I’ve been on vacation, which means I’m not on my regular writing schedule. Instead, this is the most 80s vacation song I can think of:
Tag Archives: Pseudorandom
Why a Dragon?
I was thinking the other day about what mythological creature I associate most with my nature (or, at least, my demeanor). It took me a good long while to come up with something that felt right, but, one creature that did pass through my mind was a dragon. Continue reading Why a Dragon?
Periodic Table of Videos
I’ve recently been spending a fair bit of my free time watching the Periodic Table of Videos produced by Brady Haran. I heard about these from a good friend, and was immediately intrigued – videos about all the elements sounded like fun. As I started diving into them, not only were they fun, they had a lot of very good information. Continue reading Periodic Table of Videos
Dream: The Kidnapping
I’m at a bus terminal with someone of significant importance to me when they are kidnapped. As I run after the kidnapper (a tall man in a dark trench coat), I’m intercepted by a pale, bald, hunched, sharp-toothed man wielding a knife. He pounces on the kidnapper and slices open his forehead, then proceeds to suck his mind out through the cut.
I wake up. Continue reading Dream: The Kidnapping
Goodbye AIM
I recently got an e-mail that AOL Instant Messenger would be shutting down on December 15, 2017. I look at this with mixed emotions – on the one hand, it’s just a chat protocol, one that I don’t really use much anymore (nearly all of my AIM friends have moved on to other chats). On the other hand, it was a chat protocol that had a lot of features that I liked. Continue reading Goodbye AIM
Breaking In My New Vehicle
I recently bought a new vehicle, and one of the things that surprised me was the need to break in the engine and drivetrain for the first thousand miles. The salesman that sold me the car mentioned that I shouldn’t bring it above 3,000 RPMs nor use the cruise control for very long trips during the first thousand miles so that the engine could effectively break in. Continue reading Breaking In My New Vehicle