Category Archives: Random

Imagination: Sometimes it Hurts

Imagination can be a burden:

XKCD – Pain Rating

Style: Understated is Underrated

“I find the whole concept of being ‘sexy’ embarrassing and confusing. If I do an interview with photographs people desperately want to change me – dye my hair blonder, pluck my eyebrows, give me a fringe. Then there’s the choice of clothes. I know everyone wants a picture of me in a mini-skirt. But that’s not me. I feel uncomfortable. I’d never go out in a mini-skirt. It’s nothing to do with protecting the Hermione image. I wouldn’t do that. Personally, I don’t actually think it’s even that sexy. What’s sexy about saying, ‘I’m here with my boobs out and a short skirt, have a look at everything I’ve got’? My idea of sexy is that less is more. The less you reveal the more people can wonder.”

– Emma Watson

Research: Would People Think You Are Crazy?

Sometimes, especially while researching details for a book, I start to wonder what people would think of me if all they had was my search history and bookmarks from Firefox. Namely whatever government agency keeps tabs on things like that… I would tell you why I might suddenly be on a government watch list because of recent searches, but I don’t want to ruin any future stories that might come out. 😉

Update: So long, Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs died today at the age of 56. I’ve heard him called the Thomas Edison of our age and I can’t say that they’re that far off. He was a brilliant man and the lack of his genius will be felt for years to come.

You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new.
Steve Jobs

Random: Umm… What?

WTH? Am I the only one who didn’t know that they’ve turned ice cream into gum? And am I the only one slightly weirded out by this? Apparently they also have flavors like strawberry shortcake, key lime pie, and who knows what else. What scares me the most is exactly what they had to put into those little sticks of chewiness to get them to taste like that. Probably not stuff we should actually be eating…