Author Archives: dichroic

Liveblogging the World Cup

Posted on July 11, 2010 by dichroic

Might as well, it’s not like I’ll want or be able to do anything *else* tonight! Though some poor football fan is going to end up here via Google and be terribly disappointed. Not in South Africa, sorry. Also, I’ll … Continue reading →

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NAYY (website review)

Posted on July 11, 2010 by dichroic

I’m not putting this under a cut because a fair number of people are interested in either bras or website usability, in addition to those who care about both. Just now I was looking up some bras. (And by the … Continue reading →

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Rube Goldberg’s great-grandsons

Posted on July 10, 2010 by dichroic

I have a relative-in-law who occasionally sends us forwarded emails that mostly range from mildly annoying to mildly amusing. He just sent the best one ever, a link to the video below. It was titled “WHAT ENGINEERS DO IN THEIR … Continue reading →

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facing a whole weekend with nothing much I have to do and a whole Richard Thompson mix

Posted on July 10, 2010 by dichroic

Jaime’s post reminded me that there’s a lot of Richard Thompson on YouTube:. Just imagine hearing him play in your living room. Or someone’s living room, anyway: And if you click on that video and go over to YouTube, on … Continue reading →

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sleep-dep fuzzy-brain

Posted on July 8, 2010 by dichroic

I was seriously thinking of bailing on rowing yesterday – I was tired and fuzzy-brained after work, and I haven’t been sleeping well. But yesterday was nice and cool after the heat of last week, and temperatures are due to … Continue reading →

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a happy country

Posted on July 7, 2010 by dichroic

The Dutch just brought the score up to 3-1 with about 15 minutes to go – that’s a HUGE lead in a soccer game! I should make a recording just so y’all could hear the noise level out my window. … Continue reading →

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it’s called “pofmais”

Posted on July 3, 2010 by dichroic

Number of paces I have seen real popcorn (not microwave) for sale here: 4 (The Jan Linders supermarkt (but not Albert Heijn!), the organic supermarket, the Woensel town market, and now the Asian supermarket. Number of times I complained about … Continue reading →

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epiphany

Posted on July 3, 2010 by dichroic

I have been stupid and am now slightly less so. A recent software upgrade to the Kindle means that you can now group books into folders, instead of just having one long list. So when I got that upgrade, I … Continue reading →

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random good, predicted bad

Posted on July 2, 2010 by dichroic

I did a random good deed today. Someone I know of was hurt recently by a random stranger, so I hope a kindness from another random stranger will bring her a little healing. I don’t want to discuss it in … Continue reading →

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how not to run a business

Posted on June 30, 2010 by dichroic

Busy week – last night we rowed, today we’re going over someone’s house for dinner, tomorrow we go look at apartments, Friday afternoon Ted leaves. We’ve been having unusually hot weather here, getting up as high as the upper 80s. … Continue reading →

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