Everything Else
Zefrank Has an Idea: Brain Crack
Posted by yoursinwriting in Everything Else on July 12th, 2006
ZeFrank rocks. Ideas are brain crack. Don’t execute them.
Making Better Money Decisions
Posted by yoursinwriting in Everything Else on July 6th, 2006
In one example, he suggests you are going downtown to the theatre with a $20 ticket, and a $20 bill in your wallet. When you arrive, you realize you have lost the ticket; most people will not spend the remaining $20 on another ticket. If you had gone downtown with two $20 bills however, and at the theatre realized that you had lost one of the $20’s, you would use the remaining one to purchase your ticket. In the first case, you see the ticket as now costing $40 (way too much!), but in the second case, you see the lost $20 as not being related to the cost of the ticket. In reality, both scenarios are exactly the same.
Crazy Thieving Squirrel
Posted by yoursinwriting in Everything Else on July 2nd, 2006
I recently went on a camping trip with some friends, ostensibly to celebrate the fact that many of them had upcoming birthdays. I’m not a big camper, but it seemed like a good cause, and they are my friends after all, and there was a promise of cake.
Then nature intervened.
My Mac “Switcher” Experience Part 6
Posted by yoursinwriting in Everything Else on July 1st, 2006
I’ve put my MacBook through its paces, and now it’s time for some hard truth. Despite my previous gleeful ranting, I’ve had some serious disappointments using this computer. But in the end, I don’t anticipate most of them affecting the average user.
No More Pencils, No More Books…
Posted by yoursinwriting in Everything Else on June 30th, 2006
School’s out for summer. Another year over. Yesterday was the last day with the kids, and a whole bunch came by to hang out and get me to sign their yearbooks. It was great having a grade 12 homeroom; it really let me see a side of the high school experience I had missed last year.
My Mac “Switcher” Experience Part V
Posted by yoursinwriting in Everything Else on June 29th, 2006
I’ve had my MacBook for a couple of weeks now, and it is by far the best machine– laptop or otherwise– that I have ever used. And that’s in over 10 years of geekily intimate involvement with computers.
Why People Think (North) Americans are Stupid
Posted by yoursinwriting in Everything Else on June 29th, 2006
The college boys look like illiterate yahoos, while the UK kids come off as David Attenborough prodigies. Awesome.
Vancouver to Halifax: $5
Posted by yoursinwriting in Everything Else on June 21st, 2006
Stuff like this makes me wonder why we’re still struggling with sucky gas mileage. Actually, that’s not true: we all know it’s a huge corporate and government conspiracy, but it’s cute to think that we can change anything.
My Mac “Switcher” Experience Part 4
Posted by yoursinwriting in Everything Else on June 21st, 2006
I got a new MacBook. Here’s what it looked like when I opened the box.
Chriss the Magiccian
Posted by yoursinwriting in Everything Else on June 20th, 2006
I was skeptical, but I have a kid in my class who is a magic addict. He told me that Chriss was the reason he got into magic, and that while some of the acts probably benefit from being filmed (read: they are faked with actors and deceptive editing), he has a good reputation of performing most of his stunts anywhere, anytime, in front of a live audience.
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