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It struck me today that saying something is a delicacy is just another way of saying “this is gross, eat it!”  Here’s a list of things that are a delicacy, according to Google: Gingernuts Giant Spiders Grasshoppers Fetus Potato Pancakes urinal cakes cheese fries Pikmin cupcakes fish eggs my virgin tears intestines Now I’m hungry!

I’m totally hooked on a website called Project Euler. It’s a site with tons of math problems that can be stated simply but generally require a computer to solve. The idea is to help people build both math and programming skills, so it’s a great way to learn things or just practice your chops. The […]

You know how when you say a word or phrase over and over again, it can lose its meaning to you and just sound like a made up noise? Right now the phrase “connect to the wireless router” sounds as meaningful as “toad the wet sprocket” to me.

The other day, I purchased Ten Trillion Dollars on ebay for a mere $9 and change. Here’s a picture of it: So, it’s “Zimbabwe dollars,” but that still has to be a lot of money, right? This morning, my friend Curt asked me how much it was worth. I googled “Zimbabwe exchange rate,” punched in […]

There is a new addition to our family, which we love very, very much.  Here’s a photo of our special little guy: Yes, we are the proud owners of a simplehuman fingerprint-proof rectangular step trash can. It locks in odors. It looks nice. It telepathically compliments my hair. We love this thing! We even took […]

Tonight we went to a Mexican restaurant called El Rincon for dinner.  For a little while, Jonah was making googly eyes at the lady at the table next to ours.  Karianne, Kaeta, and I enjoyed some queso.  Then all of a sudden, Jonah started crying and asking for Mama. He kept looking back at the […]

Last Saturday, our friends the Hendleys came over. The plan was to eat dinner, then Curt and I would watch the kids (all 4 of them) while our wives did some girly stamping and cardmaking. Well, Curt had a brilliant idea — he brought his ukulele over, along with a “fakebook” (a book of song […]

This post comes with a Nerd Alert Level 7. You have been warned. On computers, “Unix time” refers to the number of seconds since midnight, January 1, 1970. That date (1/1/1970) is referred to as the “epoch,” and many computers (not just unix-based ones) use this method for storing date/time as a number. You can […]

I just renewed a domain name with GoDaddy.com, and the experience was surreal.  In the last step of checking out, I confirmed my address information, and I noticed this little box: I assumed they just wanted to know what they should call me, so their pages can say something like, “Welcome back, Mr. Hamsterpants!” (or […]

Yesterday, as we were organizing our study closet, I went through a stack of Guitar World magazines from 1998-2000.  In the Feb. ’99 issue, there’s an article about Frank Zappa that I still remember and think about 10 years later, so I re-read it. A thing that amazed me was Steve Vai’s story of auditioning […]