Archive for the ‘musings’ Category
Tuesday, August 29th, 2006
In the spirit of appreciating when things work, even the very little things...
Last night I was next in line at OfficeMax between the only two open registers. I figured it was silly to choose a line when I could straddle them and go to the one that's available first. To ...
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Monday, February 6th, 2006
From the American Iron and Steel Institute: "The Steelmark was originally created for United States Steel Corporation to promote the attributes of steel: yellow lightens your work; orange brightens your leisure; and blue widens your world. The logo’s meaning was later amended to represent the three materials used to produce ...
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Friday, November 11th, 2005
I was wondering about this, i.e., their shape, look, etc., yeserday at the Wilson Center. A guy who works in the kitchen wears one, but is he really a chef? Does one need to be a certified chef to wear one?
Malcom Gladwell's review of Everything Bad Is Good for You ...
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Friday, September 30th, 2005
I just want to jot down this thought before it escapes me. One type of skill (Type II) is to know the intricacies of a bureaucracy, set of rules, etc., such as patent law, the structure of government, or the rules of bridge. This can be a valuable asset to ...
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Wednesday, September 21st, 2005
The marketing campaign for the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm is brilliant: Deep inside, you know you're him. For me, maybe not that deep. I just had a Larry David moment yesterday, though it's not worth the typing effort to explain it.
In other extremely inane news, I'm pretty sure ...
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Thursday, September 15th, 2005
Since my last post, I defended my PhD, left Boulder, Colorado, drove to Maryland via St. Louis and Wheeling WV, and began a ten-week fellowship at the National Adademy of Sciences. Currently I'm helping out with what's known as the "Prospering study".
The program has an extensive orientation on policy-making ...
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2005
My friend Friso told me about a book called Best Recipes, published by the authors of Cooks Illustrated magazine. For each recipe, the authors relate several different methods of preparing it, with the goal of finding the best way. They include several variables: type of utensils, cooking temperature, time, types ...
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2005
Outside the Duane Library (Math/Physics) are photos of the University of Colorado from its beginnings. The first building was Old Main, which I suppose did not have that name then. I got a strange feeling looking at these photos, as Boulder as I know it did not exist ...
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2005
I was at a plant nursery the other day and I was pleasantly surprised to find some very nice looking ones. The employee (or owner, perhaps), Sean, told me about a video series he saw, The Private Life of Plants. One plant, I can't recall the name, was ...
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Monday, January 24th, 2005
The bed, that is. Paul at Geekpress.com linked this BBC News article: Untidy beds may keep us healthy. Ugh, that dustmite photo is nasty!
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