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Indoor Skydiving
Published on 16 Oct 2008 at 7:41 am.
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I’m in Las Vegas for a conference, so last night I headed over to Flyaway Indoor Skydiving. It was really fun, and you should check it out if you’re in Vegas. You watch a training video, go over safety and hand signals, get your equipment, and then go into the wind tunnel.
One thing I […]
Lord of the Rings Online
Published on 8 Sep 2007 at 10:51 am.
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In my ongoing quest to at least try almost every MMORPG that comes out (except Star Wars Galaxies), I tried this a couple months ago and hated it but I figured I would give it another go. I had made a dwarf guardian the first time, and the first rat-killing type quest really got to […]
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Terry Tate, Office Linebacker
Published on 26 Feb 2007 at 9:58 am.
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This weekend I finished my latest project, a compilation of greatest hits by Terry Tate, Office Linebacker. Man, we could really use an office linebacker at work. (Note to co-workers: just kidding![?])
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Toy Fair 2007
Published on 14 Feb 2007 at 6:24 am.
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Yesterday, thanks to my friends at Puppet Heap, I went to the Toy Fair. It’s the 18th anniversary of my sneaking in there in college with fake business cards. Foolishly I wore myself out on the boring stuff, so I was super tired by the time I got to the cool stuff. But here are […]
Draw a Turkey
Published on 23 Nov 2006 at 7:51 am.
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Found this one via the excellent MAKE blog:
I’m a TA for Psych 1 at Penn. Tasked with photocopying the exam, I took the liberty of appending “Draw a turkey” to the last page …
This flickr photoset shows the results, as well as breaking it down into categories like left-handed, right-handed, with hats, etc.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Beer in the Shower
Published on 30 May 2006 at 8:36 am.
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I’ve said it before and been met with confused stares but I will say it again: after working hard, a beer in the shower is great. Whether your gutter fell off the front of your house and you had to put it back up, or you are painting your kitchen (both of which I did […]
Burning Interests Update
Published on 9 Mar 2006 at 9:40 am.
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Well, here’s what’s been going on with my latest Burning Interests:
Tablet PCs - I ended up getting a Toshiba Satellite R15-S829. It’s not a super-powerhouse, but the price was right ($999 at Circuit City). The built-in optical drive is very convenient but makes it a bit heavy. The 14″ screen is great, and although the […]
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Burning Interests Log
Published on 9 Feb 2006 at 8:57 am.
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As I’ve written before, my hobbies and interests change often. I decided to start to write them down to see how they change over time. This is just for my own curiousity about myself and probably pretty boring for the rest of you but here it is anyway.
The Burning Interests of the moment are (in […]
Note to Self: Do Not Show Credit Card Number to Photographer
Published on 26 Sep 2005 at 8:48 am.
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It’s great that the Red Cross is distributing these credit cards to hurricane vicitms. But when this woman’s picture, with the credit card number clearly legible, appeared on Yahoo! and other news sites, the balance on the card was wiped out almost instantly.
So don’t do that.
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