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  • Am I nuts?

    I guess the answer to that is, “it depends”.  And, it depends a lot on who you ask. If you ask my new office-mate, the answer is likely yes.  You see, a new person joined our group at work about 3 weeks ago, and due to an office space crunch, I’m sharing an office with…

  • Dinner

  • Telescoping: April 11

    We’re having an odd break in the weather here in the Seattle area, and last night the clouds cleared.  (Not to mention it’s beautiful and sunny today, and supposed to hit the low 70’s!)  Diann & I went out to Rattlesnake Lake, where the temps were hovering in the mid-40’s.  The moon was up in…

  • Congrats, KU!

    I can root for KU since they’re in the Big XII.  Good game!

  • Telescoping in the Cold

    Last night we had some clear skies, and the Seattle Astronomical Society called an impromptu star party at Rattlesnake Lake.  Rattlesnake is much closer to the Cascade Mountain range, and farther away from the bright city lights of Seattle.  Since it’s closer to the mountains, it’s also a lot colder than the low-lands: it was…

  • Feature Request: RSS Reader that supports an April Fools mode

    I really wish my RSS reader supported an April Fools mode – it would basically take any post that was posted on April 1 and mark it immediately read or trash it, so I wouldn’t have to bother. Side note, I’ve upgraded to WordPress 2.5 as of last night, and the first thing I noticed…

  • Grrr, NASA

    CNN reports that NASA is cutting back the Mars Rovers’ team budget, which will likely result in Spirit sitting catatonic until funding comes back (yeah, right): NASA officials have directed the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) program to cut $4 million dollars from its approximately $20 million dollar budget this year, and principal investigator Steve Squyres…

  • Cleaning the Kitchen

    I hate cleaning the kitchen… Here’s a novel approach:   [via secondose.com]

  • Xobni

    I have a few invites to the Xobni beta.  Let me know if you’re interested by commenting (put your email address in the e-mail address box) and I’ll send over as many invites as I can cover. I installed it yesterday, and it’s actually a really cool way to see stats on your email for…

  • The Girl Scouts are killing us

    Wow, look at those nutrition facts for thin mints… and this is for a serving size of only 4 cookies!  23% of your daily saturated fat needs makes this almost as disappointing as the day I looked up the nutritional info for my favorite Starbucks beverage. (for the record, a grande white chocolate mocha with…