I’ve noticed a recurring theme to the essays that I write for my various classes here at Virginia Tech: I write too much. Not too much in terms of the number of words, but too much in terms of the level of knowledge demonstrated. As a consequence, baffled teachers and TAs assume that I just …
Monthly Archives: April 2004
The Drillfield.
I assembled this 200° photomontage of the Drillfield (Virginia Tech’s equivalent of UVa’s Lawn), using a half dozen pictures taken this afternoon. Burruss Hall is on the right, the Duck Pond straight ahead, just out of view . (Click to biggify.)
NASCAR ballet. No, seriously.
I just saw what I will charitably refer to as “the most remarkable” commercial on WDBJ, the local CBS affiliate. It depicted a couple of dozen people in colorful, skin-tight full-body suits prancing their way around what appeared to be a tiny, banked skating rink. They flitted about modern-dance style, with a variety of Marcel …
Those crazy Swedes.
Wipe with a damp cloth, indeed.
Spring leaves.
Sometimes, you’ve got to take your spam in hand.
A primary constant in my life is spam. For several years now, it has dominated my e-mail, and I have been forced to adapt in order for e-mail to remain a useful communications medium. First I just erased the spam, and then, in late 2001, I started using SpamBouncer, which filed all spam in a …
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I didn’t vote for him, either.
On Chris Brown’s blog, he provides this picture of the Tom Bihn computer sleeve that he bought, along with a translation of the last few lines: “We are sorry that our President is an idiot. We didn’t vote for him.”(Via Boing Boing)