Archive for February, 2008

Thoughts about my refrigerator and its infernal automatic ice maker

February 10th, 2008

I discovered today (and I should have known but I’d never bothered to think about it before) that my refrigerator has no less than three computers inside of it—possibly more. With those kinds of brains you’d think it could do my taxes and help my kids with their homework. Instead, it’s having difficulty just trying [...]

Fido

February 7th, 2008

Lovely and Talented Wife: What’s that? Me: Oh, it’s a DVD your sister sent us. I wrote her back and thanked her but said we hadn’t watched it yet. Wife: It looks… interesting. Me: Yah, I told her I was a little scared of it. She said she was, too—that’s why she sent it. Wife: [...]

Big Huge Thesaurus API

February 6th, 2008

I’ve just rolled out an API for the Big Huge Thesaurus. Need synonyms? Give the free API a try.

Falling through fatherhood

February 4th, 2008

I don’t mean to be depressing. But you know when you enter an annual recurring event in your calendar and the calendar asks you when the event ends? Well, I like to think about that whenever I enter birthdays. In physics there are the related concepts of potential and kinetic energy. Potential energy is all [...]

Do you have any tips for a beginning bread baker?

February 2nd, 2008

I’ve discovered a new hobby. I started baking bread a few weekends ago and found that I really like doing it. I think it stems from an experience I had a few years ago. I wanted pancakes but we didn’t have any mix so I looked up a recipe and I was shocked—shocked I say—at [...]

Friday audio zen: Ballroom Blitz

February 1st, 2008

A bit of Ballroom Blitz, sung by my son, the rocker. Ballroom Blitz (mp3, 176kb, 22 seconds)