Archive for September, 2004
Thursday, September 30th, 2004
Books
Books I’ve recently been consumed by books. There is always something around to read and often 4 or 5 books will be in progress strewn about the house and office. But lately there have been a string of absolutely wonderful novels to keep me entertained and thinking. Darwin’s Radio and Darwin’s Children, by Greg Bear. [...]
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Monday, September 27th, 2004
Yard
This weekend was finally yardwork weekend. We’ve completely ignored the yard for months and months and it felt good to get back into it a little. More than a little, really; Saturday night was one of those fall asleep with you clothes on times, like flipping a switch. Yardwork at this point mostly involves trimming [...]
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Monday, September 27th, 2004
Apples
I’m beginning to see where all these anti-genetically engineered food people are coming from. All these apples have stickers growing on the side of them, and they’re smart enough to know what number they are. Red Delicious, 4015. Fuji, 4131. In the next evolution the labels will read “212 of 4131″. The evolution after that [...]
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Tuesday, September 21st, 2004
Size
Who decided the size of the towels you get in a restroom when you pull the lever down? Everyone pumps it 2 or 3 times anyway, why not make it larger by default? Is there a complex equation relating maximum drying efficiency with minimal resource waste? Is it whatever size randomly occurred with the leftover [...]
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Monday, September 13th, 2004
Shopping
If we had a househould budget, there would have to be a whole category for “random shit on clearance at Target”
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Saturday, September 11th, 2004
Automation
A few days ago I used an automatic toilet, an automatic sink, and an automatic soap dispenser. But I had to push down a lever to get a towel to dry my hands. I had to TOUCH something! And we call ourselves civilized.
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2004
Airports
I hate TVs with volume in airports. The relative silence of the background airport noise is something I looks forward to. Everyone alone with their thoughts, buried in a book or on the phone or watching people. But now there’s a loud bleating tube behind my head. And I look towards a dozen people all [...]
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Saturday, September 4th, 2004
Riding the Rails
It’s been too long since I’ve been on a train. This mode of transportation is absolutely my style, slow steady and constant. We’re on a Caltrain on the way into San Francisco. Earl and I are big road trip peole but we thought we’d try a trip with no car. It’ll be a little weird [...]
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Thursday, September 2nd, 2004
Argh
Hearing 20 people extoll the virtues of a co-workers new haircut is one of the constant subtle tortures of Life in Cubicle Land.
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Thursday, September 2nd, 2004
Early Bird
Last night I hit the sack at 11:30, 3 or 4 hours ahead of schedule lately. I was really looking forward to my first full night’s sleep in quite a while. Imagine my surprise when 5:45 showed up and found me out of bed. Then imagine my total confusion when some malfunctioning part of my [...]