May 2012
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“Complaining is stupid. Either act or forget.”
– Design icon Stefan Sagmeister in the excellent Things I have learned in my life so far.
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The Terrible, Awful, No-Good Samsung PL210 →
To their credit, Samsung actually approved my negative review to appear on their website. And, by dint of typos alone, I think presents better than many of the five-star reviews. (Link in title.)
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“And I had that terrible accident with Joan Vollmer, my wife. I had a revolver...”
– William S. Burroughs, The Paris Review
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The Best AeroPress Coffee
Several years ago I bought an Aeropress coffee maker. It’s simple: store the grounds above a filter and force hot water through them. Excellent coffee in a short amount of time, supplemented by easy cleanup and maintenance.
Apparently there was recently an international competition on how to make the best coffee with this device. I’m not an expert by any means, but the recipes of the...
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Peradventure in Reading
Just finished Dashiell Hammett’s The Thin Man. I’ve seen all the movies but never read the books, so I figured I’d better read the first before I do another thing.
It’s amazing, Hammett’s amazing. I can’t usually follow mysteries because I’m credulous and easily distracted, but I like reading them nonetheless. What stuns me about Hammett’s ability...
Cards Against Humanity: a party game for horrible... →
wilwheaton:
Paul and Storm came over last night, and eventually Brubaker showed up, so we played this game, Cards Against Humanity.
Cards Against Humanity is a party game for horrible people. Unlike most of the party games you’ve played before, Cards Against Humanity is as despicable and awkward as you and your friends. The game is simple. Each round, one player asks a question from a Black...
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Another Saga of Anti-Commercialism
I’m still trying to get off of various calendars’ mailing lists. The previous tenants of this apartment subscribed to at least 30 (no exaggeration) different catalogs, and I’ve gotten over half of those canceled but some outlets either believe strongly in the worth of their goods or don’t give a rat’s ass about my wishes to be unmolested by their crap. Either way,...
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The Samsung PL210 is a Shitty Goddamned "Camera"
Fucking awesome. My lame-ass Samsung PL201, designed to resist all picture-taking, has died its Final Death. After months of missed shots, out-of-focus tripod-mounted shots, and a host of other laughable misadventures, my antagonistic Samsung PL201 has aborted its mission and is stuck in a nether-state between turning on and turning off. The lens will not retract so it only turns on long enough to...
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Don't Try Too Hard, Dad
Little Girl: Water has... water has no sugar!
Father: Water has vitamins.
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Writing for Gender Within Sci-Fi/Fantasy Context
One of my greatest insecurities as a writer is the challenge of writing realistic women. It doesn’t help that people are unwilling to talk about this: bring it up with guys and they don’t know what you mean. Bring it up with women and they’re offended, they sound just like anyone else.
But no, actually, men and women generally speak and think with subtle differences, and when...
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“One of these brothers was called Comestor‥, as it were booke-eater, because he...”
– Simon Birckbek, Protestants Evidence (xii), 1635
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Dreams Scattered Everywhere
Goddamn it! I keep finding dreams! I thought I was all caught up except for two more dream-fragments I recorded in the back of the journal. I’m seriously two sheets of paper away from the center of this journal, which is a lot of writing in a little time.
But then I found another notebook page yesterday with three dreams on it, two short and one lengthy bastard. I finally got those...
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Filling the Dream Journal
I’m keeping a dream journal. I think I’ve tried to long ago in the past but it didn’t take. This one came about because I’d started having really vivid dreams last February, and I could even recall them a couple days later.
It so happened that I’d purchased a pack of Moleskine large red Cahiers but had no purpose for them: they were only beautiful so I had to possess...
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April 2012
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Advice From My Friends
1: Do not overdrink.
2: Do not have an accident with poop.
3: Beware lycanthropy.
4: Do not beware lycanthropy.
5: Be vigilant in the fight against tooth decay.
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“To avoide the deiouse repetition of these woordes: is equalle to: I will sette...”
– Robert Recorde, The Whetstone of Witte, 1557
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DIY Deco: Moleskine Notebooks →
(Link in title) My blog post detailing past and current projects: customizing Moleskine notebooks. I’m particular about the materials I use, and other people can benefit from my trial-and-error learning process.
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