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My other glasses finally arrived

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

Well, I have no idea when they got to town – I called the optometrist on Friday and they said that my glasses were ready to pick up. I picked them up today.

Got home, and both Amy and I came to the conclusion that they’re crap compared to the glasses I got from Optical4Less in Hong Kong.

Judge for yourself: Pictures of me wearing all three pair.

(if you don’t have anything constructive to say, don’t say it – insults are not welcome)

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Socks and Underwear

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

This is something I’ve been theorizing on for quite a while.

When you’re a kid, you want TOYS for Christmas or your birthday. The very last thing you want as a gift is socks and underwear. However, you always manage to get a package of such from Grandma or another family member.

The older you get, the less you want toys, and the more you *want* practical gifts like socks and underwear.

My mother asked me what I wanted for my birthday coming up in November.

I told her “Socks and underwear.”

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Nerd, Geek, or Dork?

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

Although their math is a bit off…

Tri-Lamb Material
52 % Nerd, 21% Geek, 52% Dork

For The Record:

A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.
A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.
A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.

You scored better than half in Nerd and Dork, earning you the coveted title of: Tri-Lamb Material.

The classic, “80′s” nerd, you are what most people think of when they think “nerd,” largely due to 80′s movies like Revenge of the Nerds and TV shows like Head of the Class. You’re exceptionally bright and smart, and partly because of that have never quite fit in with your peers or social groups. Perhaps you’ve realized, or will someday, that it is possible to retain all of the things that you like about being brilliant and still make peace with the social cliques around you. Or maybe you won’t–it’s really not necessary. As the brothers of Lambda Lambda Lambda discovered, you’re fine just the way you are and can take pride in that. I mean, who wants to be like Ogre, right!?

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 99% on nerdiness

You scored higher than 99% on geekosity

You scored higher than 99% on dork points

Link: The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test

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DIY Macbook Laptop Sleeve

Saturday, September 16th, 2006

After seeing this, I decided to make my own Macbook laptop sleeve instead of spending $30-50 for one.

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An Uneventful Weekend

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

On Saturday, I got an eye exam, ordered the cheap pair of glasses that my insurance pays for, then went home and ordered two more pair online (for less than the insurance-subsidized ones cost me) from Optical4Less. Both places (the local eye doctor and O4L) say “two weeks turnaround time” – we’ll see which ones get here first.

I spent most of Sunday in bed with a migraine, which wasn’t fun.

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Priorities, Priorities

Monday, September 11th, 2006

News 8 Austin is definitely showing where their priorities lay today.

As much as I dislike sappy “NEVAR FORGET” stories, they chose to completely ignore what happened five years ago, and talk about FOOTBALL instead!

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Replica-1 with IIc Monitor

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

I finally unpacked the Apple IIc monitor that got here a couple of months ago, dug out the Replica-1 that I built a year ago, and hooked everything up. Thanks to the new video chip I got from Vince Briel a while back, everything works just fine!

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Crikey!

Monday, September 4th, 2006

Steve Irwin is dead.

At least it wasn’t a croc that got him.

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Things I thought I’d never see..

Sunday, September 3rd, 2006

DNA Hack – The Website for Amateur Genetic Engineering

I could have sworn I saw something like this in Wired’s “Artifacts from the Future” section about ten years ago…