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What happens if I say your username backwards?

It’s not just a number.

It’s a number and a unit.

Wasn’t the author of that really young when she wrote it?

I’ve recently procured The 7 and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and have been wondering whether it’s similarly themed. If not, at least it reminds me of NerdCubed.

I forget what point I was trying to make.

My wife got a Bluetooth ring and connected it to her Kindle. It has a single button that turns the page for you.

Not technically hands free, but pretty close.

Like a pop filter!

If you imagine it a hub, the network collisions get a lot more interesting!

But I’m Old Now

edit: You’re Older than You’ve Ever Been

Not sure that second credits the musician, so it’s They Might be Giants. Not sure who made the RCT video.

I don’t feel strongly positively or negatively about it, but if it’s spoken with clear intent to diminish me, I like that person and their application of the phrase less.

Words are just words. It’s how and why they’re used that matters.

An early Family Guy episode had a relevant quote:

Why is everything that would be wet dry and everything that should be dry wet?!

I learned about this from The Rundown.

The use of the backwards sports jacket as a blanket is clever.

When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth

Have you read the short story “All Summer in a Day”?

It is.

It is my recommendation that you not read it if you’re unfamiliar, though.

I don’t know whether to upvote due to a classic reference or downvote because it’s that one.

Is this what happens when there’s a Microsoft / Apple crossover episode?

Presented without comment.

I’ve never put stickers on any of my equipment, personal or otherwise … But someone at my work once told me that one could procure plastic shells you can put on Macbooks so you can a. Not damage the device and b. Take your stickers with you when you leave.

“Poor?r?”

Thank you for the validation! I’ve no more stories about the rock, which I hope is the dullest anecdote of them all.