Category Archives: random

I think it’s actually colder in San Jose right now than it is in Chicago. No fair. (We’re here until wednesday morning, if anybody’s looking to track us down for FUN…)

The Surger is working, my friends. (I don’t actually have one, but I think I need to… wow). (Unrelated, The Surge related content here)

Had a wonderful time, though it’s going to take me a couple weeks to fix all the pictures from lack of (bounce) flash. Maybe I need a camera bag.

Once upon a time (ok, about 6 months ago), a very very cute little boy was born. He’s my sister’s boyfriend [aka my brother outlaw]‘s nephew (in case you’re wondering about the title). Now, little Bo is a cute little … Continue reading →

When I’m bored, I sometimes play a game on xkcd. You just keep clicking random. You win if you get one that you’ve already seen in the same session. You lose if you get one that’s not funny. I like … Continue reading →

Raymond Chen: Whenever there is a coordination problem, someone says, ‘Hey, let’s create a process.’ Now you have two coordination problems.

Gabby was great. Rebecca was great. Theo was great. I got a phone call at work from Rebecca, that she was at the ER and Theo was at the downstairs neighbor’s. Other than a slight possibility of a lack of … Continue reading →

Howto sleep in Boston for under $50 as I recently discovered on NPR radio, humans have difficulty sleeping first nights in rooms I was just talking yesterday about how I don’t trust my brain to react to stimuli in the … Continue reading →

I try not to do the “bitch about my day” thing here, but it’s not even 8am yet and: Didn’t get to the El with time enough to spare to grill an aldermanic candidate outside the station. El car had … Continue reading →

Brad DeLong links to LibraryThing’s UnSuggester. Put a book you liked, and it’ll tell you what books you probably want to avoid. Sample search: If you liked Winning, by Jack Welch, you’ll probably hate Watership Down, The Princess Bride, stuff … Continue reading →