Everything I Ever Wanted

This is cool. It will help me keep track of things I have and all the things I don't have but should. How American? They should rename it to "Keep Up With The Jones".

So I Married a Quantum Computer

Here is and interesting article about a quantum computer.

It's kind of confusing so let me attempt to summarize.

These guys at the University of Illinois built a quantum computer using beam splitters, photons, and I think spoons. The computer was designed to solve a very simple problem just to see if it worked. Well, it worked. Which is great, but it solved the problem before they even ran the program . Creepy!

...answers the question before the question is asked...I think I know someone like that...

me:	"Hey, do know wh..."
Sherry:	"...they're on the kitchen table."
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me:	"Do you want..."
Sherry:	"...no. I have my period."
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me:	"Will you..."
Sherry:	"...Yeah sure. Let me just my schedule. Ah, here we are. How about never?"

CPAP Notes

I've been using the CPAP machine for about a month now.

I definitely feel better. I have more energy during the day and I'm not dozing off while I'm driving to work.

I've lost 10 pounds. Apparently, when you don't get enough sleep your body thinks it needs more calories. Since I've been using the CPAP machine, I've noticed that I'm not as hungry as I used to be.

About once a night I wake up with the air tube wrapped around my neck. My wife still has not provided me with enough evidence to prove that she isn't one doing it. My lawyer thinks I might have a case.

One thing they left out of all the promotional videos and brochures: Epic gas. The CPAP forces warm moist into your lungs and your gastrointestinal tract. So, after a good night's sleep, I usually wake up feeling like a whoopie cushion. The first thing in the morning I can crank out some serious blue ribbon farts. I was so impressed with the duration and force of my farts that I felt compelled to check world record for farts. I'm not even close. According to a few web sites, the world record for fart duration is somewhere around two and half minutes. Damn.

A Visit To My Parents

This past weekend I took my kids to see their grandparents. Visiting my parents house is usually a blog-post rich environment. Here is the only blog worthy highlight.

My daughter was squeezing her finger to make it turn purple.

daughter:	"Hey look Grammy. I can make my finger turn purple."
Grammy:	"Be careful. There was a little boy that did that. He put a rubberband around his penis and it fell off."
...awkward silence...
daughter:	"Luckily I don't have a penis."

You go girl!

A Happier Gamer

I recently treated myself to a new mouse pad and Teflon mouse feet. The mouse pad comes with two surfaces and a mouse cord clip. Plus it ships in an über-cool tin carrying case -- AKA chick magnet. Maybe I'll start packing my lunch in it to see if I can attract some attention at work.

Anyway, I wore out my old Ratpadz mouse pad, which was thicker and had a smaller surface area. My old mouse feet didn't last very long and seemed to collect a lot of dust and cat hair. Hopefully the new feet will do a little better, although I haven't ruled out killing the cats.

I think my wife is even more attracted to me now.

In other news:

Since the Quake 3 source was GPL'd, a group of developers has taken over the code. They are fixing bugs and making it compile on Windoze, Linux, and OSX. There is even a Gentoo emerge for it. I haven't tried it yet. I'm not sure it works with the CPMA mod.

I Just Don't Understand

There are several things that I don't understand in this world. Zero Point Energy, video compression algorithms, and people like this.

Gender Confusion

I recently wrote an application that required the user to specifiy their gender. You know, M = male, F = female. Right? Wrong. I was shocked to find that, according to FBI, gender was a little more complex.SEX 2.024- SEX.This field is used to report the gender of the subject. The entry is a single character selected from the following table:If Following Condition Exists

F=Subject's gender reported as female
G=Occupation or charge indicated "Male Impersonator"
M=Subject's gender reported as male
N=Occupation or charge indicated "Female Impersonator" or transvestite
Y=Male name, no gender given
Z=Female name, no gender given
X=Unknown gender

Science Fair Winner

My son won the Grand Champion Award for our local Science Fair. I'm pretty proud of him.If you are interested...