LiveJournal was making me feel a bit uneasy, so I moved my journal to wzdd.lardcave.net.

Unfortunately the new site doesn't yet have comments. I like comments, so I'll try to add that as soon as I can.

Congratulations to Catie, who is now a doctor!

Belated congratulations to Leonid, Dave, and Matt, who also became doctors recently. You are an inspiration to me.

When I cook something in the microwave, I generally put it in for some time between 30 seconds and 3 minutes. This usage pattern is borne out by the wear on the buttons.


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The worst joke ever is, my previous entry notwithstanding, this joke recounted by an unnamed Labor guy during the Senate proceedings:

Unnamed Labor guy 1: How do you confuse the opposition over climate change?
Unnamed Labor guy 2: I dunno, ask them about sequestration?
ULG1: No.
ULG2: Err... talk about biochar?
ULG1: Nope.
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Q: How do you make a cross city tunnel?

A: Sneak up behind it and kick it in the arse!

(I had something here before about duplicating access, closing free roads, setting high tolls and going broke, but it wasn't as snappy.)

I'm very encouraged by the reaction of the majority of the public to the flaws in the Australian government's Internet censorship plan, which has received widespread ridicule in the local and overseas press.

I enjoyed this cheap shot by the Associated Press, covering an interview with the Minister responsible, Stephen Conroy (full article):

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To start with, the conversation should be about 95% silence. Give the impression that you don't have to talk. Chatting is for the timid. You don't need it. Convey the absolute minimum amount of information necessary, as an afterthought. "Just a trim, please," you might say, for example. After five minutes of silence, he will perhaps respond with " ( Read more... )

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Coffee beans costs about $10 for 250 grams. That's 4 cents a gram. Apparently one shot of coffee is about 7 grams of ground beans, so the average shot is about 28 cents worth of coffee ( Read more... )

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