I have no patience with the incurious. What can they learn about life and what can anyone know without learning. -Sylvester Milner in The House of a Thousand Lanterns, by Victoria Holt, 1974 Though I took a long rest, I was still feeling beat down, the remnants from a brief cold. I’ve heard from others … Read more
I did not check the weather before I left Houston, so now on Tuesday morning I’m tossing my only pair of jeans into the washing machine. I don’t have a jacket or any rain gear with me either. It will be a bit nippy tonight, and raining all day. Yesterday, after I got settled into … Read more
Wikipedia tells me, … March 2, 1836 – Texas Revolution: At a convention inWashington-on-the-Brazos, the Mexican state of Texasadopted a declaration of independence from Mexico, establishing the Republic of Texas.
The New York Times was a bullet point in the iPad introduction. The application they had already developed looked quite nice from a cursory glance, particularly with its lack of advertising. The Apple Gazette recently discussed the pricing conundrum they are having at NYT. There have also been rumors that most of the Times’ content … Read more
Vizzini (played by PC World): Inconceivable. Inigo Montoya (played by Apple Insider): You keep using that word. I do not think it means, what you think it means. When some people (like PC World) come up with lists of “What iPhone OS 4.0 Needs” they often lists items that are not thought about from a … Read more
I was reminded reading Greg’s post of the hallowed tradition amongst the board gamers to document the games they’ve played 5 or 10 times in the previous years. Many of the games we play can be from 2-3 hours in length, and there are so many available, that getting in repeat plays can often be … Read more