Category Archives: general

My new favorite ice cream is Ben & Jerry’s Oatmeal Cookie Chunk. It’s hard to find; I found some yesterday at, of all places, a Chinese supermarket.

Thoughts on my way to sleep: Strong marijuana often smells of mercaptan. Do unscrupulous pot-farmers encourage skunks to spray near their patch? The smell of a distant skunk can be pleasant; has anyone tried using mercaptan (much diluted!) as a … Continue reading →

answering the hermit crab shell shortage with plastic (cited in November by Vicki Rosenzweig) We acknowledge that such trans-species caregiving may in fact be a form of control. In recognition of this paradox, the new structures are aesthetically based on … Continue reading →

Mike Ruff: open carry as propaganda Will Wilkinson: Remitting Disaster Arimaa, “the first game that was designed intentionally to be difficult for computers to play.” James D. Miller: The Depolarizing Power of the Blogosphere Once More With Hobbits: filk of … Continue reading →

I don’t know how Netflix decides what to send to whom. Here’s how I might do it: Process the incoming mail: update each title’s availability data and each customer’s Demand (subscription quota minus discs out). (X) For each customer, put … Continue reading →

I am pleased to hear from Udhay that his family in Madras are all safe. Madhu apparently was in transit from Sunnyvale to Bangalore at the time of the disaster. I hope his path was not through Bangkok!