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The World’s Smallest Fishing Pole
Okay, so I’d probably hardly ever use it, but the ideal of having a pole with you any time you happen to be near the water is kind of cool.

The past few years I’ve observed the aging of my wife’s grandmothers. One passed just two or three years ago. One is still living, at 95 years old.
Watching both of them get older, I’ve come to two essential truths about American society. One is that we value our lives so much that we will prolong […]

How I Became a Programmer. Incidentally, this is on the same blog as the last post.

Sincerity Theory. Read it.

You’re supposed to change your furnace filter every three months. I didn’t know this. It hasn’t been changed for a year. When it’s really hot, and you have a clogged filter, your A/C coils freeze up. Did you know that? Me neither. Well, now I do.