Useless Blogging

May 13, 2008

Goodbye, she said

Filed under: Family, My World — steegness @ 10:04 am

In the “Milestones you don’t necessarily notice” category:

Last night I was by the front door in my jacket, karate gear on my back, waiting for Julie to gather a couple of coupons for my shopping trip post-training. It’d be only a few moments before I was to head out the door.

Sara came up and said to me, “Bye Daddy, have a good day at school!” Unprompted.

Good times.

May 12, 2008

Six-Word Memoir 1

Filed under: Uncategorized — steegness @ 12:30 am

(idea not mine)
“Always surprised by the most mundane.”

May 9, 2008

Engineer’s Guide to Cats

Filed under: Uncategorized — steegness @ 9:06 am

With a hat-tip to Christine.

May 6, 2008

i i i!

Filed under: Uncategorized — steegness @ 10:22 pm

Language Log » i i i!
Click through to the picture. Please. Pretty please.

May 4, 2008

The Handyman

Filed under: My World — steegness @ 11:57 pm

Worth noting today: I replaced the flappers on all three toilets in the house.

Well, it’s worth noting for ME, at least.

April 30, 2008

Tiny letters

Filed under: Rants — steegness @ 9:39 am

Somehow, everyone seemed to vision enhanced but me. That’s the only explanation.

How else can I look at “NO LEFT TURN 7AM-7PM” and not see the “except for you, douchebag in front of Sean”?

April 24, 2008

Tres Geek

Filed under: Technology — steegness @ 9:49 pm

I just put Animaniacs Volume 2 Disc 1 on my cell phone. I rule.

April 22, 2008

Pligg Template Constants (for my reference)

Filed under: Pligg — steegness @ 10:45 pm

From the admin section of a Pligg installation (under “Modify Language”), a list of the constants used in templates, and their English defaults.

Yes, I know this matters to few of my regular readers, but given how totally unable *I* was to find a list such as this, maybe the internet will like it.

Below the cut (if the cut works). Thank me later.
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April 21, 2008

The World’s Hardest Game

Filed under: Games — steegness @ 6:14 am

The World’s Hardest Game (as seen on Kotaku).

April 12, 2008

Post 500: Looking back

Filed under: Uncategorized — steegness @ 9:42 pm

The ID number on the post is higher, but if you go count — and if you do, you’ve got serious trust issues — you’ll see that is in fact the 500th post on the blog. A milestone worth celebrating, and a cause for reflection (a popular activity these days, if I’m in front of my PC long enough to make a post).

Trends I missed:

  • Walking on the sidewalk becoming passé.
  • Double-parking becoming cool.
  • Songs that have associated dances, like the Macarena.
  • Next-gen consoles. At least, back the first time “next-gen console” was coined.

Trends I started:

  • The Great Job Purge of Late 2007 (OK, maybe I was second).
  • Shakespeare at Loyola.
  • Marriage (Julie helped).

Since starting this blog nearly three years ago:

There’s probably more, but that’s a decent Greatest Hits for you.

Happy 500th, world.

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