because not enough websites start with the letter “Z”
Posted in life, social issues on Jun 23rd, 2008
The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at the end of it? A Death! What’s that, a bonus? I think the life cycle is all backwards. You should die first, get it out of [...]
Posted in life on May 12th, 2008
For many years Non Sequitor has been one of my favorite daily comics. Today’s edition is particularly good.
As a student in American classrooms in the 1960s and 1970s I was introduced to the metric system in a failed attempt to join the world standard. (That the United States is one of but three countries on the planet that doesn’t use the metric system speaks volumes.) Personally, I think the reason the metric [...]
Posted in life on Jun 28th, 2007
Recently a friend sent me one of those joke emails containing a list of politically incorrect “laws” that govern a gender. In this case they were “man laws,” and one dealt with the men’s room. To whit:
Never talk to a man in a bathroom unless you are on equal footing (i.e., both urinating, [...]
Posted in nerdliness on May 8th, 2007
Eagle-eyed reader JJ, sent me this today:
net.zanshin.PlacesLivedException: placesLivedCount may not be decremented
at net.zanshin.blogs.001243.html (I’ve lived in six states:iii)
at net.zanshin.blogs.000572.html (I have lived in 7 states: xv)
at net.zanshin (index.html:1)
at user.jj (see what mark is doing:1)
at user.jj (preflight checklist:114)
08 May 2007 12:13:04,553 ERROR JJUsingWebDaemon : [10.170.77.54-63b5c0.1126c1a3314.-7ff2] runtime exception…
It seems that in an earlier posting, 44 Things About [...]
Posted in life on Dec 21st, 2006
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, our best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, [...]
Posted in life on Nov 30th, 2006
This tongue-in-cheek look at the joys of building software has been floating around forever. I have no idea who the original author is or where/when it first appeared.
Dear Mr. Architect,
Please design and build me a house. I am not quite sure of what I need, so you should use your discretion. My house should have [...]
Posted in social issues on Aug 19th, 2006
This is perfect.
FAA Bans People From Flights
What makes it scary is the fleeting thought that some one inside the Beltway actually had this notion and had to be talked out of it.
Posted in life, photography on Mar 13th, 2006
The shortest route between Overland Park and Decatur takes you along Route 54 in Missouri and Illinois. Shortly after crossing the Mississippi River heading east you come to a small cross roads called Atlas Illinois. At the four-way stop there is a general store with a sign out front. In a classic “eats, shoots and [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Aug 16th, 2005
Forget running Mac OS X on any old Intel processor. I managed to sneak into Apple’s R&D Lab and make off with a soon to be released G5 Powerbook!
See:
Actually I followed this Mac OS X Hint.
Kinda makes you wonder about the veracity of all these Mac OS X running on x86 machines, doesn’t it.
