Flashes of Panic"A school is a factory is a poem is a prison is academia is boredom, with flashes of panic." — Joseph BrodskyNot a bad idea- June 18, 2008 I like it when testing web apps for work involves setting up some cool little surprises. (It&8217;s less fun when the tests don&8217;t work, of course, but it&8217;s a cool idea.)http://www.flashesofpanic.com/panic/002338.php Learning from everywhere- June 17, 2008 There&8217;s something about the door to this house that eats deadbolts. Maybe it&8217;s just our luck. The puzzle, though, is that there are two deadbolts, and it is the owner&8217;s wish that they use the same key. The deadbolt in the door when we first moved in reached End Of Life not long after we arrived; I found myself clamping two chunks of a hockey stick (used for propping windows on the porch) around my key to get enough leverage to move it. Rather than wait on the owner (long story).http://www.flashesofpanic.com/panic/002337.php Recipe for disaster- June 16, 2008 On the bag of brown rice, I noticed a small block of text headed, &8220;Microwave Directions.&8221; Hoping that might be slightly simpler than the stovetop directions (boil water, add rice, then oscillate between too much heat and no heat until bored or rice is cooked to bottom of pan), I skimmed through. It included the phrase, &8220;Cook 35-45 minutes.&8221; I&8217;m a little alarmed at the idea of leaving anything in the microwave for a half hour or more.http://www.flashesofpanic.com/panic/002336.php |