[Rands In Repose](http://www.randsinrepose.com/) posts [a list of peoples’ personal quirks](http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2008/07/18/the_quirkbook.html) that he gathered via Twitter. I share a bunch of them, but I’ve got a whole pile of unique ones, too:
- I always make sure the paper coffee cup’s seam (and sleeve fold if there is one) is directly below the sipping hole so I […]
Not sure what happened here, but my Dock is still like this:
Closed:
Open:
Biblical textual criticism of Winnie-the-Pooh.
When I lived with my parents in Maryland, I tried my hand at operating my own web design business, Oak Lawn Design, after the torrent of oak leaves that fall every year from the ~50 trees on my parents’ 9/10ths of an acre. I set up a website, got a business phone line, a toll […]
Tim was all proud of himself for composing a haiku away message:
I have Time to kill-
What ever shall I do now?
Play some basketball.
So I countered with my own:
My work is postponed.
Sitting at the computer
I am eating lunch.
And the following conversation ensued (edited for punctuation and IM line order issues):
Me: I may do all my away messages […]
Background: I’ve been very sick with the flu all weekend.
Me: (after reading this) I want a hamburger.
Tim: So do I, strangely.
Me: I haven’t eaten anything today except a small plate of spaghetti.
Tim: That was good spaghetti, yo.
(pause)
Me: So, you should probably go get Big Macs for both of […]
The Nielsen Norman Group is noted for promoting and studying usability, in both computer interfaces and everyday objects. Don Norman’s essay on Toilet Paper algorithms shows that he has thought more than most readers would care to about such a mundane, everyday item, but I love this stuff.
When we remodeled our home, we decided to […]
My friend Mike and I were discussing the various merits of differently-sized groups of people, in anticipation of the art museum group trip this Saturday.
Mike: Well, if we can get at least 5 people, it’s fun.
Daniel: 4’s not allowed, but 5’s fun again?
Mike: 3 is a third wheel, or 1 with […]
Last week I bought an M-Audio OmniStudio USB to facilitate better-quality audio recordings (it hasn’t helped yet, but that’s another story). Included in the box was a sheet of paper with the following printed on it (typos theirs, emphasis mine):
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTION
1. Read these instructions.
2. Keep these instructions.
3. Heed all warnings.
4. Follow all instructions.
…
15.Warning-To reduce […]
Never go into Radio Shack unshaven, wearing a hooded sweatshirt, and then accidentally set off a shoplifting alarm. It makes them look at you funny.
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