Archives for May 2001

may day! may day!

94 words, no comments May 1, 2001 5:59pm

So I'm almost certainly quitting my job. No, really, this time I mean it. Intel is offering a nice separation package, and I figure it's not too often ...

trippin' in berkeley

88 words, no comments May 1, 2001 6:59pm

I went down to Berkeley this past weekend. It was, of course, a good time. I got to see my old housemate Grayson, Josh, Christy, and Todd. A weekend ...

social engineering

697 words, 1 comment May 1, 2001 8:59pm

So this whole "job leaving" thing has got me thinking. No, really. See, my whole life, I've been on this engineer track, as it were. I was smart in ...

a crapella

297 words, no comments May 3, 2001 5:59pm

I'm not sure why, but I found myself reading this article on the Rice Philharmonics, one of my alma mater's a capella groups. And it made me sad. Never ...

man vs. man

129 words, no comments May 3, 2001 6:59pm

You know, I don't know how much I can really say about my uncertainty on leaving my job. Not that that'll stop me from trying. My left brain is fairly ...

real social science

329 words, no comments May 5, 2001 5:59pm

Of late, there has been great upheaval in my social world. My friends are involved in an unprecedented number of relationships. While normally this ...

e*tirade

869 words, no comments May 7, 2001 5:59pm

Out of sheer academic interest, I would like somebody to come up with a more aggravating phone system than that employed by E*Trade's Optionslink. ...

mapmaker, mapmaker

80 words, no comments May 9, 2001 5:59pm

Who designs suburban streets? Why do they have to curve so much? I mean, are they designed to go anywhere? Are they supposed to evoke a winding country ...

dance as metaphor? no way!

270 words, no comments May 9, 2001 6:59pm

It seems to me that dancing through the years naturally reflects the changing societal mores. Not that this is in any way surprising, but it's interesting ...

a bad outlook

237 words, no comments May 9, 2001 8:59pm

We got another virus alert at work today. I simply can't believe how many viruses have gone around that affect only Outlook. It's like a joke. How ...

a worse outlook

187 words, no comments May 9, 2001 11:59pm

I don't even understand what's so great about Outlook in the first place. Our group at work, haven to many people comfortable with, if not experts in ...

Another song title

82 words, no comments May 11, 2001 5:59pm

I found a funny phrase in a news article. I wrote about it. You read about it. And so knowledge is spread.

words, words, words

48 words, no comments May 11, 2001 6:59pm

What does it mean that the words priapism and tumescence have been at the forefront of my brain today? Did I read an article on sex? Was I listening ...

thou shalt not make silly idols

233 words, no comments May 11, 2001 8:59pm

Finally, I'm not sure if it's the Protestant in me, but I have to giggle at these wonderful Catholic sports statues. I suppose it's nice to want to encourage ...

correspondence course

964 words, no comments May 15, 2001 12:14am

My friend Beeman is travelling in Spain right now. Beeman's a great guy. I like him a lot. So I sent him this clever apparent form letter, just to let ...

cher and cher alike

294 words, no comments May 16, 2001 5:59pm

At lunch, Cher's "If I Could Turn Back Time" was playing at Geraldi's. Colin reminisced about the video, which I hadn't seen. Apparently in it, ...

ack! i need a cathy diet!

73 words, no comments May 16, 2001 6:59pm

It bothers me that the humorous/comic strips section of Powell's books has a "Cathy overflow" section, but no other strip has one. What does this ...

dear mom, please support my company

341 words, no comments May 17, 2001 12:09am

Gads, this is pitiful. The following appeared in a rah-rah article on Intel's intranet today, telling us that everything is going to be okay, we will ...

the web is my sticky-note pad

34 words, no comments May 17, 2001 1:09am

Note to self: do not, under any circumstances, engage bus driver in conversation concerning video games. Gadzooks, that man can go on! Who knew there ...

time after time

516 words, no comments May 17, 2001 3:09am

Plastic today had a pointer to an interesting story on time travel. Usually, such stories from quasi-scientific sites are ultimately disappointing ...

it's an ad, ad, ad, ad, world

215 words, no comments May 18, 2001 10:32am

What is to be made of this CNN story, found under the stunning headline "Model Niki Taylor Taken Off Respirator, Asks For Soft Drink": ATLANTA, Georgia ...

it's still an ad, ad, ad, ad, ad, world

374 words, no comments May 18, 2001 11:32am

Speaking of potentially subversive advertising, I got the following e-mail today. Please note the "from" header: Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 18:24:22 -0700 To: ...

video stars killed the radio

185 words, no comments May 22, 2001 5:59pm

Listening to late-night radio can be a hoot. I guess those in charge of programming figure no one's really listening. Last night I heard four public ...

rubbernecking in america

165 words, no comments May 22, 2001 6:59pm

And crappy radio isn't the only reason to hate driving in Oregon, either. Oregonians are some of the worst drivers I've ever seen. You could argue that ...

office space was a documentary

648 words, no comments May 23, 2001 5:59pm

Today has been rife with the kind of goofiness that only big corporation bureaucracy can create. Or so I'd like to think, living in my own little fairy ...

things change, things stay the same

232 words, no comments May 24, 2001 5:59pm

When I originally created an entry for this day, it was to celebrate Sen. Jeffords' (I-Vermont) defection from the Republican party. It seemed meaningful ...

but the numbers keep on circling me

152 words, no comments May 29, 2001 5:59pm

Julia sent me a really interesting issue of Science News recently. The main article concerned packing circles within other circles, a topic that piqued ...

schoolhouse rock

174 words, no comments May 29, 2001 6:59pm

Of course, everybody knows that music has a very close relationship to math. Even the crustiest, drunkest punk drummer has to count to four every once ...

el conejo misterioso

93 words, no comments May 29, 2001 8:59pm

Just when I thought things couldn't get any eerier, along comes Interactive Magic's page of somehwat tame magic tricks. Lying among them is a trick ...

cockahoop always points north

32 words, no comments May 29, 2001 11:59pm

For other "geeky things that are pretty", consider the Internet Mapping Project. It won't help you figure out how to download your Metallica MP3's any ...

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