Archive for the 'Nerdy Stuff' Category



On laundry workflow optimization

Published on February 27, 2005

Doing laundry is one of my least favorite activities. Today I managed to perfect the Sunday morning laundry routine. What was once two hours lost time has been streamlined into an hour and twenty minutes, with only about 25 minutes spent doing laundry related activities. Here’s my morning process:

Grab laundry bag, quarters, and detergent. Elapsed […]


On days passed and days to come

Published on November 20, 2004

Here’s the occasional list based update of which I’ve grown so fond. As always, in no particular order:

While it’s fresh in my mind - Rob and Pat have joined us for a weekend of old-school, queensbury-a-licous shenanigans. Yesterday we hit the town - highlights included Jaron paying $5 to ride the $1.50 subway, Jaron removing […]


GMail Invites

Published on August 26, 2004

I just got a couple more GMail invites, and I think everyone I know who wants one, has one. If you’re still looking though, drop me an email and I’ll send you an invite, while they last.


Another Mac Update

Published on July 27, 2004

I wrote a dorky update about my new laptop a few months ago. Now Emily is considering buying a Mac. She asked me why she should or should not. I decided to recap my thoughts thus far:

I’m using a 15 inch powerbook G4, of which I am quite aesthetically fond.
Peripherals for a Mac just work. […]