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A Little Peek Inside My Mind

Fri, 04 May 2012 10:23:00 -0600

I just figured something out.

One time - I mean, one hypothetical time, as this happened more than once. And I don’t remember any specifics. One time in school, my dad asked me why one of my assignments had a zero.

He had probably had helped me do the assignment and couldn’t figure out why it would have a zero. (A B+, maybe - but a zero?). So he asked me and I said something like, “I didn’t turn it in.”

“You didn’t turn it in? I can’t believe that? Why wouldn’t you turn an assignment in? I never, ever did an assignment without turning it in!”

What’s up with that?

I had finished the assignment, and in my mind, that’s all that mattered (and it only mattered a little). I didn’t care what the teacher thought of my work. I didn’t care if I got a zero. I mostly cared that I understood the lesson. Since I didn’t do the assignment I couldn’t prove or even demonstrate my understanding, but why does that even matter? Why do I need to get “a grade” at all?

Maybe that’s it. I think this is related.

This happens to me at [big box electronics retailer] a lot. I stand there in the aisle, looking at, say, two computer mice. This one has some feature and is $48.74 and this one has some different feature and is $64.58, this one blah blah blah blah blah…

20 minutes later, “Okay - that’s it!” I decide. I’m splurging and getting the fancier one, even though it’s more expensive.

I start marching out of the store with my new device and more than once I’ve almost forgotten that I actually have to stop at the register and give them my money.

Just a little peek inside my mind.

iPad is to Macintosh as Macintosh was to Apple II

Thu, 03 May 2012 10:56:04 -0600

iPad is to Macintosh as Macintosh was to Apple II

Widescreen

Tue, 01 May 2012 10:03:39 -0600

I’m not watching movies on my laptop - why is the screen so wide?

I dreamed that I was supposed to help Kim Jong-un pick out a digital camera. I thought he might like...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:09:01 -0600

I dreamed that I was supposed to help Kim Jong-un pick out a digital camera. I thought he might like a Samsung - looking back, that might have been a faux pas.

I'll show you how to waste time.

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:51:50 -0600

Good work, Hollywood!

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 23:52:03 -0600

there is no way for me to legally buy this movie to play on my portable device. Rental is the best I can do.

My Lumia 900 arrived by FedEx today! I’m so glad to be back in Windows Phone land! (p.s. I own...

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:51:06 -0600

My Lumia 900 arrived by FedEx today! I’m so glad to be back in Windows Phone land! (p.s. I own a few shares of NOK)

I had to view source to find the link I wanted on this page.

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:25:25 -0600

I had to view source to find the link I wanted on this page.

MAAAAAN, I hate tracking my time!!

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:39:53 -0600

Shuttled on Flickr.

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:31:09 -0700

Shuttled on Flickr.

Quick Trick Block Stack on Flickr.Ta da!

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:54:04 -0700

Quick Trick Block Stack on Flickr.

Ta da!

Cheese on Flickr.Birthday party for Grandma (2010)

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:41:54 -0700

Cheese on Flickr.

Birthday party for Grandma (2010)

Someone swapped the box of white tissues on my desk for a box of beige ones.

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:41:49 -0700

Someone swapped the box of white tissues on my desk for a box of beige ones.

Channel 1 TV on Flickr.I stopped by my old middle school...

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:12:20 -0700

Channel 1 TV on Flickr.

I stopped by my old middle school and thought I’d better snap a photo of this important part of my teenage years.

What if we just hired the lobbyists away from “Hollywood” so they’d stop trying to...

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:39:16 -0700

What if we just hired the lobbyists away from “Hollywood” so they’d stop trying to ruin the Internet?

http://wh.gov/bgh : A petition on whitehouse.gov to stop the E-PARASITE Act.

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:17:56 -0600

http://wh.gov/bgh : A petition on whitehouse.gov to stop the E-PARASITE Act.

I just registered for the DARPA shredder challenge. I doubt I’ll be able to do anything, but...

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:26:33 -0600

I just registered for the DARPA shredder challenge. I doubt I’ll be able to do anything, but it sounds fun #shredderchallenge

Don't Repeat Yourself

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:12:17 -0600

“Don’t repeat yourself” is good advice when you’re writing computer code, but when you’re interacting with colleagues it’s not so great.

“I already answered your question in an earlier e-mail, why are you asking me again?” does not help your project.

Rounded corners are over rated.

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:23:04 -0600

Rounded corners are over rated.

Raspberry on Flickr.

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:13:57 -0600

Raspberry on Flickr.