Tin Foil Soldier

J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement : Harvard Magazine
So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that [...]

I taught a session today on using Outlook rules to sort your e-mail. I use them extensively to put mail in folders in both my personal and work accounts.
Later people said they used Outlook Express, Apple Mail, OWA, Thunderbird, etc. I sometimes feel bad that I am a nerd that finds Microsoft products [...]

Yesterday Kevin and I made strawberry shortcakes to take to a party. I de-stemmed 3 quarts of strawberries, and then kevin cut them into smaller pieces while I took some of them and mushed them and added sugar to form the sauce base. We combined with the other cut up strawberries, and then [...]

I went to get my car inspected this morning and sat in the waiting room at Dorschel while they made sure it was safe and what not. They had complimentary coffee, which I was a fan of. They also have what appeared to be a full cafe selling breakfast foods like bagels, english [...]

The US has them. I don’t really have the energy to address them though; so go to towelroad or joe. my. god. for your fix.
Kevin started listening to happy hardcore trance again lately, so I dived back into my music collections for some trance / house music that I also enjoy.
I think the hardest [...]

Slate V - The Closest Marriage, Literally
Writers David Plotz and Hanna Rosin give it a try, inspired by an Arizona Buddhist couple.
I don’t normally watch videos online because they required sound, and sound makes it seem like I am not doing work (even if I am multi-tasking). I watched this video at home, so [...]

Newegg.com - Transcend 4GB Micro SDHC Flash Card Model TS4GUSDHC6 - Flash Memory
I somehow managed to break my 2GB microSD card when I dropped my phone or something. Either way apparently solid state memory stops working if you break the chip in half, whatever. I lost some pictures, but most of the cool [...]