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Dec. 7th, 2006
Chocolate-Flavored Rambly Bits
Dec. 7th, 2006 10:09 am(no, I'm not sure why "chocolate flavored"; as a friend of mine used to say, "just smile and nod.")
-- My mother and I were discussing the various and sundry types of things one can use for lighting your Chanukah menorah, and the fact that there are multiple types of wicks out there for people using oil in their menorot. She asked me if I knew anything about the various types, and I said no. What I'd like to see, I told her, was an open-source, editable database of information on the various options. In other words, I want a Wick Wiki.
-- Cambridge now has a community skating rink in Kendall Square. Their Grand Opening Gala is today; they'll be open through 15 March 2007.
-- As a follow up to Monday's poll, I've ordered my swift and ball winder, and both are en-route to me. Thanks to all who voted and gave advice.
-- The icons for the various programs that comprise Office 2004 for the Mac look like Hebrew letters. The Word icon looks like an shin; the Excel icon looks like an aleph, and the PowerPoint icon looks like a kuf. The Entourage icon looks like a backwards peh, but that might just be by association from the other ones.
-- This morning, as I was coming out of the T at Kendall Square, a guy with a suitcase stopped me. "Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to Hampshire St.?" he asked. Now, I know in the abstract where Hampshire St. is from where we were standing, but I was pre-coffee and couldn't recall just how many blocks it was. So I pulled out my handheld and fired up Vindigo. Since I knew where we were, I plugged in the corner of Hampshire & Broadway as my location and pulled up the map to show him, and then showed him where we were, a straight shot down Broadway. "What is that program?" he asked. When I told him, he said, "I have a Blackberry. Do you think it would run on it?" I didn't know the answer, but I encouraged him to check out the website.
-- I'll be putting a poll up today, but I'm not sure on what. Suggestions for poll topics are greatly encouraged.
-- My mother and I were discussing the various and sundry types of things one can use for lighting your Chanukah menorah, and the fact that there are multiple types of wicks out there for people using oil in their menorot. She asked me if I knew anything about the various types, and I said no. What I'd like to see, I told her, was an open-source, editable database of information on the various options. In other words, I want a Wick Wiki.
-- Cambridge now has a community skating rink in Kendall Square. Their Grand Opening Gala is today; they'll be open through 15 March 2007.
-- As a follow up to Monday's poll, I've ordered my swift and ball winder, and both are en-route to me. Thanks to all who voted and gave advice.
-- The icons for the various programs that comprise Office 2004 for the Mac look like Hebrew letters. The Word icon looks like an shin; the Excel icon looks like an aleph, and the PowerPoint icon looks like a kuf. The Entourage icon looks like a backwards peh, but that might just be by association from the other ones.
-- This morning, as I was coming out of the T at Kendall Square, a guy with a suitcase stopped me. "Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to Hampshire St.?" he asked. Now, I know in the abstract where Hampshire St. is from where we were standing, but I was pre-coffee and couldn't recall just how many blocks it was. So I pulled out my handheld and fired up Vindigo. Since I knew where we were, I plugged in the corner of Hampshire & Broadway as my location and pulled up the map to show him, and then showed him where we were, a straight shot down Broadway. "What is that program?" he asked. When I told him, he said, "I have a Blackberry. Do you think it would run on it?" I didn't know the answer, but I encouraged him to check out the website.
-- I'll be putting a poll up today, but I'm not sure on what. Suggestions for poll topics are greatly encouraged.
