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Category Archives: Dreams
Visiting grandmother, and getting home again
I visited my grandmother in Kansas City. It was a year or two after my grandfather passed away (whereas in reality he outlived her by ten years). Anyhow, I had a good visit, but started having problems when it was … Continue reading
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Diving tracker
An acquaintance asked me to construct a special location tracker for divers. It worked like an innertial navigation system. I went on a dive with one of the customers for the device, and explained why GPS wasn’t usable underwater and … Continue reading
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Computer virus
A computer virus made the rounds, and it took a while for anyone to notice because it didn’t cause any obvious problems. Instead, what it did was modify the Windows Solitaire game to always be unwinnable. Gradually people stopped playing … Continue reading
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Be careful what you ask for…
I felt a headache coming on. It didn’t seem like it was going to be too bad, but I decided to try to get some sleep. I emailed my roommate asking if he could pick me up a few items … Continue reading
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Going to KU; Leó Szilárd
I was moving to Lawrence, Kansas to study at KU. I took a flight from San Francisco to Kansas City, which arrived around 2 AM local time. I rented a car and drove to Lawrence (about 40 miles). I stopped … Continue reading
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Entropy control
I somehow developed this “ability” where objects in close physical proximity to me would age rapidly and/or combust. This was particularly unfortunate when it happened to friends and family. No one seemed to know how or why this happened. With … Continue reading
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Implantable antigravity device
Steve and I were going to a lecture on the fourth floor of a buiding. The corridors were around the exterior of the building, but there were no exterior walls or railings. The floors were very slippery, and sloped toward … Continue reading
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Digital design by committee
I was at my grandparents’ house, and they had a bunch of guests over for dinner. They were discussing an electronic design project I was working on, and became convinced that I wasn’t dealing with a particular signal correctly under … Continue reading
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House-sitting; plumbing; flu; robbery; postman; tornado; zoo
I visited a friend and her family living near Washington DC. I ended up house-sitting for them while they went on vacation. I got to know some of the neighborhood kids. One of them gave me a tour of the … Continue reading
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Visiting friends at another company; dinner with a former coworker; personality worms
I was in Colorado, so I decided to go visit Phil, an engineer at a Big Company in Broomfield (northwest of Denver, on the way to Boulder). At reception I asked to see him, and after a few minutes he … Continue reading
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