The Wanderer

Testing

2009-06-29T12:37:47+00:00

test test test...

New Blog!

2008-05-10T19:02:21+00:00

I've got myself a domain name, and so I'll use it to continue my ramblings on matters poetical, educational, edible and fermentable. I think I'll be more inclined to post to and maintain this new blog, as I'm running it on my own machine, with all the bells and whistles ...

Sad but true

2008-01-06T19:26:06+00:00

"The sky's the limit." The robotics competition in which my students are engaged is supported by NASA, and their engineers and spokespeople have been saying that to us ...

She's naked, get over it.

2007-11-18T14:58:49+00:00

I saw the new Beowulf flick the other day, and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a goofy action movie sometimes, and some of the bit parts are poorly animated, but overall it's a delightful treatment of the Beowulf story. Most of the reviews I've read and most of the ...

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This Software Was Not Endorsed By Bill Richardson

2007-11-07T18:02:10+00:00

I forgot to link to the Snö application yesterday, so here it is. And here's the source. Also, I just got back from ...

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Tinkering

2007-11-06T21:07:15+00:00

Today was election day, which in Baltimore City means the schools are closed! I spent the day a-puttering. Firstly, I kicked some of the rust off of the Mac OS X application "Snow Desktop", also called "Snö" (I had previously modified it so that the flakes would collect ...

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Ice-Age Elk-Moose and Tech Support in Antarctica

2007-09-22T08:08:22+00:00

I bottled the buckwheat-heather Hart (or "Heorot," for the vikings in the house) brew last night, and I think it's my best yet. It's got the dark robustness of Thunder (my early buckwheat), without its harsh edge or cloudiness, and has the smooth ...

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Ikyea

2007-07-24T19:20:12+00:00

Assembling the BILLY corner bookcase without instructions is like solving a puzzle in Myst - you start by observing the scene, gaining an intuition for the form and function of each piece, and how they might work together. Many of them connect using methods you've ...

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Comcast is Silly

2007-07-16T10:12:37+00:00

I tried to stop the Comcast guy from running their foolish installer, but because Comcast is stupid, ass-backwards, and inefficient, I had to call the Comcast office to arrange for payment for the installation, and he ran the installer before I could clarify my "I ...

Read more | Posted by anhaga | Comments (1) Tags: electricity

Did You Know?

2007-07-10T08:08:40+00:00

Poison oak is a widespread deciduous shrub throughout mountains and valleys of California, generally below 5,000 feet elevation. In shady canyons and riparian habitats it commonly grows as a climbing vine with aerial (adventitious) roots that adhere to the trunks of ...

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