Author Archives: matt

So I’m sure I’d planned to do something with my evening. It might have been productive — I’ve got a draft of a paper that wants finishing printed out and ready for my attentions — but probably not; after dinner, … Continue reading →

This round-the-world trip planner provides me with much amusement. Right now my current daydream involves a travel itinerary next summer along the lines of: Toronto Boston Prague Bratislava Prague (I guess Bratislava International doesn’t give very many options?) London Accra … Continue reading →

I like this idea: a public pizza-topping database, which presumably lets you generate random lists of pizza toppings which will satisfy groups of folk. Unfortunately, it’s organized very oddly: tomato sauce is listed as an “essential” with other sauces (all … Continue reading →

So it’s the first day of classes for the fall at my Urban Commuter Campus, which means that I’m wasting time by playing around with new software. I’ve been trying out a couple of apps: ecto, a blogging tool, and … Continue reading →

Nearly three weeks after the initial scheduled activation date, DSL has arrived at my new place. Now I’m beginning to feel at home.

Although considering that I’ve hard this site up for almost three years, I suppose that it’s nothing particularly to celebrate. Presumably this means I post an average of something like once every five days, but that doesn’t mesh with my … Continue reading →

Some highlights the Big Move Weekend: Got up far too early, at least by my usual standards. I’d been convinced that starting early in the day was a good call, since that way by the time the world’s gotten Too … Continue reading →

So just how cold is a welldigger’s ass? It’s not been one of my better weeks, since far too much of it has been spent either packing or avoiding packing. There’s been such a sufficiency of the latter, in fact, … Continue reading →

A bottle of eco-friendly liquid detergent featuring a cap which seals tight. An easy way to extract eco-friendly liquid detergent from the contents of one’s car trunk.

From the NOAA statement of hazardous weather outlook for today in my region: IF ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT…A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. I find the … Continue reading →