New-house carpenters across street disturbing my work. Am considering sneaking a device into a wall to fake haunting. #Arduino #poltergeist
For #reptilian #overlord conspiracists, is a US Presidential candidate named “newt” misdirection or a new danger? #amphibian #coup
Trouble in chapter 5 as @oxenfree declares that the eponymous character in _Charlotte's_Web_ is probably related to Spiderman.
RT @SarahLaDuke Sh*t #PublicRadio Listeners Say: http://t.co/Efrloml7
RT @RadioAstrology: #astrology tips: you don't need the exact time of your birth to make a birth chart. Credit card details work just as ...
Medical idea in Star-Trek-TNG is depicted as experimental. Writers anticipated was 380 years away. Was actually 25. Progress is exponential.
He's wearing new pajamas. Having heard the name only once, The Kid thinks Han Solo's name is “Sna Mooboo". I am *not* correcting that.
I'm so nice. For The Kid's show-and-tell with things starting with P, I did not send him with a pteranodon.
RT @jonathancoulton: Just spitballing here, but maybe we should have the Feds seize ALL the computers. Just to be safe.
RT @rbtcollins: If I had to choose a world without open internet, or one without hollywood movies and tv. I would choose 'without hollyw ...
RT @ZachWeiner: “Government can't be trusted, but they should have the right to detain anyone for military reasons” -People I Don't Unde ...
Whee! Six weekends later, I finished and published a mixed-drinks android app! Also, art? I did that. I IS ARTIST NOW. http://t.co/LbGM6nqV
“I will *never* apologise for the United States” is the glib, thoughtless insolence we should never want in a President. Who admires that?!
When was it that all the avant-garde bohemian artists' cafes were replaced with hangouts for jabbering on and on about what's on #Facebook?
Appropriately, drinking a large White Russian while finishing a clever mixed-drinks app for most smartphones. Pretending it's user testing.
The kind of nerd I am: I just needed to teach my phone the word “intergalactically” at 5am. Another kind I am: annoyed I used adverb form.
This power outage is blowing @oxenfree's mind almost as much as the squirrel's, which climbed on top of the pole transformer for warmth.
I'll believe corporation=persons=person argument when every single shareholder gets prison time when a corp does something illegal.
I can't believe I've cooked #bacon wrong all these years. For posterity, low broil in oven, to avoid curling direct-heat inconsistencies.
RT @StephenAtHome: If you, or someone you love, is a corporation, do not sign this. http://t.co/XGpfCqko
hashtag batman amirite?
Telemarketer called to scam parents out of $200. I made him whimper “oh my god” several times, and eventually cry. What have you done today?
Wife helped Kid write note for Santa. Kid wanted “feliz navidad". I think he was trolling nearby xenophobic Grandma. #hilarious
Next year, “Santa won't come unless you stay in bed until noon.”
I humbly vow to slay every musical mechanical dancing character that my son can reach and activate. Humbug? No. Taste.
RT @stephenfry: Goodbye, Christopher Hitchens. You were envied, feared, adored, reviled and loved. Never ignored. Never bested. A great ...
Hey thanks, @att_advertising. I *did* need 1.3kpages of unsolicited obsolete directory in murdered-tree form. #printIsDead
TRADITION UPDATES: “Sing christmas carols” → “Watch every episode of Arrested Development". Also? “Egg nog” → “White russians". -THE MGMT
Surprises from @oxenfree: Likes tango. *Loves* fizzy water. Hates dulce de leche.
Awake at 11pm. I did it for Tango!
OH: “You *can't* E-A-F-P the designer. She's Dutch!” #obliquehumor
All that's left is to smuggle sugar-gliders in my hat, taunt the stewardess, and sucker-punch the air-marshal.
Violating half my rules. Checked bag! Shoes tie! Trousers belt! Late check-in! Will carry toddler and shampoo on way back! Ugh ugh ugh.
RT @hodgman: I am suspending my presidential campaign in order to track down and capture the REAL adulterer.
Cafe Sci needs a theme drink. Help? Topic: Folks are thinking about building a starship that will take 100 years to reach destination.
RT @dohbee: I think it's time for some pair programming with Jack Daniels.
RT @PFTompkins: Every year, when the President “pardons” a turkey, I think, Ho ho! What a hilarious ribbing of a legal system that puts ...
Next #Arduino Halloween project is *also* going control lights. Namely, when a kid walks in front of house, all the lights turn off.
Just received shiny new passport to replace my worn, floppy, well-inked passport that's lost. I hate it hate it hate it.
RT @Spytap: Corporations are people, Pizza is a vegetable, the Internet will be censored and protest is illegal. Welcome to 21st century ...
.@iamseanmurphy, I was a knot enthusiast after 8y, too long after shoes. More interesting is the difficulty of un-learning old falsehoods.
For thirty five years, I tied my shoes wrong. Same direction twice = granny knot. Bad Different direction on second = square knot. Good.
Dear 1994 Me: Yes try that new OS. In 2011, you'll have a dozen #Linux computers in your house. Only two will not be appliances.
Watched a few episodes of Star Trek: TNG with @oxenfree, without telling him the name. Now he asks if we'll watch “The Captain".
At b'fast diner, got many compliments about @oxenfree. Though, after he started dipping raisins in ketchup, I think “special” was overused.
That's close to 50 food trucks, Orlando. Road traffic was bad enough! Soon, we'll have to drive our cars where the restaurants used to be.
Excited so many have taken up #Sagan's role. Nye, Tyson, Plait, Randi, Dawkins, Mythbusters, Krauss, Singh, Krulwich… It's a golden age.
When I was 11, I saw Carl #Sagan in person. I wish I understood then how much he'd influence me later. Happy Sagan Day, everyone.
Three-year-old son, @oxenfree, has hilarious opinions about Bertie. Watching @stephenfry and Laurie as PG Wodehouse's “Jeeves and Wooster".
W Virginia man buys computers. Fixes with Ubuntu. Gives to poor. Some refuse because email app is named “Evolution". I laugh. Then I weep.
That's right, I too am a Man. I learn of The Sports' scores direct from astrophysicist @neiltyson . Like you do.
How has my phone not known the word “shit” until now? Clearly, I'm neglecting the scatological arts.
Five-minute #Arduino project: Uno, resistor, four LEDs, and eight lines of C++ makes a spooky multicolor-flickering jack-o-lantern “candle".
Next Café Sci is about the periodic table of the chemical elements. I'm thinking the drink should be a White Russian.
Attention new parents: Every single thing for youngsters with “Einstein” in the name is complete bullshit.
My explanation must have been vivid. This weekend @oxenfree told at least a dozen people how our moon gets its craters. #3y5mo
Hello, Tallahassee. I forgot how many “y'all"s are in your public-radio fund-raising breaks. It's weird. Stop it.
A few hours until #Ubuntu 11.10 is (probably) to be released. I'm excited. This is a good one.
“Today's potatoes are from: Warden, WA.”
I bet we'd have cured diabetes already, if it weren't for the sugar pills killing all the control groups.
Suspecting our waitress has been Photoshopped.
Okay, I still adore my Nexus One, and here's what I need to know about the Nexus Prime: Can I make out with it, too?
Last night's #CafeSci theme drink was the Jack Rose. http://t.co/ntvpEqT2 Yum. All who had less than three learned a lot about cryptography.
Know what we call Alternative Medicine that actually works? "Medicine".
Hey Greece, I'll buy one nice Medit'n island for $50. To sweeten the deal, I'll try to get Latin glyph writers to stop using Sigmas as Es.
Alright, very funny, @sstatik @tylerhunt @bonus @pirateheist . Now come back. It's not as fun without you here.
Took Kid out to look at Lunar craters in relief. http://t.co/yw8wfQ9k http://t.co/DvnGwUGI (Pardon. Holding phone to 'scope sucks.)
RT @hotdogsladies Bank of America “experiencing” a lot of “access issues." Also “experiencing” “issues” with “accessing” human language.
The channel that plays Mythbusters, Penn and Teller, & Curiosity, after dark also plays Rev Peter Popoff scammer. Wtf, @Discovery? /cc @jref
5 step hilarity: 1) Pick up 2 hitchhikers 2) Smile politely 3) Realize your dentist-numbed smile looks freakish 4) Grin 5) See them squirm.
Upcoming @cafesciorl topic is cryptography. Need drink-special ideas. Considering Turing's poisoned apple as inspiration. Ideas?
OH, “I've had one them gator fleas chase my ass all over a phosphate mine.”
Attention, gay US soldiers: While you no longer have to pretend you're straight (Congrats!), it's still inadvisable to glitter up the camo.
“Hi. If you don't want to read tweets in my voice forever, send $1MM and I'll consider closing this quote.
RT @mattgemmell: First RIM, and now REM. If RAM, ROM and RUM go too, our industry is _fucked_.
Dentist says that after 36 years, I have my first tooth cavity. Tuning TV to Foxnews Chan to see if I can somehow blame President Obama.
RT @cdevers: Mercury is uncomfortably hot. #firstworldproblems
Three-year-old @oxenfree incorrectly thinks Spiderman is superior to Bat Man. That's a whipping.
Nerds! Next @cafesciorl is about cryptography. #c1Wf6qhRIs937jr
My kid, @oxenfree, rips apart cheeseburgers so he can eat the tomato first. It's messy, but I still approve.
RT @simonpegg: Captain's just informed us that it will be 11hrs and 7mins to LA today. And then only 8 years until the events of Blade R ...
“Today's potatoes are from Warden, WA.”
Now designing themed drinks for each Café Sci. Next topic: therapeutic hypothermia, so, crushed ice, grenadine… Experts are working on it.
Used acid to “cook” cold fish tonight. Lime juice also nearly cooked my tongue. Must figure out the last ten minutes of making ceviche.
Without my input, Three-year-old's fixed his algorithm for the card-matching game, to O(n). Optimal. That's a hugging.
“@oxenfree, you can take one toy with us. Pick one. Car? Lizard? Whistle?" "No Daddy. Telescope." I love that kid.
Café Sci in one week: Inducing hypothermia to postpone death & fix problems. Docs do it every day here. Come hear and sip martinis with us.
Nerds! Follow @yfd and DM “name value [unit]” when you're out and want to track data, but have no notepad/spreadsheet/gnuplot/R handy.
In the past decade, Republicans have given me a newfound appreciation for the “L” term, longevity of civilization, in the Drake Equation.
RT @EmmakJackson: My officemates found Planet of the Apes unrealistic because the scientists in it got funding too easily.
RT @markrlindsey: Steve Jobs resigned before making it easy for me to remotely login to help my Mac-using Mom. That's probably why he qu ...
Helmet: check! Tires: inflated! Seat: adjusted! Training wheels: hrm, nah. Back muscles for running along holding @oxenfree: ABORT, ABORT!!
23-08-2011 NEVER FORGET
Feeling smug after successfully recovering from a disk-drive crash, from hundreds of miles away. (Nerdery: Linux+smartmon+mdadm+RAID1+spare)
Foodies! Here in south Georgia, we have “food trucks” *everywhere*. But they only sell boiled peanuts.
RT @dcurtisj: Every time you optimize your code, in TRON-world some poor schlub gets escorted out of his office, you heartless downsizin ...
Le sigh. 67ºF. … and on to Florida.
Normally scoff at US TSA, but man with *boss* curly mustache just kicked all the crotchfruit-toting idiots out of the Expert Traveler line.
I broke the button on my flying pants. That's slightly less irritating to me than actually owning pants I dedicate to flying.
Meteorshower? I 'ardly knew 'er!
RT @samj: OH: “I wish I were a foetus or a corporation, so the Republicans would treat me like a human.”
I'm surprised how many things @oxenfree's school sends home with “art” written on the top.
RT @pulmyears: The USA should invade the USA and win the hearts and minds of the population by building roads, bridges and putting local ...
Year 2019. “Kids, in 'Cc:', the first cee stands for 'carbon'. … Yeah, six protons. … No nothing to do with nanotubes. “
Café Scientifique tonight. Couple dozen folk are sippin' martinis & chatting about the Cambrian Explosion. Free. College Park. @cafesciorl
Strange: I can tell this found screw is *important* by its threading, material, head, finish, &design. Bad: I have no idea where it belongs.
About once a week, I notice @oxenfree looks exactly like younger me. Sorry, dude.
