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merlin: Thinking Big Transcribed from Blue-Sky Solutioneering...

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:22:52 -0500

merlin:

Thinking Big

Transcribed from Blue-Sky Solutioneering by my Creative Director.

Sounds a little bit like Supertrain honestly…

tj: I know everyone loves everything he does, but this is the...

Fri, 10 May 2013 22:37:24 -0500

tj:

I know everyone loves everything he does, but this is the only Philip Seymour Hoffman movie that I like.

What about Scent of a Woman? One of my favorite movies, actually…

beefranck: I can’t decide if this is the best or worst idea...

Thu, 09 May 2013 22:32:57 -0500

beefranck:

I can’t decide if this is the best or worst idea I’ve ever had.

If it were a Mac, I’d say big mistake. As it stands… eh, what’s the worst that could happen?

Hole or Tree

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:20:25 -0500

Wherein I learn when to be done digging a hole.

“How long are you going to hack at that thing?” I was in the fourth hour of swinging an ax into a hole I had begun digging a couple weekends earlier when I barely heard the question my wife was asking. This was, naturally, not how I thought the battle…

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Stray Dogs Learn Moscow Subway System

Wed, 08 May 2013 09:28:43 -0500

ABC News:

Yes, some of Moscow’s stray dogs have figured out how to use the city’s immense and complex subway system, getting on and off at their regular stops. The human commuters around them are so accustomed to it that they rarely seem to notice.

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Sat, 04 May 2013 11:13:15 -0500

Current Home Screen

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Attention, Distraction, and Procrastination

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:42:20 -0500

Don’t blame the spotlight if it lands on the wrong subject.

In addition to being a fun book about how the brain works told through the lens of magic, Sleights of Mindhas solidified some definitions for me that I previously struggled to articulate. What is attention; what’s a distraction? More saliently, how can we…

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Two new

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:07:16 -0500

Two new

After I explained that I have nearly 600 of the things, the Asian lady working at the candy store was in awe that I found two new Pez dispensers in her shop.

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merlin: Primping C’mon, Corddry!

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:11:55 -0500

merlin:

Primping

C’mon, Corddry!

The Internet 'Narcissism Epidemic'

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:12:30 -0500

The Internet ‘Narcissism Epidemic’

[The Atlantic](http://theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/03/the-internet-narcissism-epidemic/274336/)

> Do not let narcissists set your standards.

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That's fine for Louis

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:36:03 -0500

That’s fine for Louis

[Louis C.K.](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/arts/for-louis-c-k-the-jokes-on-him.html?_r=1&)

> There’s people that say: “It’s not fair. You have all that stuff.” I wasn’t born with it. It was a horrible process to get to this. It took me my whole…

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Internet of Things

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:09:07 -0500

Internet of Things

[Information Week](http://mobile.informationweek.com/80269/show/85f0f3053113336a9b93b820a8917102/)

>Moreover, people actually get something out of running their own lives rather than being mere endpoints for network notifications.
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>By outsourcing…

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West

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:47:31 -0500

Last night, Ann Margaret and I heard a knock on the door. It was loud and urgent sounding. I went out in the front yard but all I saw was the neighbor girl that lives across the street, sitting in the grass futzing with her bike. She said she didn’t see…

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merlin: Mi Vida Loca, amirite? Poor jxpx1138. I hate to drag...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:35:50 -0500

merlin:

Mi Vida Loca, amirite?

Poor jxpx1138. I hate to drag him into my madness.

What the…?View Post

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:34:57 -0500

What the…?

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Cleaned up TV installation

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:55:33 -0500

Pretty happy with the new TV installation!

Now that we own our house instead of renting, we’re taking to some fun home improvement projects. One of my ideas was to get the TV off the TV stand we had and have a much cleaner installation. Here’s what things looked like at the beginning:

I don’t…

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Saga

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 10:14:07 -0500

So, I’m finally reading Saga…

I finally gave in to Merlin’s ~~incessant~~ persistent raving about Saga. Verdict? It’s delightful. It’s beautifully drawn. The story is compelling. The characters are relatable and even the bad guys are sympathetic. In a lot of ways, it reminds me of another…

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Penn & Teller

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:39:33 -0500

Penn & Teller

Ann Margaret and I went to see Penn & Teller last night. They were nice enough to hang out after and sign autographs and take pictures with folks. Class act those two…

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donschaffner: Probably not a good question… See also this post...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:09:56 -0500

donschaffner:

Probably not a good question…

Instead of telling the site the real name of your first pet, use the 1Password’s Strong Password Generator to create a random and unique name for that pet and store that information in the Login entry in 1Password.

You know what? You know what? Yeah.: A "coming out" of sorts

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:45:58 -0500

You know what? You know what? Yeah.: A "coming out" of sorts:

weareallangry:

When I was 19, I got a rare lung disease. It took a couple years, but eventually the illness itself went away. Unfortunately, I was left with severe damage to my lungs. Frowny face.

The term for what I’m left with is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or “COPD” or “Damn,…

What Bridget said. Stay strong, Internet friends.