Home networks are cool. If only for the fact that you can send instant messages to people in the next/same room. Even better than that, is the fact that there's an almost unnoticeable delay between hitting "return" and hearing the message bombarding the other computer. It makes me wonder if the packets for that transmission are being routed halfway ( Read more... )

At first glance, http://www.aleks.com/ seems like a pretty cool site that I didn't mind sharing my name with. I mean, "A Better State of Knowledge"? That is definitely something I want people to associate with myself, until I scrolled to the bottom and noticed that they copyrighted my name. They ( Read more... )

I just realized how much I insanely dig model trains. It reminds me of that episode of Reading Rainbow when Levar Burton spent time in a huge emporium of lifelike HO scale wonderfulness. My new goal is to resurrect the old train set layout hidden within the confines of the basement. It could be done in time for my birthday party, complete with ( Read more... )

As I zoom along my street, bracing myself for the sharp turn into my driveway to come, a big, fat raccoon lazily strolls along the sidewalk right in front of my anticipated path. The wily ring-tail told me not to drive so fast, and to roll out the trashcans one day earlier this week. What a weird guy.

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99 Ranch Markets never cease to amaze me. I figure that any grocery store that you have to drive a million miles to get to has got to be good. Add to that incoherent Chinese banter on the loudspeaker, coutless products with happy Asian cartoons on them, green tea ice cream samples, and it's hard to remember that you're in the middle of nowhere with ( Read more... )

Alas, I have a LiveJournal. I should probably stop before this entry journal turns into one big cliche. Good night.