Author Archives: matt

I make lists. Many people make lists, of course. Lists are handy things to have if you’re trying to be organized; you can look at them to make sure you’re not forgetting anything, you can check things off of them … Continue reading →

So the plan for this weekend: go to Kentucky, do math. Simple, right? Originally, the first part of the plan — go to Kentucky — was scheduled to be a two-day affair; I’d start the drive down Thursday night, stop … Continue reading →

A selection of the typical phone messages on my machine: “This is an important message for [name garbled]. If you are [name garbled], please press 1 now; if you need to bring [name garbled] to the phone, press 2 now…” … Continue reading →

Upgraded to the new Mac OS version this weekend. Doubting the wisdom of that. Part of the problem is that they’ve apparently revamped Spotlight (the super find-everything-on-your-computer utility) in a way that requires it to re-index the entire hard drive. … Continue reading →

You know how comment threads at political blogs (e.g.) are often populated by rambling illogical statements fraught with random spelling errors? I say that there’s nothing random about them. What’s you’re actually seeing is communication between secret agents and their … Continue reading →

A selection of bullet points, in which the discerning reader may infer the circumstances of my absence from this site: I’ve spent rather two much of the last several weeks sick: not actually sick enough to do something about, in … Continue reading →

This week Apple has announced another redesign of the iPod line: new colours for the Shuffles, a shorter, squatter Nano, and one new model: the iPod Touch, which is pretty much the iPhone without the phone. Now one thing I’ve … Continue reading →

Michael Jackson is dead. The significant one, that is, the one who wrote so much and so well about whiskeys and beers. I came of age at a time when microbrews and international alternatives to the Big Two were becoming … Continue reading →

I discovered by accident yesterday that Johnette Napolitano (formerly of Concrete Blonde) has a new album out. This is exciting, for reasons that I trust are obvious. So I was listening to it while driving around today. So far I’m … Continue reading →

Things that I had a month ago and that I no longer have: Wisdom teeth An unfinished tenure case An age representable with only five bits A car loan Now that all that’s out of the way, and with the … Continue reading →