Archive for December, 2006
vegetarian
this obviously doesn’t apply to me because i was stuck in remedial classes as a kid, but an interesting study was just published in the british medical journal which indicates that smart kids who score high on iq tests (for whatever that’s worth) tend to grow up to be vegetarians. i blame my vegetarianism on [...]
Posted: December 23rd, 2006 under food.
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foreshock
i just felt the second (of three) small earthquakes here in the bay area. according to the usgs site, they were all of pretty much the same magnitude at the same epicenter in berkeley. is the hayward fault about to slip for christmas?
Posted: December 23rd, 2006 under aside.
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giftbox
stumbled upon this most excellent nerd-tool for the holiday season. giftbox helps you keep track of what you’ve bought for gifts and how much you’ve spent. it makes the ocd in me very happy. (via lifehacker)
Posted: December 22nd, 2006 under tools.
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car
the saddest day ever Originally uploaded by lorelei.
Posted: December 13th, 2006 under cars.
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rant
i’ve started ranting again. i think running the blipverts screenings has finally managed to unstop the creative cork. i hope the words continue to flow. here’s a link to my old rants and here’s the latest rant i’ve written. i hadn’t realized, until just now, that i’ve never written anything about my theremin.
Posted: December 11th, 2006 under aside.
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bicycle
the good news is that i finally bought myself a bicycle and i’ve been riding it into work every day. the bad news is that my car got jealous, felt neglected because i haven’t driven it in a week (i think it realized that i had found something even greener to transport me around.) and [...]
Posted: December 6th, 2006 under cars.
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godzilla
this is my most favorite architectural idea ever: erect a building in tokyo to look like godzilla.
Posted: December 4th, 2006 under comedy.
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