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February, 2002 Monthly archive

Squirrel intruder

17-02-2002
personal

Seeing a squirrel indoors provokes an intense cognitive-dissonance moment. Squirrels are supposed to be outside critters. I just realized that today.

There had been a scratching noise in the attic-apparently some kind of critter had gotten in there somehow, and couldn’t get out. I went up to see, but it immediately became quiet as soon as it heard me. I left the attic trapdoor and ladder down, so that it would have a chance to climb down. It did, thus the squirrel. I propped open the door and convinced it to leave, which it was happy to do once it figured out the window was impassable.

Dating in NYC

14-02-2002
tidbit

Apparenty, dating in New York is weirder than I ever imagined. Men from Manhattan cross into Brooklyn to find cool, arty chicks. Women from Manhattan cross into Brooklyn to find cool, arty guys.

ALL LOOK SAME

12-02-2002
tidbit

ALL LOOK SAME. Politically incorrect ‘n’ fun. I scored 11.

Eldritch phytoplankton

11-02-2002
tidbit

Today’s googlewhack: eldritch phytoplankton. Score: 6,169,600,000.

360 northbound

09-02-2002
cycling

Rode 360 northbound today, solo. Beautiful warm day. Hard to believe the winter Olympics are going on. Saw plenty of riders out on the road, stopped by Nelo’s shop, where there was a rep from Nimble showing off some impossibly lightweight wheels with carbon rims. He had one unlaced rim and invited me to sit on it. I did, and it didn’t seem to flex at all. Pretty amazing. Now all I need to do is rob a bank…

When I got home, the 5,000-meter speedskating event was going on. Those guys were averaging about 30 mph. I have a hard time doing that on my bike on level ground. Pretty amazing.

This made me laugh a

09-02-2002
tidbit

This made me laugh a lot (Flash required).

jackanape jigger

06-02-2002
net stuff, tidbit

Ok, now I’m just being silly. The googlewhack du jour: jackanape jigger. Score: 7,073,100. I actually thought it would score lower, but this suggests a variant of the game: alliterative googlewhacks.

What’s incredible is that prolegomena delicatessen actually returns 13 hits. I mean, seriously!

otolaryngology hellion

02-02-2002
net stuff, tidbit

Yet another googlewhack: otolaryngology hellion. Score: 6,321,000,000.

Ablative pashmina

02-02-2002
net stuff, tidbit

Another googlewhack: ablative pashmina. Score: 1,547,600,000

Googlewhacking

01-02-2002
net stuff, tidbit

Googlewhacking is a new game where you try to find a pair of ordinary words that appear together on only one web page, as revealed through a Google search. This is a little like trying to find an actor with a Bacon Number of 5.

Your score is the number of hits for each word individually, multiplied together. My contribution: zoroastrian vicuna. My score: 388,600,000.

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