Aiming at Nothing

Allen’s ramblings, broken down… and left that way.

Archive for April, 2006

30 Apr

Thesis update

Movin’ right along. I’ve spent most of my waking hours on my thesis paper so blogging has been light here. TT just said something profound and I thought I’d share it. When I came to her with an editorial problem, she suggested that I take an entire section of the paper, move it to another [...]

20 Apr

Money! Sex! Power!

According to [sex] a recent study, people who [money] read web pages do so [power] in an “F” pattern. If they read anything at all, they [sex] read the first paragraph and [money] then move quickly down the page — two swipes in a horizontal [power] scan followed by one in a vertical scan. I [...]

17 Apr

Wicked cool

It’s not just nang, it’s hype! Learn to speak Jafaikan before it’s no longer sick! …and stuff.

13 Apr

I’ve got SPIM: Another lost opportunity

I love unsolicited instant messenger interruptions as much as the next person. So, when this next person YIM’ed me, I just had to play along. 7:36:48 PM stacy88_77: hello 7:36:55 PM stacy88_77: how u today 7:36:56 PM stacy88_77: ? 7:36:56 PM stacy88_77: hope fine 7:37:01 PM Allen: Hi Stacy! 7:37:15 PM stacy88_77: hello 7:37:18 PM [...]

10 Apr

Post

Hastily written, content-free post with pointer to equally content-free post. Submitted without additional comment.

06 Apr

You had mail

I check my email about 900 times a day… Most of today I’ve been seeing this: Server Error Gmail is temporarily unavailable. Cross your fingers and try again in a few minutes. We’re sorry for the inconvenience. Gee. Mail. I guess it’s worth what I paid for it.

02 Apr

The Time of My Life

Did you remember to “spring forward?” Daylight Savings Time is upon us. All of the stuff in my house that is programmed to jump forward an hour did so during the night. Well, almost all of them. My Cingular phone didn’t change so I turned it off and turned it on again. No joy. I [...]

01 Apr

April Fools

Just a friendly reminder: today is April Fools Day. Don’t believe anything you read on the Internet today — including this friendly reminder. Everything I say is a lie. I am lying. Whoa. Did I just BLOW YOUR MIND? I gots the dialectical skillz.

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