Slightly Off KIlter

Normal is overrated

  • Tasks

    We've invested in a new piece of software. This is a web-based hierarchical to-do list manager called Tasks. I was especially pleased to see Tasks 2.0 mentioned on versiontracker (in the Mac OS X section) where it has received very good reviews. Tasks is quite nice; you can try the demo. There's also a 30-day… Continue reading

  • A Toy Car for Adults

    Q. What do you get when you cross a sedan with a minivan? A. A Scion XB Continue reading

  • Weekly Wrap-up ( Monday July 19 – Saturday July 24 )

    The weather has been alternatingly damp, grey, drizzly, clear, cool, and slightly humid. That's summer in San Bruno. A "Sunny Express" Delivery truck was behind the Company earlier in the week (on one of the foggy days). As I walked by, I said to the driver "So, where's the Sun you're delivering?" He laughed. Continue reading

  • Inverse Femtobarns

    Rich and I have learned a new unit of measurement – the inverse femtobarn. What on earth is a "femtobarn," and what does it have to do with the amount of data an accelerator produces? Rich picked up a copy of the Stanford Report, a daily Stanford newspaper. In the paper was an article entitled… Continue reading

  • Treasures 2004-30

    Treasures are positive things that strike my fancy, that make me feel happy or thankful or interested. Treasures are memories encapsulated in just a few words, These are my Treasures for the past week. Continue reading

  • Clothing Oragami

    The friend who sent me the pointer to this little gem used the phrase "It is a big world…." Continue reading

  • Spy vs. Spy 3D

    I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way. — Franklin P. Adams I've always found new words this way, browsing the dictionary, looking up something else. Now, with the WWW I find all sorts of wonderful gems on the… Continue reading

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  • bloviate

    A new word… and a marvelous quote. bloviate (BLOH-vee-ayt) v. intr. Slang Bloviate is from blow + a mock-Latinate suffix -viate. Compare blowhard, "a boaster or braggart." Bloviation is the noun form; a bloviator is one who bloviates. Trivia: Bloviate is most closely associated with U.S. President Warren G. Harding, who used it frequently and… Continue reading

  • It’s Physics

    There's a joke about Science: If it wiggles, it's Biology. If it stinks, it's Chemistry. If it doesn't work, it's Physics. Perhaps to this we could add: If you don't understand it, it's Quantum Physics. Continue reading

  • Weekly Wrap-up ( Monday July 12 – Sunday July 18)

    It's been a quiet week in Lake Woebegone… The weather has been mostly pleasant with the occasional morning or evening fog. There have been a couple of truly spectacular sunsets as well this week. We've placed an order for a Black Cherry Scion XB🙂 We ordered the fog lights and the cargo cover but no… Continue reading