Author Archives: matt

My dear sister uberviolet has been twitting me about not adding her wonderful little blog to my links. Being somewhat sensitive to twitting, I have corrected the situation and given Sputnik pride of place. In other news, I’m back in … Continue reading →

At the suggestion of the Salesman in Spite of Himself, I recently picked up a Coloretto deck. I’m enjoying about as much as possible when you consider that I’ve not yet managed to play a game with it. Capsule summary … Continue reading →

Here’s a cute little article about hybrid cars and the people who hate them. It’s perhaps a little embarassing to admit it, but there’s a milestone in the development of my social conscience that was placed by Dennis Leary. Everyone … Continue reading →

It seems that my sister Uberviolet has joined the blogging universe. If you’re looking for some sort of family resemblance in our blogging, look no further than her post about careless searches on eBay and my own on the same … Continue reading →

The residence room that I’m working out of this month has air conditioning. It’s not under my conscious control; apparently, the AC is on during the daytime and off at nights. I can see the logic here: the sun’s out … Continue reading →

I’ve been back in the Home Town for the past few days, fulfilling my filial obligations and occasionally catching up with friends from high school. To this latter end, yesterday I found myself hanging around a campsite at a nearby … Continue reading →

So the voters of Canada have spoken. I’m not perfectly pleased with the results, but in my opinion there’s more good than bad there. Some comments: Looking right now like a minority government, which I think is a good thing … Continue reading →

OK, this pleases me. This is a depiction of all of the states that I have visited in my life. (The scare-quotes are because the website in question seems to be counting DC as a state.) Click on the image … Continue reading →

Seven and a half months since the initial theatrical release, and I’ve finally watched The Matrix Revolutions. Two hours that I’m never, ever getting back. Not even if I gave up smoking, since first I’d have to start smoking which … Continue reading →

Dr. Orbifold is facing a fundamental crisis of identity: is he is or is he ain’t a computer geek? (He didn’t phrase it quite that way — he was grammatical, for instance — but we all know what he meant.) … Continue reading →