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The “scalable” notebook

Over at Twitter today, me, LaTtEX and rivengodwind chatted a bit about dead-tree notebooks.  At one point, LaTtEX mentioned that being scalable is the bane of spiral notebooks. By scalable I mean you can just keep on adding or removing paper to the notebook itself. While there are binders that allow you to do that, [...]


The Frustrated NaNoWriMo Writer

One of my best friends recently wrote about how to take the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) experience one step further by planning the plot out ten months in advance with November as the actual writing time. I admit I’m one of those who gets so excited the first few days and eventually wuss out [...]


Hot Chocolate for one

Lately I’ve been indulging in a bedtime habit.  I’m suffering dental paresthesia after a recent wisdom tooth extraction. I noticed that during the evenings the teeth in the affected region are extra sensitive. As if they’re getting too cold. So I got around to having hot chocolate during the evenings.
Here’s the recipe I use nowadays.
In [...]


New Hair Resolution #1

After one of the bumps in the road where I thought my best friend didn’t want to see me anymore, I decided to get a haircut. A really SHORT style for that matter.  The new style surprised a lot of people though.  People almost didn’t recognize me, with one officemate completely not realizing who I [...]


Starting over with Ben Franklin’s 13 virtues

I started my hiatus from work just before Christmas 2007 for reasons I don’t want to divulge at the moment. One thing sure is that I’d like to put some much needed focus into my life. So I’m starting with a clean slate. If you’re looking for my past posts from the [...]