Cell phone post-disconnect redialing protocol
Allen posed a problem to me many have faced before. He was on the phone with a friend of his when his call was dropped*. He called back, but so did his friend and apparently at just the right time such...
View ArticleIt’s harder to catch typos on Dvorak
Several months ago, I switched to the Dvorak keyboard layout. On the whole, I’m quite happy about the switch. I’m still a little disjointed when going back and forth between it and QWERTY, but...
View ArticleCal Poly, Shame on You. Don’t cheat the People!
That’s the war cry I heard walking down Wilson Ave next to Caltech this morning. A man was shouting these words at Broad over and over again with an odd accent. I believed it to be Middle Eastern. cal...
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Cancelling Amazon Prime is absurdly easy
Through some random promotion, I was given a trial membership of Amazon‘s Amazon Prime, a service offering free two-day shipping on most items and overnight shipping for only $4 per item. It’s a really...
View ArticleLast Comic Standing
Jeff and Ariele inviteg Greg and me to a Last Comic Standing taping this afternoon at the Pasadena Civic Center. It airs tonight at 9 (8 central). Apparently you can see me several times during the...
View ArticleThe best songs are the sad songs
I had a debate with Michelle the other day that started with me making the statement above. My argument was that artists are going to spend a long time composing and brooding over a work of sadness...
View ArticleEvolution Smackdown 2007
Hannah has some great links about the fallacy of evolution on her site. I couldn’t resist pointing people to them. Peanut Butter and Bananas, each the atheist’s nightmare.
View ArticleNo Pulp, Some Pulp, Lots of Pulp
Do they just take out all the pulp from orange juice destined to go into the “no pulp” boxes and put it in the “lots of pulp” boxes?
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