I’m a collector. Some are “official,” organized collections (stamps, for instance), but many are de facto collections that occurred when I got one of something and discovered there were more of them, or just started gathering things without really organizing or exploring them in great detail (my coin collection falls into this category). I just [...]
Posts Tagged ‘silly’
lolcats + code = hawt
Two great tastes that taste great together: LOLCODE! Just look at this lovely little thing: HAI CAN HAS STDIO? VISIBLE “HAI WORLD” KTHXBYE It just doesn’t get any more poetic than that.
email inflection tags
Ever notice that it’s really easy to misinterpret someone’s intended tone of voice when you are reading an email from them? Your friend writes “Hey, haven’t seen you in a while, everything OK?” and you imagine it to be delivered in a miffed, snippy, guess-you-don’t-like-me-anymore tone when she actually meant to sound interested, concerned and [...]
16 years ago today
april fool by Rachel Smith posted 1 Apr ’08, 8.31am PDT PST on flickr 16 years ago today… I was in Libreville, Gabon, wrapping up four months as an intern with the Peace Corps. My job was to set up the computer network (Appletalk) in the main office, help the staff convert from a paper-based [...]
If your phone book were a person
The phone rang the other evening. Uncharacteristically, I chose to answer it. A pleasant female voice identified herself as a staffer doing a survey for the phone book and asked for the male head of the household. "Hey," I shouted to my husband, who was standing about 10 feet away, "do you want to take [...]
