“It could act like a big random fluctuation, like suddenly making the temperature of the universe become really high and boiling everything,” he told New Scientist. “Or it could be more peaceful, where you’re simply converted into somebody who remembers stuff from the large world, so the statistics would be those of the large...
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Cordbox
A box for organizing phone chargers and etc. Pictured: parts and the assembled box, open and closed. Action shots of the box in action to follow.
Spoon
Two things I’ve written about our cat Spoon. The First: “Cat Fight, 4:00am” Last night my cat got his ass kicked by the neighborhood ruffian cat. I awoke to the caterwaul then dozed for a moment until I recognized Spoon’s voice in one-half of the racket. I jumped out of bed and ran out...
Don’t Need This.
Want it anyway. And my birthday is coming up.
The Watcher
The Watcher sits on his new Balance Ball Chair in front of his computer, clicking and reading. The Balance Ball chair is a springy inflatable ball, like those used in yoga, set in a plastic cradle with casters and chairback. Perched on it he can bounce, or twist, or lean, but most of all,...
Savings
I quit smoking January 1, 2003. That’s 933 days ago. So, let’s see, a pack a day is 933 packs, at say $4.25 each… $3965.25 Of course, some of that savings has been spent on gum. I have no idea where the rest of it went.
They’ll Strangle Us in Our Sleep
“Since then the robots have been getting gradually smaller, although Hatano points out that larger robots would be useful as security guards.” Our little ASIMO helpmates will be programmed to strangle us in our sleep when we are old, and frail, and have become too much of a burden on society.
Shakey
I suggest that the higher than average rainfall we experienced this winter is contributing to the higher than average quakiness we’re experiencing this spring. The ground is heavier. It’s also better lubricated. Slipperyier.