Free Paper Cowboy Hats

You may recall my in-real-life trolling stickers and signs — the voice activated paper towel dispenser, the fake power outlet, and the baby changing station — from a previous blog post: I have some new stickers now that are less of a troll and more of a chuckle. Like the previous stickers, I cannot take credit … Continue reading Free Paper Cowboy Hats

Rock, Scissors, Fire

It seems like all engineers like to name things in clever ways along a common theme.  Most often, this manifests itself in the names of computers.  All of the servers in a given server room or individual rack might get named after Simpsons characters, the seven dwarves, the seven deadly sins, the nine greek muses, … Continue reading Rock, Scissors, Fire

The business card companion cube

A few years ago, I ran across Ned Batchelder’s instructions for making a business card cube. Since then, I have made dozens of them, including a few conjoined cubes that form Tetris pieces. It occurred to me the other day (about a year or two too late to hit the Portal craze and at least … Continue reading The business card companion cube

Kindle versus paper: a pictorial

I have had a Kindle for a few months now and really enjoy it. I have been reading like I’ve never read before! The size and convenience are great and, for many texts, far outweighs the longevity and space requirements of paper books (even though I love having shelves and shelves of book spines to … Continue reading Kindle versus paper: a pictorial

AT&T’s Paper-Wasting Department

The colossal waste of paper known as the iPhone bill arrived today. The previous bill was relatively short, as it only covered a week or so of usage and I had not yet become a power user. Today’s bill was 51 pages, about 45 of which consisted of pages and pages of line items that … Continue reading AT&T’s Paper-Wasting Department

Paper and Paper Fastening

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2006/10/Today: slightly more happy with my new parchment style after LiveJournal ate the cherrywood and brass one. The fonts are much … Continue reading Paper and Paper Fastening

Creepy Dragon

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2006/01/Today, I made Ghirardelli chocolate chip cookies and a creepy paper dragon (as seen on Digg): (original PDF) Posted in:

Silly Work Pre-4-Day-Weekend Wackiness

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2005/11/Our company is moving into a gigantic building early next year. In the current offices, one of the hallways has a … Continue reading Silly Work Pre-4-Day-Weekend Wackiness

This entry needs a witty subject line

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2004/06/The extended weekend was rather full… Thursday (as seen previously in this journal): Computer exploded, worked with paper, had veggie dinner … Continue reading This entry needs a witty subject line

“Worn out second-hand sentences”

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2004/06/Dinner tonight was at the Kalga Kafe — a very fine place for vegetarian and vegan food. Plus, they are open … Continue reading “Worn out second-hand sentences”