Last week, with a loud bang and the smell of fried electronics, my computer died on me. I’m not quite sure exactly what blew up, and I don’t really care, as it was completely written off anyway. I’ve had this PC for seven or eight years, and it was my brother’s before that. In fact,… Read more »
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Blue Monday
In case you didn’t hear about it: today is Blue Monday. Supposedly, for a number of reasons, it’s the most depressing day of the year. Poppycock. The whole idea of the third monday of January being the most depressing day of the year is based on some ludicris pseudoscience—add some undefined variable to weather, subtract… Read more »
2012 in Lists
For me, 2012 was a pretty good year. I’m still having quite a lot of fun at work, and I managed to buy a house. This is my annual list of other, well, accomplishments. As every year, the books come first. I read a cubic busload of ’em—or 39, depending on your counting preferences. Fifteen… Read more »
Keep Calm and Use Large Type
This year, I had enough reasons to send out a physical card.