Archive for September, 2006

Not a baby any more

September 27, 2006

Happy 1st birthday, Millie

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"Even in my fantasies I just go to the library and read about coins."

September 14, 2006

Ray Smuckles, on how bad his sex life has become.

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Wow, that was cool.

September 14, 2006

The power adapter to my wife’s Powerbook has been flaking out, so I
went to the Apple Store on Michigan Avenue to buy a new one. I walked
in, looked around, and told one of the two men by the door what I
wanted. He led me upstairs, pulled the part off the shelf, and as we
were headed back down the stairs, he told me that if I had photo ID, I
could pay with a credit card right there, and have my receipt e-mailed
to me. This was very handy, as I was in a hurry.

I think this is the first time that such a mundane errand left me muttering “wow, that was cool.”

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You first.

September 13, 2006

No, seriously, test the microwave pain beam on yourself first, jackhole:

“If we’re not willing to use it here against our fellow citizens, then we should not be willing to use it in a wartime situation,” said Wynne. “(Because) if I hit somebody with a nonlethal weapon and they claim that it injured them in a way that was not intended, I think that I would be vilified in the world press.”

Via boingboing.

Update: Apparently this paragraph was taken out of context by AP. Quote in context below the fold. My apologies to all involved, especially Sec. Wynne.
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Image upgrade!

September 8, 2006

I guess it was buying a microscope and subscribing to
Make (which I count as a science mag of sorts) that did it, but I have become even more nerdy than previously, if that is possible.

I am nerdier than 96% of all people. Are you nerdier? Click here to find out!

Pad my score? Me?

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