These days, basic research is typically government-funded and happens at some sort of university.

I think of gift giving as an opportunity to show someone a whole new world view. I never give anyone a gift that they would expect. If I wanted to give someone something they were expecting, I would just give them cash instead and give them the freedom to do what they want with it.

I woke up to a better world than the one I fell asleep in.

As you might be able to tell from my post “Evolution”, I’ve spent a decent amount of time thinking about my keyboard.

From the  diary of Samuel Pepys:

Kids, a fun little fact is that when you grow up, you gain both the ability to do what you want and the maturity to realize that some of it may be a bad idea.

I love to cook, but I hate baking.

Today, I managed to impress and possibly freak out one of my coworkers.

autojump and fasd are incredible. Walking the UNIX tree (OK, it’s actually a DAG with symlinks) is pretty much trivial.

I just got a great practical lesson on the art of salesmanship.

Besides (finally) learning how to touch type, I’ve been training myself to write neater.

Some differences:

As a fan of metal music, I’ve noticed some traits peculiar to the genre and its fans.

This affair started quickly, but I knew it was love when I first saw it. A friend of mine first introduced us.

I used to think dimmer switches were pointless. Consequently, I went through 20 years of life without ever using them.

Since freshman year of high school, I’ve always dressed rather classically. In practice, that means I have far more suits than the average college student or Silicon Valley resident ever would consider.