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Lazy? Or Clever?

I noticed a post on Lifehacker about a book called Moving Heavy Things. The book wasn’t what caught my attention, it was a quote in the post: “…the cleverest people are often the laziest: they are always looking for an easier way.”

So am I lazy because I’m clever? Or just clever because I’m lazy?

Also, while looking at this book on Amazon, I noticed a couple new features. There’s stats on the most common words or how difficult the text is. It reminds me of stats you can find in Word when trying to count the number of words in the document. You even get how many words you get per ounce and dollar. This book comes 686 words per ounce and 590 words per dollar. I looked at a couple other books, and didn’t notice the same stats.

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Gadgets

Babykeeper


It’s the [tag]Babykeeper[/tag], or, as the picture might suggest, your own personal toilet paper dispenser. Simply put, it’s a harness that you hook on to a bathroom stall. They hang there and watch you do your business. Then hand you toilet paper.

Seriously though, this could be handy for people who have to use the bathroom while they are out alone with their child. But carrying something around like this just doesn’t seem practical to me.

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Useless eBay Auctions

Sharon was looking at auctions on eBay, and ran across one selling expired Enfamil checks.

It’s four dollars in useless checks. Obviously, no one has bid on it. Who in their right mind would pay at least a dollar (plus shipping!) for expired checks?

Apparently, someone will. Here’s another auction, where someone bought $20 in expired checks for $16.50. There’s no guarantee that a store will even accept them. But someone is willing to take that chance to save a whopping $3.50.

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Julia Photos

Picture Showcase #8

It’s time for the lastest installment of the picture showcase. That’s 72 newly uploaded pictures. Here is Julia’s gallery, or just check out the whole gallery. Once again, here’s a few favorites.
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Gadgets

Super Knife

Knife Well, it’s a really big knife. According to the article, there are 85 different functions. Here’s a couple favorites:

  • Mineral crystal magnifier with precision screwdriver
  • Bike chain rivet setter, removable 5m allen wrench, screwdriver for slotted and Phillips head screws
  • Golf club face cleaner
  • Flashlight
  • Laser Pointer
  • Two(!) keyrings

    • Now this “knife” weighs two pounds and is nine inches long. I think I’ll just stick with my pocket knife with a couple blades and the different screw bits.

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    News

    Pluto is What?

    I don’t care what the IAU says, I still consider Pluto a planet.

    So now we have to worry about planets, dwarf planets, and small solar system bodies? And would NASA have sent a probe to a dwarf planet? I mean, it’s only a dwarf planet, after all. What’s next? Send a probe to 2003 UB313? Who wouldn’t want to know about 2003 UB313? What an exciting name!

    What do you think? Should Pluto have been kicked out?

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    I Don’t Get It…

    So President Bush had a press conference earlier in the week and has been pretty much ripped to pieces in the press.

    The article from Slate made me think about the whole quagmire in Iraq a little differently. The article was dead on. There is no strategy there, it is just an ideology. And while having an ideology is nice, it doesn’t mean much when you’re trying to settle a country in a civil war. We need a real plan now.

    Maybe Bush should just keep a low profile for a bit. Giving news conferences just isn’t his strong point.

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    A Big Motorcyle…

    I was taking Susan back to the airport last night and listening to the radio. There was a commercial for the Vulcan 2000. My first thought was, “A 2-liter motorcycle? Why?”

    So I hopped online, and found the Vulcan 2000. Now this motorcycle is all of 750 lb, and has a larger displacement than my car. It’s only a 1.8 liter, but it a turbo. Why in the world does someone need that large of an engine on a motorcycle?

    Maybe someone can help me out here…

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    Happy 3rd Birthday!

    Princess Fiona (aka “The Kitty”) celebrated her third birthday yesterday. What did she do for the big day? Well, nothing very exciting. But she did get to go outside for the first time since the end of May. As you may recall, Fiona went on a bit of an adventure on Sharon’s birthday.

    This trip outside was much less exciting. It had rained throughout the day, so she wouldn’t be getting too far. And I put the leash on her collar to slow her down a bit. She didn’t stray too far off the porch, and only then to eat some grass. She did manage to get the leash stuck in between the boards on the deck, but was only stuck for a minute before I went out and saved her.

    Who knows, maybe Fiona will get to go outside again soon?

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    Don’t Fly USAir…

    While reading one of my favorite sites, I read an article about guy who had what sounds like the worst trip ever. Listen to the audio, it’s worth it.

    I post this here because the flight originated here in Greensboro. What followed was one screw-up after another, with USAir not caring at all along the way.

    If you needed a reason not to fly USAir, here you go. I’ll be sure to avoid them.