http://timestream.net/nonsequitur High Geekery in Portland, Oregon... Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:54:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From one of our clients (who's usually quite good with the detail, but might perhaps have been in a bit of a hurry this morning): Please look at this student's profile page. He is in [a review status], but there is something weird with his record. Please let me know when ... http://timestream.net/nonsequitur/2008/09/02/2800/ I sent in a bug report upon discovering that Kaiser's "email my provider" feature did not, in fact, allow me to email all of the providers I've had appointments with, and I was reduced to using that 19th-century invention called the telephone. This was their reply [snarky comments in ... http://timestream.net/nonsequitur/2008/08/29/2796/ The New Yorker: If adults were subjected to the same indignities as children. Also, I rode by a motel some of you may find familiar this morning, and their sign read: WALK IN SPECIAL PARKING $5.00 I'm so sorry I forgot to bring my camera... http://timestream.net/nonsequitur/2008/08/29/2794/ Say, loyal readers (all six of you) -- if you thought I wasn't posting frequently before, think how much longer you'll get to stare at the same blog posts now that I'm a dad with a baby blog! That's right; I said "baby blog." Welcome to the Panopticon. http://timestream.net/nonsequitur/2008/08/19/2792/ To the town of Walla Walla, Washington, of whose onions I am extremely fond: What information does the second "Walla" provide that the first "Walla" did not? "Walla Walla, Washington -- so great, they named it twice." "Walla Walla, Washington -- yes, we really said 'Walla'. Get over it." "Walla Walla, Washington -- ... http://timestream.net/nonsequitur/2008/08/13/2791/ This is a test of the WordPress app on my iPod, which looks to be amazingly useful. Here is a photo from my library... http://timestream.net/nonsequitur/2008/08/09/2790/ We're home. Everyone's healthy and happy. http://timestream.net/nonsequitur/2008/08/06/2788/ No more practice runs -- we're off to the hospital. http://timestream.net/nonsequitur/2008/08/03/2787/ I just ran across the following in our bug-tracking database, and I don't think I've laughed this hard in weeks: Logic appears to have been sprinkled throughout this code base liberally, possibly in the hope that it will flourish and self-organize into some sort of ecosystem, with the most fit decision ... http://timestream.net/nonsequitur/2008/08/01/2786/ It's been over a month since I posted. If any of you are still watching this, you might be interested to know that last week a colleague and I won a local programming competition. was highly amused that I spent so many hours preparing for a 20-minute ... http://timestream.net/nonsequitur/2008/07/26/2785/ I rather like the song, which is why it's on my coding playlist in the first place, but it really annoys me that the only bit of the lyrics I can actually hear clearly is the line "Why is eternity forever?" Seriously, Delerium. Did nobody notice that Jon Crosby had ... http://timestream.net/nonsequitur/2008/07/26/2784/ The scene: we've just cored and smooshed a lot of strawberries, and Fawn is stirring in the pectin to make freezer jam. Her: It's such a beautiful color. It's much prettier than the cooked jam. Me: Yeah, that stuff gets a little bit lighter pink. Her: Not this ... http://timestream.net/nonsequitur/2008/06/23/2783/ ...it's still weird to IM someone sitting one desk away. http://timestream.net/nonsequitur/2008/06/17/2782/ Despite my having slept for at least 15 of the last 24 hours, and despite F feeling even more sick than me, we got up off the couch and went to the Aladdin Theater for tonight's Peter Murphy show. Peter, however, must have had the same thing we have, ... http://timestream.net/nonsequitur/2008/05/31/2781/ [One] thing that made yesterday teh aw3som3: and taught their adorable two-year-old to say "OH NOES!" http://timestream.net/nonsequitur/2008/05/25/2780/ Some Berkeley students built a computer vision system to play Rock Band. http://timestream.net/nonsequitur/2008/05/21/2779/ Give me my violas NOW, or I'll prosecute you! Because there's nothing worse than trying to get on the Internet without enough spee. http://timestream.net/nonsequitur/2008/05/20/2778/ Clay Shirky is a really interesting writer, if you happen to find analysis of the intersection between software and sociology interesting. His new book "Here Comes Everybody" looks quite interesting (being too cheap to buy the hardback, I've got it on hold at the library). Here's a bit from a ... http://timestream.net/nonsequitur/2008/05/14/2776/ A coworker of mine back at Wolfram & HartHellerEhrman had a wonderful spoof of Goofus and Gallant on his wall. I was remembering it recently, and naturally, it's on the Web. Enjoy: Looking Forward: Goofus and Gallant. http://timestream.net/nonsequitur/2008/05/12/2775/ According to the Cost of War counter, we are currently spending $3,951 per second to... uh... wait, what are we doing in Iraq this week? Oh, yeah. JACK SHIT, that's what. Check my math if you like. The site lists a figure of $341.4 million per day. ... http://timestream.net/nonsequitur/2008/04/23/2774/