People collect different things. I collect books, for instance, while other people collect butterflies. One amusing thing that I have started to collect are snippets from books that I happen to be on the Metro to or from work, and which happen to be funny enough to make my laugh outloud. This may not seem…
People collect different things. I collect books, for instance, while other people collect butterflies. One amusing thing that I have started to collect are snippets from books that I happen to be on the Metro to or from work, and which happen to be funny enough to make my laugh outloud. This may not seem…
I finally got around to writing a new story today, the first of the new year and the first new story I’ve written in many months. It’s a science fiction story with a working title of “If By Reason of Strength…”. I tried starting this story several months ago, but didn’t have a good grasp…
I received a chain message today, the first one in quite a while. It’s one that I’ve received before. It claims be advice on how to live your life fully. There’s no harm in that. Someone cared enough to forward it to me and that’s nice too. But these things really annoy me because they…
I received a chain message today, the first one in quite a while. It’s one that I’ve received before. It claims be advice on how to live your life fully. There’s no harm in that. Someone cared enough to forward it to me and that’s nice too. But these things really annoy me because they…
This month’s “Antigravity” column in Scientific American (by Steve Mirsky) was really funny. For anyone who doesn’t subscribe to Scientific American (shame on you), the Antigravity column is on the website. You can find it here. The author takes issue with the fact that Supreme Court nominees should be familiar with business law. He thinks…
This month’s “Antigravity” column in Scientific American (by Steve Mirsky) was really funny. For anyone who doesn’t subscribe to Scientific American (shame on you), the Antigravity column is on the website. You can find it here. The author takes issue with the fact that Supreme Court nominees should be familiar with business law. He thinks…
Upon awakening this morning, I was overcome by the sudden and unexpected need to clean the house. And I mean clean. I went at it for several hours and it’s still not all done, although I made a fair amount of progress. Such was my sickness, that I moved and vacuumed under my bed. And…
Upon awakening this morning, I was overcome by the sudden and unexpected need to clean the house. And I mean clean. I went at it for several hours and it’s still not all done, although I made a fair amount of progress. Such was my sickness, that I moved and vacuumed under my bed. And…
Well, the newly revised reading website is done and is finally available online. Most of the functionality is there now, but some will have to wait for next week. This is the second day in a row that I spent more than 12 hours coding to try and get it completed and at this point…
Another new year! I caught the Times Square action on ABC last night, just as the ball was falling. I didn’t see Dick Clark at all, but he was narrating. It was clear that the stroke he had affected his speech to a minor extent. I only stayed tuned in for a few minutes. I…
I probably spent 16 hours yesterday working on the backend code for my revised reading website. I continued working on it today, and my goal is to have the new site on panix by the end of the day today. I’ve got just about all of the back end coding done. A few minor things…