Archive for April, 2005
Wednesday, April 27th, 2005
Food Pyramid Mashup!
I read briefly in the headlines a week or so ago that the USDA came out with a new visual schema by which to supposedly convince Americans to pick up a carrot instead of carrot cake.
I’m fairly suspicious of the USDA’s aims here, since the food industry would rocket to the total doldrums [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Beobachtungen by nerdmeyr
Thursday, April 21st, 2005
Al Sharpton is HOT!
I cannot lay claim to the stunning originality and sheer succinctness of the title of this post, but its absolutely true (the originator of the post title is a nameless and faceless undergraduate filing out behind me as we exited the theatre). I realized, biking home, that I get way more high and energized [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Cabinet of curios by nerdmeyr
Monday, April 18th, 2005
Adobe? Has Bought Out? Macromedia???
The sad news
I never ever saw this coming. Adobe, land of the Acrobatic Photoshopping Print-based Wonderland, has paid the dowry and is carting home little ol’ Macro “We’ll buy up any old random-ass multimedia venture and assimilate it into our slickly-packaged borg” Media.
I’m sad, and upset. I like both companies and their products, [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Beobachtungen by nerdmeyr
Monday, April 18th, 2005
Little 5 Weekend – its OVER!
Well, kids, Little 5 weekend is over and I only have the buckshot in my left buttock to show for it.
Of course, only kidding.
My conclusions about this past weekend are that:
I resent feeling paranoid and fearful when I leave the house
A single cinderblock is sufficient to prevent a leather loveseat from sliding down [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Cartography, Curation by nerdmeyr
Friday, April 15th, 2005
Little 5 Weekend
Well, boys and girls, its time for the Little 500 weekend here in Bloomington. A bicycle race started in 1951 to raise money for scholarships has shit-blossomed into a 36-hour excuse for thorough and public alcohol-induced wastedness. Its always interesting to compare the Official Story with What Actually Goes Down .
This is, of [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Cartography, Housekeeping by nerdmeyr
Friday, April 15th, 2005
A Historical Event
So, this last weekend I drove up to The Land That Time Forgot The City That Made Crappy Canned Beer Famous for two reasons.
One, my dad’s birthday was this week, and there’s no gift like getting to hang out with your kid. At least, that’s how I rationalize when I am not planning [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Beobachtungen by nerdmeyr
Friday, April 8th, 2005
Humor, defined
Bob Mankoff, the cartoon editor for The New Yorker, is undertaking a 3-year research project with the University of Michigan’s psychology department to see how people process humor.
The following is from an interview with Mark Hurst, the Good Experience guy.
Bob Mankoff, in about 1 minute, explains the mechanism by which we laugh at comics.
Most of [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Beobachtungen by nerdmeyr
Thursday, April 7th, 2005
Tax Structure is Brokeness Defined
Because I just can’t get enough of flattening my arse-part in front of a computer OR exploring the delightful interface of Intuit’s TurboTax Deeeeee-Luxe, I volunteered to do K.’s taxes for her.
I’m not really finished with my own taxes, since I cannot figure out how to calculate the cost basis for several mutual funds I [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Beobachtungen by nerdmeyr
Monday, April 4th, 2005
The Last Train to Great Clips
When fully hair-dryer-dried, feathered and fluffed out, my hair now looks exactly like Bert’s (except Bert’s is a frosted orangesicle and mine is vaguely blonde). Bert is the lady responsible for cutting my hair to look like a 59 year old divorcee with recurring back troubles thanks to sleeping on an air mattress when she [...]
