Archive for the ‘misc’ Category
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
The Typealizer tool claims to analyze your blog and classify your type. Here's the result for windupstories.com:
INTP - The Thinkers
The logical and analytical type. They are especialy attuned to difficult creative and intellectual challenges and always look for something more complex to dig into. They are great at finding subtle ...
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Sunday, November 16th, 2008
A recent article on videogames.
I'm interested in video games and how they're becoming one of the primary narrative delivery devices for kids, and especially boys these days.
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
dumbest consumer "improvement" ever.
1) anything that spills over the pot automatically burns on the glass.
2) any water underneath a kettle causes the kettle to magically levitate and slide off the burner as the water turns to steam.
3) it's not as hot as a traditional coil stove.
4) it's not as adjustable ...
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Saturday, December 29th, 2007
I was talking with a friend the other day when he produced the following nugget of wisdom. Keep in mind that this a conversation he held entirely with himself. I was just a bystander:
"I wish I could poop like a rabbit."
(Long Pause)
"Actually, I wish I could not just poop like ...
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
er... website.
Prepare for turbulence.
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
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Thursday, April 19th, 2007
As Gigi notes, I've been absent from blog land. Can't really explain why. Just sort of lost steam.
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Thursday, March 8th, 2007
I've just become aware that Wordpress has gobbled some people's comments. I've just gone back in and rescued a handful.
In general, your comments should appear immediately. If they don't, email me and I'll dive back into the v!agra, big boobs and phentamine sea and see if I can ...
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Sunday, February 18th, 2007
So, the reason I hate the internet (specifically email lists, blog posting areas, discussion boards, etc) is that it's an incredibly clumsy medium for discussing anything with any level of nuance.
The amount of time it takes to craft a post, only have it re-interpreted or mis-interpreted or simply ignored ...
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Tuesday, February 13th, 2007
Check out the Order Of The Science Scouts Of Exemplary Repute And Above Average Physique
Members are:
- not opposed to alcohol.
- fond of IPCC reports (especially the pictures).
- mostly in agreement with the "truth."
- into badges.
- grieving for the slow and miserable death of the Hubble Space Telescope.
- possibly possessed of ...
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