Among the hidden costs of parenting are the sacks of nickels and dimes embedded in various childrens’ extracurricular activities. You’ll learn about them once your kids are emotionally committed to whatever it is they’re doing. The experience feels a bit like buying a car because they’re expenses for things a rational human being might assume […]
Bowling and a Pizza Read More »
I received an invite to join a group of friends in Orkut, “an online community that connects people through a network of trusted friends.” My first reaction was oh, brother, yet another linking portal. I already have entries on Friendster, the “online community that connects people through networks of friends” and LinkedIn, where you can
How many degrees of Kevin Bacon can be sliced? Read More »
Well, not really. But this week has had some mighty fine weather. I was pretty happy after Wednesday’s glorious ride into Seattle to scope out a project for Cascade Bicycle Club’s Bike to Work Month. Today was even better: I folded my bike, stashed it in the back of the plane, and took a quick
Spring is almost here! Read More »
Weather Rodeo v2 was my first attempt to construct a fitness function for the forecasters’ prediction accuracies. There were a couple of surprises: First, KIRO TV 7, winner of round one, fared the worst this time around because of the penalties for bad predictions, e.g., predicting sunny when it’s actually overcast with rain. The second
Weather Rodeo Results Read More »
Forecasts have been collected from our participants and sorted into three categories, events, sky conditions and temperature. Over the next few days, we’ll see who most accurately forecasts the weather from Thursday through Monday. The original rules have been amended in order to make this a bit easier to tabulate. See below for details. As
Weather Rodeo: Round 2 The forecasts Read More »
The length of winter was revealed this morning by Punxsutawney Phil. Outlook: six more weeks. It occurred to me that I should add him as one of my weather forecasting sources, but he’s doesn’t do five-day forecasts, especially in the Seattle area. The next Weather Rodeo will commence with forecasts rendered on Wednesday evening between
Happy Groundhog Day Read More »
I saw just over half of the Pats vs. Cats game at my friend Jim’s place yesterday before my kids needed to go home, bathe, and go to bed. I had it on during their bath and the second half seemed like the first, all the action was in the latter part. Some quick thoughts…
Impressions of Superbowl XXX VIII Read More »
Director Mitch posted his map of places visited. Here’s mine.
Oh, the places you’ll go! Read More »