Wet asphalt.
My eyes tell me that the automatic sprinklers have stopped a few moments before my arrival. The runoff from the landscaping paints wet streaks across the freshly paved road to my office building. It’s September, and the air holds a crisp bite as the city begins its transition to its [...]
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
In 2001 Dean Kamen said he would unveil a device that would revolutionize our lives.
He released the Segway, the self balancing Human Transporter.
Four years later, the majority of us are still walking to work, riding bicycles, and driving cars. His Human Transporter remains on the fringe of our society’s commuting habits, and did little [...]
I buy a lot of games. A lot of them, I do not finish. They sit, languishing on the shelves until the oft prophesied gaming apocalypse.
So why play so many?
I always hope that the next one will be something that draws me in completely. Instead of playing the game, the [...]
I was in the shower this morning, which was different from my usual routice. I usually take showers in the evening, before going to bed, but I had fallen asleep early.
I had just started when I had the nagging feeling that I should have taken one last night.
Then I remembered that my building was [...]
When you wake up at seven in the morning on a Sunday to do your laundry, the rest of the world disappears.
Once upon a time, I had a lot of bamboo skewers at my desk. I really have no idea what they were doing there. This was several jobs back, when I was working in the same office as krasota and explodingcat. One of our coworkers brought in some peeps. Then we [...]
The day is here, and now I find myself at the apex of “mein gadgetlusten.”
Embarrasingly, and not surprisingly, I really want a PSP. Well, more accurately, one part of me does.
Part of me says, “Oh, hey, just stop by Best Buy–she’ll probably have one, that bitch knows everyone. But [...]