I had an email conversation today with one of my co-workers that raised a very important concern of mine that I’ve been harboring for too long: toaster oven quality has gone down the toilet.
I now that it is not just me. When I was growing up, we had a toaster oven that worked just [...]
I am continually astounded at how few people know how to handle themselves at an intersection with a four-way stop. There are a variety of pathological cases that really are underdefined (or undefined) in most drivers’ manuals, but most of the trickier corner situations really apply quite rarely, and in those cases I find most [...]
I’ve been battling a problem with my Mac Pro desktop for several months now: it keeps locking up. The thing about Macs, though, is that they usually don’t lock up. They use a very stable operating system and generally execute against specific, well-tested Apple hardware with specific, well-tested Apple drivers. Most people don’t suffer catastrophic [...]
Howdy folks. Since I last wrote, I’ve spent a whole week in California doing some work and attending Jason, one of my college roommates, wedding back at Caltech. Kathy joined me for the latter, and then we rushed home to prepare for my parents’ visit last week.
Everything turned out really fun! [...]
Sorry for the quiet blogging front, folks. I’ve enjoyed an entire _week_ at home for once, which seems like such a treat in this beautiful height of summer we’re enjoying these days. Okay, it’s really pretty hot in our un-air-conditioned, highly-insulated house upstairs in the loft at 2pm. But otherwise it’s been great. We’ve even [...]