Sun 28 Oct 2007
Did you ever play old-school BBS games way back when the Internet was just a fad?
Specifically, do you recall the awesome multiplayer RPG “Legend of the Red Dragon”, aka LORD?
I’ve recently set up a version of this on my server and it’s completely awesome, so if you have a hankering for some nostalgic fun let me know and I’ll set you up with an account.
Mon 22 Oct 2007
Today while watching a new episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent I saw the credits roll at the start of the episode. When the guest starring splash said Amy Acker, I immediately predicted that she would be the guilty party even though her character hadn’t be shown yet — and wouldn’t end up being shown for a few minutes into the programme.
But of course, I was right. My Law & Order foo is strong.
Thu 18 Oct 2007
At work, the following was passed to the email list with a $5 starbucks card as prize for the first person to get it right. Finally a chance for me to use my finely-tuned puzzle solving skills to use besides in job interviews.
> Diophantus was an algebraist who lived in Alexandria in the third
> century AD. Most of what is known about his life comes from an
> epigram about him (which has been slightly simplified.)
>
> His boyhood lasted a sixth of his life.
> His beard grew after another twelfth.
> He married after a seventh more and his son was born nine years later.
> When he died, he had been a father for half of his life.
> How long did he live?
Answer follows:
Wed 10 Oct 2007
In Rainbows is completely fantastic. Buy it now for the low-low price of whatever you feel like. It’s worth at least that much, I promise.
Thu 4 Oct 2007
I’m a lazy slob by nature, so all too often I fall into a bad cycle: I make a bunch of small messes which accumulate over time into a disaster zone. Unfortunately, my lovely wife follows a similar pattern, which means this happens twice as fast. When it comes time to clean them up (say if we have visitors) we madly clean up which ends up taking a long time and is both frustrating and exhausting.
One thing I’ve come up with lately was what I call the five minute rule: when watching a movie or a tv show, every 15 minutes you take a 5 minute break to clean something up. I use my time cube for this, which has convenient 15 and 5 minute settings along with a loud alarm. The nice part is that if you buy/rent/download a tv show, the five minutes ends up taking the same amount of time that the commercial breaks would take if you watched it live.
You can do a surprising amount of stuff in 5 minutes. Take out the trash/recycling, no problem. Empty or fill the dishwasher, no problem. If you watch a 45 minute long show, you’ll end up getting a fair amount of stuff done, especially between two people. If you watch a movie you could probably repaint your apartment or something in all that time! And even though it’s the same amount of time, it really doesn’t seem as nearly annoying as doing the whole thing in a contiguous 15 minute span.
If you’re a lazy slob like me, you should totally try this.
"I am not, nor have I ever been, a fish."
