I swear this is not about me.

Submitted by reeses on Mon, 2008-03-17 20:21. |

Despite the complaint of a general lack of rigor, which does sound like something I've said a few dozen times.

DateListPlot in Mathematica. Every new version since 1.0 I've looked for this, and been astonished that it didn't exist.

Insert your favorite leopard pun here

Submitted by reeses on Sat, 2007-11-03 18:05. |

There's lots to like about Leopard, other than the usual OS X update firewire suckage. The best new feature is about eighteen years late -- the date in iCal's dock icon is finally correct.

Front-loading washers

Submitted by reeses on Fri, 2007-09-07 21:02. |

I keep forgetting I have this blog and almost always use the other one now. I felt guilty. :-)

When I bought this house, it was new, so we didn't have a clothing washer or a drier. Dryer? De-moistifier.

Being the dummy that I am, I bought a front-loading washer, because they're cool. I bought the spiffiest one I could find, and discovered that the ultra-high-speed spin cycle feels exactly like a really long 4.5 earthquake when you put the thing on the second floor.

I put up with it for almost a year now (viz., dummy) and finally gave up and bought two packs of these.

Finally, something useful from Google

Submitted by reeses on Thu, 2007-05-31 20:49. |

With the new street view, I now have a way of showing people who Frank Chu is.