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My egg bot is somehow buggered. Bruce generously gave me the frame, and I’ve been trying to get the circuitry to work. It’s clearly been about a decade since I tried to think coherently about electronics. Back to trying to figure out where my 5 volts are leaking out of the system. I put in . . . → Read More: Robot Okay, now my mind is stuck. I did a google search on “phallic water tower”, and the top hit is a reference to the Ypsilanti structure. Apparently it won an informal contest and was dubbed the most phallic building in the world. Disturbingly, there were a lot of really solid hits on this query. Many . . . → Read More: Ypsi
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Books I’ve read meme jacked from simianpower *bold those you’ve read *italicise started-but-never-finished *underline those you own but haven’t gotten to yet *add three of your own *post to your livejournal jwz made a post some time ago that applies to my day. There’s a response a ways down the thread that reads: “The more I keep dealing with computers, the more it resembles a bad redneck romance, constantly flipping between “I love you so much!” and “Baby, why you gotta make me hit you?” Yeah. . . . → Read More: Grrrrrrr If you were in the middle of a stressful and confusing situation, and five of your very best friends showed up, would it help the situation? If you answered ‘yes’, you’re probably an extrovert. I’m not an extrovert. When I mow the lawn, I end up chasing the rabbit around. He hides in the long . . . → Read More: Random disconnected thoughts simianpower has ranted in the past about the Mexican Polka and its detrimental effects on property values. It’s 10:20pm, and the older teens from the yeshiva next door (a boarding school for orthodox Jewish boys, ours is named “Shalom Home”) are zipping around on their brand new scooter. I do have to hand it to . . . → Read More: Rampaging Hebrews I’m on a train, heading in to Boston for my job interview. This is with the Broad Institute, a collaborative venture of MIT, Harvard, and Whitehead. I don’t really know what position I”m even interviewing for. One of the group leads suggested that I’m perfect for his group, but for what reason? I don’t know. . . . → Read More: Houuuuuuuse While cleaning radishes Grown in my garden I found one different Unique, unlike Alone. No pigment White, not red Anyways, it tasted Just like the rest. Long nap after work this evening, and now it’s midnight and I’m uselessly awake. We’ve got a decent thunderstorm going on, so the cats are freaked out. Running rapidly up and down the stairs. I’m trying to harness some of this time to break down furniture for the move and to catch up on bills . . . → Read More: Twitchy |
