March 2004

Racing stripe

31 March 2004

I’m not altogether certain what kind of caterpillar this is, but he happily munched away most of that palm leaf before vanishing. Share/Bookmark

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Idle thoughts and diversions

30 March 2004

I am ordering a new digital camera at work, and am torn between the portability of the tiny Casio and Canon models, and the power of the newer 8 megapixel models. I haven’t made a decision yet, but I’m leaning toward the Nikon Coolpix 8700. Do you need a place to cut loose and ride? [...]

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Too much Futurama, perhaps?

29 March 2004

Okay, I’m ready to skip the rest of 2004 and jump right into 2005. I’m going to book myself some time in a cryo-freeze chamber starting April 26th, with instructions to wake me up before dawn on January 1. Share/Bookmark

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A very large number

24 March 2004

This is a little work-related factoid which came up in an article I’m reading for work. Just something to remind you why I’m not much fun at parties, I’m afraid: I like this kind of thing. I’m sure most of you understand megabytes, and are comfortable with gigabytes (1,000 MB). The next step up in [...]

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Calliope Fest 3

24 March 2004

If you are in the South Florida area, don’t forget that Calliope Fest is this weekend! This year’s headliners are Lisa Loeb and Sophie B. Hawkins, and there are plenty of other acts in this two-day event, including a personal favorite of mine, The Amy Steinberg Band, who I really loved last year. The concert [...]

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Meanwhile, back on the Internet…

22 March 2004

This is looking like a busy week, so let’s start out with some links. Text games via IM: For those of you who remember the old Infocom games and their ilk—Zork, Planetfall, Adventure, etc.—you can now play them via AIM ‘bot. Just in case you needed another excuse to slack off at work. [via MeFi] [...]

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Nature boy

20 March 2004

In visiting the Florida Native Plant Society’s annual plant sale today, I came across the lovely critter below. He was hard to photograph, because I had a vague memory of that being the pattern for a coral snake, but I couldn’t remember the mnemonic rhyme. He was only four or so feet from me, but [...]

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Newer (and older) model

20 March 2004

I just spent two hours reading a journal I kept from 1978-1982, an extremely tumultuous period in my life. I didn’t read it cover to cover (obviously), but the parts I read shook me up quite a bit. While I recognized the author, and was surprised (and dismayed) by certain similarities we share, there were [...]

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Gastronomic suicide

18 March 2004

I have a Hormel Spam calendar on my wall. Yesterday I looked at it, and found myself thinking, “You know, that actually looks rather tasty.” Does this mean I have a death wish? Could my reorganized digestive system handle it? And, I have a can of Spam in my cupboard at home. Don’t make me [...]

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A perky little ray of sunshine

17 March 2004

Today has in large part been Tuesday redux, your humble narrator resigned to steadily increasing irritation and secret little bursts of misanthropic fantasy. However, the news that JillMatrix is back in business brought a smile to my pinched, bitter, cynical face. Not that she e-mailed me to tell me, mind you. No, I had to [...]

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