The uncanny valley: is it real?
I regularly see people talking online about the uncanny valley. It's an idea proposed in 1970 by roboticist Masahiro Mori:...
Ashburn and voting on behalf of constituents
I don't know if y'all non-Californians have been watching the latest Republican-legislator-turns-out-to-be-gay kerfuffle. In case not, here's a quick summary...
Ready to start my day
I went back to bed a little after noon today—and spent the next hour and a half unable to fall...
Making email subject lines more emotionally informative
I've been noticing for a while now that a lot of email subject lines are kind of uninformative about tone,...
Sleep
Was just thinking yesterday that it's nice that my longtime sleep problems (inability to fall asleep, waking up after too...
Doing okay, mostly
Today's the fifth anniversary of my father's death. I had intended to spend some of this weekend fixing some problems...
Review: Inkheart (movie)
As many of y'all may recall, a year ago I committed the sacrilege of disliking Inkheart (the book). One of...
Mean Disney Girls
If you've seen Mean Girls and you like Disney stuff at all, you must go watch this two-minute mini-remake of...
Parenthood (pilot)
I stopped by Hulu to watch the latest White Collar episode, and there on the front page was Lauren Graham!...
Yay for Washington, DC!
A day or two ago, after the US Congress declined to do anything to stop marriage equality in the District,...
Items: Closing windows
I was about to go read some submissions, when I realized that I was once again facing the prospect of...
Review: She’s the Man
Kam and I watched She's the Man last night. And loved it. For those who haven't heard of it (as...