Steve helped me install a window air conditioner yesterday. Actually Steve installed the air conditioner and I only helped a little bit. Just in time, as it turns out, since it’s in the nineties this week, after a week of cooler weather.  My bedroom is upstairs, and gets very hot.
Air conditioners designed [...]

I needed some relatively minor medical care, and wanted to get it done today rather than wait for an appointment to see a doctor.  It wasn’t serious enough to require a trip to the emergency room, so I drove to an urgent care clinic in Cupertino.  It’s not that close to where I live, but [...]

Years ago, Steve Martin described the great new drug he was taking, “placebos”. Starting June 1, you’ll be able to buy them too, under the Obecalp brand name, though medical experts don’t think it will work.  [h/t Monday Evening]

The birds nesting in the trees near my bedroom window wake me up earlier than I’d like in the morning, and at night they keep me awake, singing past 2 AM. I’ve taken to sleeping with earplugs, but then my alarm clock doesn’t wake me up. It occurred to me that there might be watches [...]

I was on Frontier Airlines flight 169 from Denver to San Jose this morning.  It was scheduled to be a nonstop departing Denver at 8:25 AM MDT and arriving in San Jose at 10:06 AM PDT.  We departed a few minutes late, but the real reason we didn’t arrive in San Jose until 12:06 PM [...]

I’ve suspected it for a while, but today I finally saw proof that my roommates’ dog Ralphie is a space alien or robot or something.  The first indication was that when he plays with his stuffed animal squeaky toys, he is careful not to tug on them hard enough to damage them.  But the incontrovertible [...]

In the 1970s I got to visit my grandparents every summer. They had a big house, and sometimes I liked to play in the large basement. My grandfather’s wood shop was down there, though I didn’t spend much time in it when he wasn’t there working on something. There was a lot [...]

I work at a fairly large company, and the cafeterias will let employee put money on their badges to be used for later purchases. I don’t usually do that, but I suppose it’s convenient for people that don’t want to carry cash, since the cafeteria doesn’t accept debit cards. (I think accepting debit [...]

On Tuesday I filled a form for a vehicle registration issue, went to the California DMV, got a number (B-something), and waited an hour.  It turned out that I didn’t have everything I needed, so I had to go back this morning.
I get a number, this time G038, and waited.  After about half an hour [...]

As usual,Jacque ignored me most of the day, but as soon as the logic analyzer arrived he rushed over to help me set it up.
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