minty freshness
I just heard about Mint.com today. Whoever thought this one up is a genius. They’ll keep track of your financial state, sending alerts if anything is amiss.
Author: antipaucity
yes, i’m a dork
Certainly you’ve all seen Chuck Norris Facts. And some of you who may be on Stackoverflow have seen Jon Skeet Facts. But have you seen Bruce Schneier Facts? “The nuclear launch codes held by the President of the United States are secured by an unbreakable system: a plain brown envelope with a picture of Bruce…
paddy’s bricks
So I write this note to tell you of my plight At the time of writing I am not a pretty sight My body is all black and blue, my face a deathly gray So I write this note to say why Paddy’s not at work today While working on the fourteenth floor, some bricks…
tim finnegan’s wake
To the Irish! As copied from Wikipedia: Tim Finnegan lived in Watlin Street A gentle Irishman, mighty odd; He had a brogue both rich and sweet And to rise in the world he carried a hod. Now, Tim had a bit of the tipplers way With a love for the liquor poor Tim was born…
yay for vacations
I just had a great week. From the afternoon (UTC) of 28 Nov through the afternoon (EST) of 7 Dec, I had no internet access. And until 0100 (EST) of 7 Dec, I had no access to my phone. It was phenomenal. And I didn’t miss anything “important”, either. This is the first multi-day break…
things to be thankful for [so far] in 2008
Ignoring politics, the economy, and the world at large, here is my list of what I’m thankful for [so far] this year: Family – I have cousins, aunt, uncles, a grandparent, parents, and a sister all alive and kicking. Friends – folks who’ll go out for a night on the town, or sit around and…
nucleation – the secret to maintaining a good head?
I had a Beck’s this evening with dinner. The special Beck’s glass, like the Samuel Admas Perfect Pint Glass, has a small segment at the bottom that forces the dissolved CO2 to form bubbles, and yields a [near] constant head on the beer. For those of you that saw the Mythbusters episode dealing with Mentos…
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