October 5, 2005 – 11:52 pm
So, I don’t claim to understand the numbers in Lost, but it’s a rare episode where I don’t notice some patterns. In this episode, the numbers "108" and "540" both came up. 108 is the sum of the "4 8 15 16 23 42" numbers, and 540 is 5 times that much. Now, that’s great, [...]
October 4, 2005 – 8:45 pm
The New York Times started running somewhat-regular mini-extravaganzas* back on July 4, 2003. It actually succeeded in selling me a copy of the paper for the first one. After I found out that one was published online, I stopped rushing out to score a hardcopy, but I have followed along closely online. I think you’ll [...]
October 4, 2005 – 7:51 pm
When I tuned in to "The Eyes of Nye", I was expecting more of the same "science with a comedic nerd" style stuff that I got from Bill Nye the Science Guy (Science Rules!). Wow, was I disappointed. I watched my first episode, Genetically Modified Foods, and was expecting a science education, but what I [...]
October 4, 2005 – 7:37 pm
[Wow--better get it in gear on this series of posts, or I'll forget everything I have to say about it!] Read the first part of this series to get caught up, and then continue reading below. I’ll throw in a brief mention here of the application process for those of you who aren’t familiar with [...]
October 4, 2005 – 6:18 pm
Lately on the radio, I’ve been hearing what are probably 60-second ad spots for NBC’s fall prime time lineup. It consists of one femaile and two male voices that somehow just sound young and hip. The voices spend 60 seconds just jabbering about what’s on tonight on NBC in an exceptionally casual way. They comment [...]
October 3, 2005 – 4:32 pm
On my vacation, I’ve come up with more stuff to do than I’ve actually finished, so I think I’m technically more behind on the stuff that I’m staying home to get caught up on. But I’m having fun falling doing it.
September 20, 2005 – 1:34 am
[Yes, the asterisk in the title for this blog is really really stupid. Apparently, MSN Spaces considers the word "cockpit" a prohibited word, but only in the title. Sigh.] Yesterday, Jennifer and I took our friend Arthur on a flight around the area. At one point, we decided to do some landings and takeoffs at [...]
September 20, 2005 – 12:45 am
I’m a little behind on blogging. For example, I really want to finish writing up the Mooncurser’s Handbook Game, but I’ve been swamped at work for the last couple of weeks trying to get the MSN Search feature that I work on out for an internal alpha test. I finally finished that up on Friday, [...]
September 20, 2005 – 12:35 am
The other day, I saw what I believe was a cop pulling a somewhat dirty trick. There’s an intersection (NE 51st St. and 148th Ave., for those familiar with the area) with a dedicated right turn lane that gets a right turn arrow when the cross traffic has a left turn arrow. This trains drivers [...]
September 15, 2005 – 11:46 pm
My friend Shawn brilliantly characterizes what Democrats and Republicans look like through each other’s eyes: http://spaces.msn.com/members/shawnmal/Blog/cns!1p0DxeegZ81utgNOvxNm5B0Q!178.entry