Follow nematome at http://twitter.com Mother’s Day I met Kevin (av8rdude), Dave/Jayce, and Kevin’s friend Greg from DC at Finch’s for breakfast. I was surprised to find the place not jammed for Mother’s Day. Perhaps the moms were taken to someplace a little more upscale (which, honestly, wouldn’t take much) for their special day. From there, … Read more
It seems rather unlikely that two things would happen on the same day, that you thought would never happen in your entire life, and you’d forget to put them in your daily blog, but that’s exactly what happened yesterday. Without further ado, here they are: Andy Griffith—yes, Andy Taylor, Sheriff of Mayberry, that very one—called me yesterday, … Read more
If you own a cat, have ever owned a cat, or are just a cat lover, you’ll probably appreciate this 1 minute, 26 second video called, “How the Cat Wakes You Up in the Morning”: I worked from home today, starting off with a 45-minute conference call with Jason (programmer) and Mary (writer), both in … Read more
This is one of the entries in the Adorable category of the YouTube awards. The little girl is adorable, and it’s so funny (though not nice) hearing her say what she does. This is one of those videos that I think I could watch a hundred times and still laugh on the 100th viewing. (It’s … Read more
I love when technology does things like this: NEW YORK — And the winner for best music video: “Chocolate Rain.” Tay Zonday morphed from an unknown musician to an Internet superstar who got booked on national TV shows after his song “Chocolate Rain” – an amateur clip of his baritone crooning – went viral last … Read more
Today at Helios, this couple took the table behind me, where it was impossible not to overhear their conversation. They were two divorced—but young—people meeting for the first time. For the first 15 minutes or so of the conversation, they both talked exclusively about their ex-es. I thought the guy was much better looking than … Read more
I worked from home this morning. During lunch time, I completed the organization of our Student/Faculty Roundtable to be hosted by STC at the end of the month, and sent notes to initiate the advertisement process. I met Kevin (av8rdude) and Kurt at Helios to work from there this afternoon, and their friend Carl joined us as … Read more