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Wrong Layer 14 years ago
The helicopter was funky. More of a helicopter meets tank, with a big ducted lift fan in the middle. And they were flying it around at low altitude. My observation, upon seeing the helicopter was "That's going to give me some seriously weird dreams." Upon waking up, I realized that it was all a…

It's not hard to knock out all communications to an area, I guess 14 years ago
So this morning, I was wondering why my cellphone was acting a little funny... It turns out that somebody got into a fiber optic cable vault and cut four very important fiber lines that contain a lion's share of the network connectivity over the bay area. It was an AT&T piece of fiber, but it also…

The official version of the shoe story 14 years ago
Let's go back to around 1990, when I was in the midst grade school. Michael Jordan and the Bulls were rocking. Girls were wearing stirrup pants. Jean jackets were in. Hair metal was petering out but Grunge hadn't hit yet. I was living in Milford, Ohio, which was a suburb where upper-middle-class…

On things changing without me really recognizing it 15 years ago
It's actually fairly weird to be in the shape I'm in. See, I'm still pudgy in spots. I don't look like a fighter jet made of biceps. But I can ride for miles and miles and I can get myself going fast. The thing is, however, I've always had a fair amount of leg muscle. So I'd find myself in the…

When does a habit become lifelong? 15 years ago
This came up in conversation the other day. So, I've been biking to work for almost 2 years now, with a gap in my cycling because of my stolen bike. I have become happier, healthier, and more in shape than I've ever been before. The things I've been able to do, the speeds I've been able to reach, it…

15 years or so 15 years ago
It's been maybe 15 years or so since I've had a glass of Coke or Pepsi or Dr. Pepper or 7-Up or Sprite or most other sodas. The only one I can really summon a taste-memory of anymore is Dr. Pepper and 7-Up/Sprite. I can't even remember what Coke or Pepsi tasted like. I've had root beer more recently…

Peter Pan syndrome and casual shoes 15 years ago
or... how I'm mentally preparing myself for the trip to the shoe store, because I have to.

Some silly workplace stories 15 years ago
hold on. I just got into the geekroom. Let me take a hit off the soldering flux and then I'll save the world in record time.

I hate Complex magazine 15 years ago
You know, I think the most offensive thing possible is when a magazine has such a hard on about keeping their readership numbers up in a valuable demographic that, while they charge for their magazine, it's actually quite hard to get them to stop sending the stupid piece of crap to people who…

My opinion on the stuck-in-development-hell Neuromancer movie 15 years ago
A Neuromancer movie has been in development hell since the eighties. My opinion on how you'd do it has stayed fixed for quite a few years now, so I figured I'd write it out so that every time people make noises about it, I can dig up this post and be saved making the argument over and over again…