Archive for August, 2009
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31 Aug 2009
"I tried to listen to YACHT, I really did. I've given up and moved on to my old familiar friend Brendan Benson."
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30 Aug 2009Basil, before and after
My favorite garden product, by far, is basil. Harvest a whole ton, add 1/2 cup olive oil, 4 or 5 cloves raw garlic, a handful of walnuts, and some salt. Process until smooth.
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30 Aug 2009
An automatically updated list of visible comets, starting with the brightest. Break out your binoculars! -
29 Aug 2009Gus and Lola
The two of them played for three solid hours while we were at Dennis's.
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29 Aug 2009
"This is the first time I've ever made peach cobbler without using the Boy Scout Method."
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28 Aug 2009
"A solid week of coverage of Ted Kennedy's life didn't move me. But hearing people pass by his casket thanking him brought me to tears."
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28 Aug 2009UConn reunion
M with a bunch of school friends and their spouses and kids.
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27 Aug 2009What might have been
When I quit, I had to exercise my options or lose them, and at the time I didn't think the company was really going anywhere soon. And I didn't have enough money to invest. I don't regret my decision (especially since it's not like I'm destitute or anything), but it's fun to think about what might have been.
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27 Aug 2009
Sopranos have to mispronounce lyrics when singing powerfully in the top half of their range. But Richard Wagner wrote his operas to prevent high notes from coinciding with troublesome vowels.
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27 Aug 2009
"Ran 6 miles. Saw Ben Affleck."
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26 Aug 2009
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26 Aug 2009
Wait for the annoying intro to end, and ignore the whinging tutorial and just click on the purple sub-genre buttons. Just start clicking around.
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26 Aug 2009
"@jlet It was intense! What's a foot long and slippery?"
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26 Aug 2009
"What's brown and sticky?"
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25 Aug 2009
Good news, everyone!
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24 Aug 2009
Graphic design is one of the things that I can appreciate much more than I could ever actually accomplish. I love reading details like this about the design process.
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24 Aug 2009
"Made two reviews on Yelp. Finally, I'm contributing."
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21 Aug 2009
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20 Aug 2009
Astounding: MySQL sets bits in the TCP header, and you can scan for them with tcpdump.
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19 Aug 2009
"I hate summer colds."
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17 Aug 2009
"Holy crap. This Linux kernel uber-bug affects all 2.4 and all 2.6 kernels on all architectures. http://bit.ly/2DM1Re"
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16 Aug 2009
"I've gotta run 9 miles today and it's still 80 degrees out. Cool off, damn you!"
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16 Aug 2009L&M
outside the Mount Washington Hotel
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14 Aug 2009Gus makes a new friend
There are some very friendly horses at the Bretton Arms Inn.
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13 Aug 2009
"Inbox victory!"