Monday, July 02, 2007
Animator vs. Animation
A fun animation of the user interface that really rebels . . .
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
On Raising Kids
And then some humor on our home renovation project:
And then of course, using a computer to do any of this is simply foolhardy:
Friday, April 28, 2006
Quarter Million
Believe it or not, my 1988 Ford Escort clicked over past 250,000 miles today! Wow.
Watch the odometer click over!
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Home Computer
The future is here! From a 1954 Popular Mechanics article . . 
Saturday, August 20, 2005
Libraries Useful?
I went to our county library yesterday with the kids, the main library, with the good selection. Two things really bother me about a library:
- The selection is so limited. When you get used to finding anything available on the internet, it's discouraging to find a single shelf with books by a prolific author, missing the key ones I want.
- Even if the library has the book, it is likely checked out if at all popular, which means waiting for weeks/months before it's available.
I suppose with book reserves and inter-library loans this kind of this could be accomplished; it just needs an easy Netflix-style interface for finding/getting the materials. And, much work needs to be done in grouping similar styles and book series (which one comes next?)
Sunday, December 26, 2004
Usefulness of computers
From Sherman's Lagoon on December 26th,
Oh, and another good one on the nature of teenagers, from Zits on the same day:
Wednesday, May 05, 2004
Death and Fire
An interesting couple days!
Yesterday, Krista and I had to go downtown Raleigh, and just as we were pulling up to a spot to park, the car died, and wouldn't restart. Fortunately, we were able to roll back into a space, and go take care of our errand. We arrived back just in time to let the meter reader know of our predicament, so we didn't get ticketed.
The nice thing is that we got to spend an unexpected extra couple hours together walking around town and having lunch together. The downside was the couple hundred dollars of car repairs, the rain, and Krista's not-so-great-for-walking shoes.
Ignition coil or something just died.
Anyway, on the way back from the store tonight, and smelling a burning smell. Of course, I think it's my car at first, but all seems well, so it must be somebody else. Turns out the truck a bit up the road had a trailer with a seized brake, and the hub was on fire!
I managed to get the driver's attention by laying on my horn, and getting caught together at a stoplight, and he pulled over. It was kind of cool to see a glowing red hub, but the flames weren't quite so cool, and it took a few sprays with the driver's fire extinguisher before the fire stopped re-combusting. Another driver stopped to help, and we tried to contact the trucking company (without any success) until the emergency vehicles arrived.
I left to get my car out of the way, but I was disappointed I didn't have my camera with me . . .
