Tag Archives: 'misc'
Leap
The year two thousand and eight (in the year of our lord, Jesus of Nazareth, son of Mary and Joseph) is a leap year, which makes today — February 29, 2008 — a leap day. This is a pagan’s Mardi Gras. The calendar has finally caught up with the Earth’s revolution around the sun. If [...]
My Wish To God
This is my wish to god, if there were one, or if there ever will be one. Please have the White House press conferences be scheduled around west coast bloggers. This is ridiculous; it is almost halfway over.
Engineering
This is why I love being an engineer: the idea that what you do is timeless, and the overriding goal — always — is developing structures, tools, mechanisms for the benefit of society, and not for some superficial temporal pleasure or sheer financial gain (although economics will always be the reason anything happens in engineering, [...]
Out Politickin’
Why the long face, little feller? I’ve been heavily involved in some local politicking as of late, and have not been able to post to the blog. My parents are in town, and we have had quite a few discussions on politics around the dinner table. My parents are old-school democrats, and they are pulling [...]
Ten Things Everyone Should Know About The Internet
The ten things everyone should know about the internet… (1) Newspaper websites are easier to use, have more information, and make better references than cable news websites. (2) Ninety-seven percent of commenters online are belligerent. (3) Even the most innocuous of search terms can result in links to items that are NSFW (not safe for [...]
Not Answering
I was looking at new cellphones today online, my choice is Sprint — and yes, I am satisfied, thanks for asking — but I’ve noticed that it has always unsettled me (just a bit, mind you) that the website has always insisted on knowing my zip code before even browsing for phones. Is the availability [...]
New Shoes
I am wearing new shoes today so I may be a bit off my game. Please allow me some tolerance as I mold my shoes to my feet. It should be no more than a few days until I’m hopefully back to normal. Unless the case that the shoes do not mold to my feet, [...]
Two Beds
Houses have his and her closets. They also have his and her vanities. Hell, some even have his and her shower heads. But the time has come to bring back his and her beds. I have come to realize the convenience of having two while away from home on business. On the one bed, I [...]
Away From Home
I am living in a hotel this week for work, which usually means a week of not making the bed, continental breakfasts, free wireless internet, and most importantly, a chance to catch-up on some news, and a chance to catch-up on some side-projects, as well as additional blogging potential, of course. But because of the [...]
Vimeo Redux
Earlier this week, I blogged about recommending Vimeo to friends and family as the premier site for sharing personal videos. Today, I posted in the site’s forums a feature request, Opting Out Of Channels… A few of my videos were added to a channel moderated by someone else. There is apparently no method to remove [...]
Vimeo
Whenever I find myself encouraging a person to use a video upload site, I always recommend Vimeo, somewhat unwittingly, even though I have had my issues with the service (for example, the site becoming distracted from its core utility — video uploads — with social networking junk), usually strengthened by the argument, “Vimeo doesn’t have [...]
VHS
I watched a VHS tape of Spy Game last night, which is one of the better spy movies, and I don’t hear enough people talking about it (Brad Pitt and Robert Redford, people), and I noticed that, (1) the quality was not that bad, maybe because I exclusively used audio-video input connections, instead of standard [...]
Boom
Right now, my older sister is having her baby delivered in New York; it is supposed to be a girl, supposed to be. Afterwards I will be an uncle, uncle reyonthehill, all lowercase.
Muccubus
At the seminal moment in the South Park television program, Chef’s father accurately described Chef’s bride-to-be, “She’s a god damn succubus.“ But what is the opposite of the succubus? Where a succubus is a “woman sent from Hell to suck the life out of a man,” what is the term for a man who sucks [...]
An Old Man
When I was growing up, college football bowl games had real names, like the Peach Bowl, the Tangerine/Citrus Bowl, the Copper Bowl. Now it has all been commercialized (and over-marketed*). The Peach is now the Chick-fil-A Bowl. The Citrus is the Capitol One Bowl. The Copper is the Insight Bowl. It disgusts me. My two [...]
Blogging Math
When I had started the film retrospective series, there were 100 movies already in my Netflix history. I have tried to post a film retrospective every weekday, or five every week. I continue to rent on average two films every week from Netflix. In how many weeks (marked from the beginning of the project), would [...]
Mexican Heartbreaks
Mexican restaurants break my heart. I’m not talking about Chevy’s or the like — god forbid — but the burrito shops and taquerÃas. In California, you can find one in every neighborhood, usually more than one, but you’ll pick the one closest. And as always, you end up loving them, and they love you. They [...]
About Last Night
It was one of those mornings when you open your eyes wondering if you were sleeping (and dreaming) or just thinking with your eyes closed.
A Godfather’s Letter
Patricia and Kieran-I am honored that you have considered me as your first-born child’s godparent, however I am saddened to tell you that I will not be available — or able — to do so. Aside from my availability, I do not agree with the teachings of the church, and I feel that I would [...]
Hard Night’s Work
The spambots worked hard last night; they deserve a raise. Image: Gmail
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