Future historians will look on this as the opening salvo of the robot wars

The past crystallizes out of the future

I mentioned this on Facebook but not here — I finished writing my book! It is about how to make your own macro lenses (for cameras with removable lenses). You probably already know I was working on this book if you’ve been reading this weblog for the past couple of months. (I previously talked about [...]

We won a turkey in a random drawing in our apartment complex. All residents were entered. Makes me wonder how many random drawings and contests we’ve lost. Also of note: What English sounds like to foreigners: From the original website: “An Italian singer wrote this song with gibberish to sound like English. If you’ve ever [...]

Here are a couple of jokes for you: How do you know you’ve been in Minnesota too long? You’re driving on SOLID ICE and you look down, and you’re doing 35 miles an hour. How do you know you’re not from Minnesota? The Minnesotans are flying by you doing 45-50. Okay, so maybe these aren’t [...]