Tangled
My favorite movie that I watched in 2010 (and there was some tough competition!) was Tangled, which I saw in...
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That was the month that was
I haven't been posting much lately, have I? In particular, it looks like I haven't posted any life updates here...
Obama still funny
Just watched the video of President Obama at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner. Much of the first six and...
R.I.P., Joanna Russ
I was very sorry to hear the other day that Joanna Russ had died. I've been waiting to post until...
Crusie report
I recently finished reading the reissue of Jennifer Crusie's Trust Me on This, which means I've now read all of...
iPad 2
Tried out an iPad 2 in the store a few weeks ago, shortly after it came out; liked it a...
Apple battery charger troubleshooting
Apple now sells AA rechargeable batteries and a battery charger. The batteries and charger are supposed to be much better...
Nifty hand game: Sticks/Chopsticks
Tivi, who is seven, just taught me and Jim a nifty game we hadn't seen before. Tivi called it “Sticks”;...
Good old Kamala
I've seen a surprising number of opinion pieces and quotes in the past few weeks* that refer to California's new...
Link syntax surprise: links can start with //
I always thought I knew the three basic types of links in HTML. Turns out there's a fourth one, and a coherent framework.
But then a month ago last Friday
There's a Bobs song called “But Then a Week Ago Last Thursday,” about a luckless guy suddenly having a run...
Good birthday
I woke up this morning to find a couple dozen “happy birthday” notes waiting for me on Facebook. That was...