I want a pig. I have for a long time. My wife and I keep saying that when we get out of our loft, we’ll get a pig. In the meantime, I drew the pig above. I used a silly Web site that has a terrible UI and claims that you can learn something about […]
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I Quit
I once saw a round-up of blog posts apologizing for not writing enough. That was interesting. Practically everyone who’s ever written a blog has found themselves saying sorry for not writing enough (or recently), and every one of those posts is a waste of time. Why bother? Just write the next post. I’d like to […]
Safer Sunning
Of course, I should have known. I was skimming the FDA’s Web pages for information about sunscreen. One page (inexplicably misspelling “safety” in the URL) said that if I had questions about “Safer Sunning,” I should ask them. Of course, as I said, I should have known that I’d never get a thoughtful response. But […]
Yummy
I remember a restaurant where you’d order your meal through one of the phones attached to every table. Then someone would bring the food out. It was a gimmick, the food was ordinary, and the restaurant failed in a jiffy. Germany, the land of efficiency, takes the idea to its logical conclusion. I like it! […]
Get Your Meme On
A frequently updated news/blog/everything aggregator Web site. meme-orandum [Note that even though the word “on” is a preposition, it is capitalized in the title of this post. That’s because it’s at the end of the title. All words at the end are capitalized. I mention this because the New York Times forgot to UNcapitalize a […]
You Say It's Your Birthday!
Two days ago, weeklyrob turned two years old. It walks! It talks! From its humble beginnings as a blog read by approximately 6 people (plus/minus 6), it has blossomed into a vast network of readers around the globe, and possibly the solar system. Or, I mean, that is, 6 people. Plus/minus 6. March 11, 2006: […]
Find Me at M – 12
Linked from aldaily’s Nota Bene section, an article about the newest kinds of mapping. I haven’t had time to look at more than a couple, but check out We Feel Fine for a beautiful way to look at what kinds of feelings people are blogging about. They have different “Movements,” like Madness, or Murmurs, and […]
Elementary School!
The penultimate coupon whore points us to the Blog Readability Test. What level do readers have to be to understand your blog? Weeklyrob scored as “Elementary School,” which I’m guessing is the lowest possible. I checked the blogs of friends of mine, and they all scored anywhere from “Junior High” to “Genius.” Now, I don’t […]
Airbus A380 Cockpit
See it for yourself. [From aldaily.com’s “Nota Bene” section.]
Assorted Nonsense
Thank God for this blog, where I can dump stuff that no one would be interested in hearing in daily conversation. Item the first: The difference in meaning between “Bound to…” and “Bound for…” Nothing more to say about that. It just made something click in my brain this morning while listening to train announcements. […]