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Category Archives: General
Housesitting
While a friend and his family are vacationing in China for two weeks, I’m housesitting, which is probably more of a favor to me than to him. The central air conditioning in his house works much better than my poor … Continue reading
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Things I’ve learned this week, episode II
Smooth the surface of the sour cream left in the container before you return it to the refrigerator, and it will not separate as much. (Thanks to the printed information on the seal of a tub of Daisy brand sour … Continue reading
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Things I’ve learned this week
Probably of no use to anyone else. While cold pizza is OK for breakfast, cold Chicken Burrito Supremes are not. Mission College parking lot C offers a reasonably good view of the fireworks display on July 3 at the nearby … Continue reading
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A statement previously only seen in science fiction
Seen in an article in LWN: The early years of the 21st century were [...] Wow, not only is it really the 21st century now, but we’re far enough into it that we can legitimately refer to “the early years … Continue reading
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Balancing Koalas
Steve gave me a nice set of Balancing Koalas, hand made by Tarata in New Zealand. Tarata also makes Balancing Kiwis, Apes, Penguins, and other animals. One of my coworkers said that she thinks they’d be great gifts for children, … Continue reading
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Treo 650 test post
Just trying to blog from my Treo 650 phone/PDA using u*blog. Here’s a poor photo of myself taken with the phone:
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Nutritional information for canned purified water
On a flight from LA to Chicago last night, I asked for water, and was given a can of Deja Blue, a brand of purified drinking water by Seven-Up, which presumably competes with Coke’s Dasani and Pepsi’s Aquafina. It seemed … Continue reading