Although it works in principle, pants make for a poor mousepad replacement.
Month: March 2004
Light Pollution
My living room at midnight:
Pity the poor guest who gets stuck sleeping out there…
(Though some are dim and close, there are 17 LEDs in that picture, with others possible that just weren’t on at the time.)
Killing Time
Flash games are evil. They waste your time and rob you of productivity that could have been put to something far more useful. So here’s a bunch of them.
Bubbles: Similar to the old arcade classic Puzzle Bobble/Bust-a-Move. The instructions aren’t in English, but it’s pretty straightforward: make combinations of three bubbles touching to pop them and clear space.
Orca Slap: The sequel to penguin baseball. This guy apparently intends to make a whole series of 10 of these games.
A variant on penguin baseball. Not PETA-approved.
The Big Picture
Taking care of the day-to-day minutae you can sometimes lose track of the bigger things you should be taking care of. I need to:
1) Clean up the apartment. Not just for tidiness and cleanliness, but to get rid of all the old crap that I no longer need and just takes up space now. I took one stab at this earlier and got rid of a lot of stuff, but there’s plenty more lurking in the closets and desk drawers still.
2) Get a vehicle. I haven’t needed one recently and still really don’t, but the mobility will make the other steps easier. Something used, so I don’t care if I ding it up a bit in my inexperience, but not so old that it’ll have maintenance problems. Preferably a four-door sedan for enough room and comfort for friends.
3) Get a house. Now that I have a bit saved up, there’s not much sense in continuing to dump rent into somebody else’s pocket. I don’t need something huge and wouldn’t be able to take care of it anyway; something with a small yard and three bedrooms (mine, guest, and office), or two bedrooms and a basement would be sufficient. I can probably pay it off in 10 to 15 years and be well-prepared for retirement down the road.
4) Unleash my robotic shock troops and corner the world energy markets. Hey, they’re getting bored.