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I like technology

theProject — Sun, 23 May 2010 00:26:28 +0000

As it would have happened twenty years ago: my cousin gets engaged, her parents let my parents know, and I find out from family.

Today: my cousin gets engaged, updates her relationship status on Facebook, I find out five minutes later and let my parents know.

Where your treasure is

theProject — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:00:00 +0000

Well, it’s happened again. A working-class man spends a few dollars on a lottery ticket and wins big. With the new-found wealth, his life changes completely. And not for the better.

Lessons I learned the hard way, cont’d

theProject — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0000

New skates should be sharpened before being used.

I decided to take my new blades to a public skate at Kingsgate Ice Arena out in Kirkland yesterday afternoon, and figured I’d get there a half hour early so I could get my skates sharpened beforehand. As luck would have it, the arena shop was closed until a half hour before the session ended. The rental office didn’t have hockey skates in my size, so I figured I’d skate around until the shop opened up.

Thank goodness it's only a demo

theProject — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:00:02 +0000

I got a new phone a couple of days ago. Pre-installed in the Games section were the demo versions of Tetris, Wheel of Fortune, a logic game, and something called “Surviving High School”. I’ll spare the details, but suffice it to say that I had no idea that high school life was nothing more than a finite state automaton.