April 2009
21 posts
I'm Gonna Need a Memory Upgrade
This morning I took a moment to count the number of passwords, PINs, and combinations that were required to start my workday. The number I got was 12. That count does not include the ones I’ll need as the day wears on.
We’re moving offices in a couple weeks. Not only am I going to have to relearn many of these, but there will be even more of them to know.
Twenty-Five Things About Being a Writer →
Good advice humorously given is often easier to swallow.
“I spent four years prostrate to the higher mind,
Got my paper, and I was free.”
– Indigo Girls
“Closer to Fine” from Indigo Girls
Pot, Meet Kettle
Today, Marco voiced frustration about the long wait times to receive an acceptance or rejection from Apple’s App Store. I have no basis for disagreeing with any of his observations, but I find it ironic that for theme designers Tumblr’s own Theme Garden suffers from similar interminable waits. In some ways its even worse as the Theme Garden system offers NO feedback on the status of...
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“You’ve got so many dreams that you don’t know where to put...”
– Fire, Inc.
“Nowhere Fast” from the Streets of Fire Soundtrack
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Clue Answers
Clue 1:
1. the reverse side of a nickel
2. a piece from an egg shell
3. a driver’s license
4. a piece of candy
5. a baseball cap
6. a pair of sunglasses
7. an ant
8. a tennis ball
9. a fork
10. a red hair bauble
11. a sock
12. a cup of water (or similar)
13. a lizard or gecko
14. a blue-ink pen
Clue 2:
1. humerus
2. scapula
3. clavicle
4. sternum
5. pelvis
6. femur...
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An Easter Tradition: The Treasure Hunt
Eight years ago, we came to the realization that for kids past a certain age Easter egg hunts weren’t all that interesting. To keep them entertained, I came up with a treasure hunt. It went over so well that every year since, I’ve been tasked with creating a new hunt.
The game is simple. The group participating is given the first clue. They must decipher it to learn the location of...
A Memory of Light will be split into three books →
Brandon Sanderson seems to think this will anger folks. I don’t understand why they’d be upset. While I want to see the Wheel of Time concluded as much as any fan, I don’t want to see plotlines or writing quality sacraficed to get there.
