[i also posted this on freshmeat. you may find more comments here.] i'm sitting in shelter #92 in patapso state park on a glorious cool spring day. the sunlight makes the leaves glow as the breeze tosses them, and the pair of does grazing the hillside next to us have finally wandered off. the picnic…
house no more
[this is a ymoyl update.] i see it's been 19 months since i had anything to say here, and really nothing to say even then. there's been nothing to report, i've just been working along, saving along, investing along. i did move into greenblattized value investing, but you have to make up your own mind…
two pages in c
in the spring of 1994, some umbc students put up signs announcing the formation of a "new music ensemble". i went to the first meeting, and we talked about what we wanted to do for the year. someone was already composing something, so we would work with him on that. we also decided that each…
sorry, wrong number
my cellphone, the simplest i could buy at the time, has approximately 47 features i looked at once and have never used. despite this endemic featuritis, i would like to suggest one new feature for phones that i think many would find a great relief. it's very simple: when a call comes in, the phone…
don't cross the streams!
[this is a ymoyl update.] for the first time in ages, expenses shot above income last month. i had the confluence of tax day, a rental car for trip home to see family, enrollment at a new tai chi school, and a sesshin and some extra donations to zendos. hooray for living within your means…