Monthly Archives: March 2006
Another Thing Us Bearded Guys Miss Out On
March 19, 2006 – 11:44 pm
With the recent advent of the five-bladed “Fusion” razor, the Economist predicts that the fourteen-bladed razor should appear no later than 2100. Their analysis would benefit from that of Dave Barry’s several years ago, which explained the intricacies of the razor industry’s R&D: Mine was a lonely adolescence. The razors of that era had one [...]
Hitched Without a Hitch
March 19, 2006 – 4:05 pm
Last night my sister-in-law, Rebecca McMasters, wed Stephen McKisic. The bride and wedding were beautiful, only one bridesmaid fainted, and the reception food was excellent. Congrats, Becca and Steve!
Funny
March 15, 2006 – 6:11 pm
I went to register for the LinuxWorld Expo coming to town next month, and I can’t see most of their site. I can’t see it because it’s Flash-based, and there’s no Flash for my computer’s operating system and architecture: Linux 64-bit.
New WordPress Plugin: Enroll in Comments
March 15, 2006 – 12:37 am
I’ve created a new plugin that lets commenters enroll to receive emails when others post comments. There are other plugins that do the same thing, but I wanted something simple to install and maintain, taking advantage of the WordPress 2.0+ user role system. Any registered user can enroll to receive comments on any post or [...]
Psycho Cat
March 8, 2006 – 11:47 pm
Today the door jambs in our section of the apartment building were scheduled to be painted, which meant opening all the doors (the paint was wet the last time someone opened our kitchen door exit, apparently, because it came crackling off when we opened it). Gone for the morning, our neighbor locked her cat in [...]
Cricket Games
March 7, 2006 – 11:40 pm
Meet Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich, our fire-bellied toads. Unlike the other residents of the apartment, they like their food to be moving; in fact they’re demanding about it. Today lunch for the next few weeks—five hundred crickets—arrived via UPS in a cube half the size of a Kleenex box. Unlike some people, I pay money to [...]