultra Potty Palooza” was there, which is a 18-wheeler sized trailer with about 20 individual restrooms in it. There were big plasma screens showing Charmin commercials and playing the Charmin ‘theme song’. Apparently …
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Quote of the Day
“Murphy’s revenge: The more reliable you make a system, the longer it will take you to figure out what’s wrong when it breaks.” – Sean Donelan
I like Geocaching a lot…
…but I don’t think if I was here, this would be on the top of my list of priorities.
You Know It’s Election Season in NH when…
You see Joe Liberman hanging out with your high school driver’s ed teacher.
Jeffie and the Chocolate Factory
Last weekend, we headed up to Berkeley to take the tour at the Scharffen Berger chocolate factory. We learned about it watching Bay Area Backroads. It was actually pretty educational and we got to taste various states of chocolate ingredients and qualities of chocolate. Some of them were pretty nasty. I expected to be more …