May 2009
6 posts
When my mom got a fancy digital camera, I set her up with Google Picass. I’m a big an of iPhoto on my Mac and had heard good things about Picasa. And given that Picass looks like a clone of iPhoto, I figured it would work about the same way.
It doesn’t. iPhoto stores pictures in an opaque database in a bundle (a bundle is a folder on OS X which appears in the Finder as a regular...
A tiny wobble reveals a massive planet - The Bad Astronomer
Stories like this are exciting and awe-inspiring (the newly discovered planet has six times the mass of Jupiter!) and humbling: the more we find out about the universe, the more diminished we seem as a species. We’re NOTHING, man.
But mostly, these stories depress the hell out of me. Because humanity will almost certainly never be...
After a good and energetic day yesterday, I find myself super tired again today. I think I really need to get into a routine of exercising regularly. I’ve heard that that helps.
Of course: who wants to exercise when they’re this freaking tired?! Maybe this is a good reason to buy Wii Fit? Everyone seems to like it.
Vending Machine Does Not Contain Pop-Tarts
Severity: Medium
Priority: High
Symptom: Vending Machine Does Not Contain Pop-Tarts
Expected Result: Vending Machine Would Contain Pop-Tarts, Allowing Me To Purchase One
Actual Result: Vending Machine Contains Oreo Cakesters Where The Pop-Tarts Normally Go
Steps To Reproduce:
Approach vending machine carefully
Count out at least 85 cents ($0.85) of change (for example: 3 quarters and 1...
Highlander films, ranked in order of preference.
Highlander
This is the only Highlander film that has ever been made.
Star Trek films, ranked in order of preference
The Wrath of Khan
First Contact
The Voyage Home
Star Trek 2009
The Undiscovered Country
The Search for Spock
Generations
The Motion Picture
The Final Frontier
These are all the Star Trek films that have ever been made.