CT Scan

Got a CT scan of my head this afternoon / evening. I’ll omit the long-ish story leading up to it. Suffice it to say that I was concerned enough about still having a headache to go to a doctor and press the issue, and committed enough to sit through a four hour stint at the . . . → Read More: CT Scan

Concussions

I’ve been learning about concussions. Interesting stuff:

Grade 1 : The mild concussion occurs when the person does not lose consciousness (pass out) but may seem dazed.

Grade 2 : The slightly more severe form occurs when the person does not lose consciousness but has a period of confusion and does not recall the event.

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Osprey

On the way in from the boat to the main complex this morning, I saw an Osprey building a nest. He was carrying a large stick, and had to make a couple of passes to get it perfectly positioned.

In other news, the gig is going very well. It’s actually quite relaxing to take a . . . → Read More: Osprey

Elephant painting

Watch this. Seriously:

From what I hear, this is at a park in Thailand that provides brushes and easels to the elephants in order to help pay for their food and keep. Perhaps there is some aspect of animal training going on here, but no more so than in pre-schools for humans. Seriously, people, . . . → Read More: Elephant painting

Victory, at a price

Good news first: I took third place in the “middleweight masters” (aged not less than 30 years, weighing not more than 178lbs) division of the UNH Wildcat Judo Invitational. This one marked a significant turning point for me because for the first time, I beat someone. My very first match of the day, I landed . . . → Read More: Victory, at a price

Protected: Dreams

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Fanboy

At risk of turning into a total jwz fanboy blog, I’ll just repost this. It’s a crossover reference to _earthshine_ and technolope‘s recent references to “living in the future.”

To paraphrase jwz: I, for one, will welcome our new robot overlords, when they bring that beat back.

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auto-knit-bots, roll out!

This one is for capital_l:

A lamp that develops like a living organism: switch it on and it slowly starts growing by knitting its own lampshade at a speed of three rotations per hour.

I, for one, welcome our new domestically superior robot overlords.

Update

Wow, response to that last post was intense. More than double my previous top number of comments. I was surprised and flattered by the honesty and soul searching that people shared.

Not much new to report. Spring may, in fact, be here … and work proceeds.

Interactive time

It’s time to get interactive here, people:

For two points: Tell me a deeply ingrained belief you hold, about which you think you might be wrong. I’m not talking about those idiots over there, those ones that we always make fun of. I’m talking about you. You, my beautiful and highly intelligent friend. What are . . . → Read More: Interactive time