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April 14, 2007
Bad PowerPoint
Here are a few annoying PowerPoint tricks.
January 18, 2007
Five Things You Didn't Know About Me
I don't normally do memes, but I've been too busy to write much original material this week, so here goes. (Tom at Doors of Deception tagged me with this one.)
Five things people who know me might be surprised to hear:
- Floater. I have a permanent floater in my left eye that's right near the center of my vision. When it drifts in to the exact center, I tend to reflexively glance at solid colors around me—the sky is best if I can see it—trying to get a better look at it. Then, when I realize what I'm doing, I try to shake it out of my vision by glancing sharply left and right several times. If you've seen me doing this in the middle of a conversation, now you know what was going on.
- Ignorance of Professional Sports. If you know me, you know I don't follow sports, but you probably don't realize the full scope of my ignorance. For instance, two of the sports headlines on Yahoo right now are "Pacers, Warriors make eight-player deal" and "Schottenheimer to return to Chargers." I don't know who Schottenheimer is, I don't know where those teams play, and if the headlines weren't labeled, I couldn't even tell you which sports we're talking about.
- Peanut Butter and Ketchup Sandwich. Sometimes, I just gotta have one.
- Prosopagnosia. I think I have a little bit of it. Prosopagnosia is difficulty recognizing faces. Some people with severe forms of it—often caused by brain damage—are completely incapable of recognizing even close friends and family by their face. They have to rely on clothing, voice, behavior, and context. I just have a little trouble learning to recognize people until I've met them several times, especially if I see them out of context, and I'm easily thrown by a change of makeup, hair style, or sometimes clothing. I also have trouble matching faces and names. There are whole groups of people where I recognize everyone and I know all their names, but I can't match the names to the faces.
- I Like More Rap Music Than You'd Think. Well, not much of the gangsta stuff...or maybe I'm confusing rap and hip-hop...if there's even a difference between rap and hip-hop...maybe I shoud say I like some music that's rap-ish. Obviously, I don't know much about rap, but from time to time I do enjoy the work of Eminem, Everlast, Black Eyed Peas, Gnarls Barkley, with maybe a little bit of Kanye, Nelly, Twista, and Will Smith. I never said I was hard core. Blogga 4 Life.
Now I'm supposed to pass this on to five other people. I don't really know who's going to read this, but I guess I'll pass this on to Leslie, John, Libby, Pete, and Philipp. I don't think any of them except Leslie do memes, and she probably did this one months ago, but now I've done my duty.
October 18, 2006
I Can Quit Whenever I Want...
December 12, 2005
Vote for the 2005 Weblog Awards
In case you didn't know, the 2005 Weblog Awards are running right now. There's a 10-day voting period which ends on December 15th. Like all things in the blogosphere, the Weblog Awards are mostly just an attempt to get attention. Then again, that's how the Oscars started.
If you care about these awards, you should visit the main Weblog Awards site and start voting. You get to vote once every 24 hours.
If you don't care about these awards, can you please do me a favor and visit this page and vote for the Dynamist blog? Virginia Postrel is a nice lady who doesn't deserve to come in last, so I'm trying to get people to stuff the ballot box.
If you live in Chicago, I expect you to follow the honored traditions of Chicago-style voting, if you know what I mean.
November 10, 2005
What Kind of Soldier Would I Be?
 | You scored as Engineer. Military Engineer. Your job is usually overlooked, but without you nothing gets done. While you sometimes annoyed at this, and you know the only time people come to you is when there's something wrong. You understand that you are the heart and soul of any organization with honesty and nice work ethic to boot.
"I need more Duct Tape!!!" Which soldier type are you? created with QuizFarm.com |
November 3, 2005
Stupid Score
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