Category Archives: leisure

Daylight wallpaper (Linux script)

*Daylight wallpaper*
I discovered a website with a beautiful world map that updates throughout the day to show sunlight *right now*. I thought it would make an excellent wallpaper, so I created a script that automatically pulls the image every half hour and sets it as the desktop background. Continue reading

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The Hacker’s Diet

The Hacker’s Diet, notwithstanding its silly subtitle, is a serious book about how to lose weight and permanently maintain whatever weight you desire. It treats dieting and weight control from an engineering and management standpoint, and provides the tools and an understanding of why they work and how to use them that permit the reader to gain control of their own weight. Continue reading

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Made in Japan

Yesterday I promised I’d reveal another small blog I’m building. But first, a little background: you see, I lived and worked in Tokyo between 2001 and 2003, and it was incredibly exciting. When you spend five days in Paris and … Continue reading

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Twins have more fun

I would hope that most of my followers know that I am a twin. If not, well, you do now! What’s it like? One benefit is that we get to prank people. But to be honest it’s a lot more … Continue reading

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I <3 Windows XP

After cursing over Window 7 for more than a year, I’ve finally formatted the disk and installed my beloved Windows XP instead. I needed to borrow an external CD drive to do that because the machine didn’t want to boot … Continue reading

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