I finally learned enough about Android audio settings to make "Entrance of the Gladiators" my clock alarm noise.
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Book Report addendum: Cards as Weapons
Rest in peace, Ricky Jay. He wasn't just a magician and magic-historian. He was also a skilled technical writer: he wrote a book that taught a bunch of kids stuff. Specifically, in the 1990s, a bunc...
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I played a @mastermindhunts public pub hunt and it was fun! I got to play with Tiffany Dohzen and Andrea Burbank. (I kinda think maybe Mystic Fish has been thrown together with Andrea's on some puzzl...
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In the Haight, trading words with a tattooed dope fiend is old news; but shopping in a supermarket is novel. ...
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Book Report: Elephant Tramp
George "Slim" Lewis was an animal trainer in the depression-era USA. He rode the rails from circus to circus, handling elephants. He specialized in unruly elephants. Thus, this book has a "thrille...
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Book Report: Geek Love
It was difficult to decide whether or not to go to that gallery show opening. But I was able to harness the wisdom of crowds: the humongous slow evening commute traffic decided I wasn't going. Bah....
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Under-utilized Set
The next time I'm called upon to provide names for a set of [computers|meeting rooms|secret projects], I would like to use names of famous carnies and freaks. jojo chang eng petomane tomthumb Tag:...
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