I wasn’t really planning on writing this post, but as I sit here with the windows in my apartment open…I find myself being assaulted by the smell of overly perfumed fabric softeners or detergents, probably coming from the exhaust from a dryer. What is it that people find so appealing about the completely fake and… Continue Reading Overly perfumed detergents and fabric softeners…why?
I was in a hotel last week where the elevator had two great features. The first, the ability to de-select a floor. Say you enter the elevator and hit floor 15, but decided you really wanted 17. In most elevators you’ll have to stop on the 15th floor, wait for the door to open and… Continue Reading Best Elevator Features!
Ok, today’s observation…the temperature can change rapidly here…at 9am the news said it was 68 deg F in Boston, by 10:30 it hit 85 deg F. That’s almost 20 degrees in an hour and a half!
…I also dislike software that: Insists on starting itself up without giving me a convenient way of turning it off. Can anyone say Skype? Pollutes my desktop or dock (I use a Mac) with icons I don’t need nor want. Insists on setting the focus to itself. Can anyone say Firefox on startup and shutdown?… Continue Reading While I’m at it…
I really hate receiving spam for IEEE conferences in China. It seems that the conference organizers must either: Pass around a list of any attendee that’s attended or presented in China, especially participants from the United States, Use the full IEEE society mailing list and spam everyone, Or really like harrassing me. This really only… Continue Reading Clueless
Say what? Ok, usually I’m not into movie quotes, but this week’s travel and work reminds me of this quote from which movie?
Today, for the first time, I noticed that I can see the sun setting from my apartment. Yes, I know I probably should have noticed it before…and yes, I’ve been here at sunset. A couple years ago I heard in a presentation by a brain/neuro-scientist that humans aren’t very good at noticing small changes in… Continue Reading Sunsets
I was reading an article somewhere this morning and found a link to a Netflix History Analyzer website. (Funny how it’s only been like 15 minutes and I’ve forgotten where I found it! Hrm.) I bought my first DVD player in 1999, and by 2000 had joined Netflix. At the time it was the best… Continue Reading Netflix History Analyzer
Well, the only reason I’m writing this is that a buddy in Utah posted about his first ride of the season. :) So, I didn’t do a whole lot of riding last season (or the season before come to think of it), and I don’t even have a good snake story. Every Spring, when I… Continue Reading First Ride of the Season
(I started this post in early-February…maybe it’s time to finish it now that it’s mid-April.) Oh yeah, I’m starting to remember now… I’m out in the Cambridge area apartment hunting. This would definitely be much harder without Google and Craigslist (which started in San Francisco). Apparently I’ve been living in the sticks (Logan/Cache Valley) for… Continue Reading Big City? What’s That?