Archive for July, 2009

Yes, Virginia there is a… wait. What?

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Nicolaus woke up this morning and ran out into the living room where I was already awake and working, because I work all the time and if I don’t start early I might die. He ran out into the living room — and then stopped. Crestfallen isn’t a word I use very often, but that’s [...]

Hey kids! Guess what? Scientists are winging it. We’re all winging it. Your parents and world leaders and the pope and your teachers and everyone in the world — we all spend every minute of our lives just making our best guess.

Monday, July 27th, 2009

New print to that effect. Perfect for the geology nerds in your life!

Click to see the whole thing.
No one here slept much last night, but the week is starting anyway. How does that happen?

Summer time and the living is easynot

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Yesterday was rough. The whole week has been rough. You want my kids? You can’t handle my kids!
Recovering from being sick, plus they want my attention because I’ve been traveling this month and working a lot and sick and lame and… yeah. You know? So the boys have spent the week practicing being loud. They’re [...]

Awesome and more awesome

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Awesome:
Me saying a bunch of idiotic stagefright-affected nonsense in front of one of the most powerful people in high-tech publishing. Not that I’m paranoid, but any guesses what he’s typing? My guess: Oh my god please make her stop saying words.
Singing with the smart people
Making it to my twin nephews’ first birthday party in New [...]

Sewing for people without advanced degrees in how a sewing machine works

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

A few people have asked if it’s okay for them to print out the sewing machine diagram. Yes, totally but! The one I posted last week is only 72 dpi. If you aren’t technical, DPI = dorks per square inch. The more dorks they had working on the program that created your file, the better [...]