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Monthly Archives: February 2007
Now is the browser of our discontent
For the past week I’ve mostly been using Firefox at the office. This is a phase I go through every now and again: I tire of how slow Safari can get, and how some of the fancy stuff out on … Continue reading
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Snow days
For the past twenty-four hours, the city where I live has been in a state of snow emergency: essentially, the word from the mayor’s office has been to stay off the roads. I can’t say that I was particularly tempted, … Continue reading
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Turtle power
One effect of the winter-that-is is that I’m driving into school more; this is partly due to the fact that the obligations of shovelling various walkways (including the one from the street to my building on campus) are being honoured … Continue reading
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Truth in advertising
The bottle of wine I’m currently going through lists tasting notes of “Sweet blackberries, raspberries, and plums”, but somehow omits the much stronger taste of burnt twigs. (Note that this is not meant as a put-down of the wine in … Continue reading
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