Flotsam & Jetsam

blatherings and ephemera that I learn and find about Technology, Chocolate, Food and miscellaneous tidbits.

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Entries from August 2008

Is Your Washroom Breeding Bolsheviks?

August 28th, 2008 · Comments Off

I love this poster.  I saw it at a friends house a couple weeks back and had to track down a copy.  I think it’ll be a perfect addition to our bathroom.
http://www.georgetownbookshop.com/georgetown/display2.asp?id=167

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Tags: House

Verizon DSL

August 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Ah, Verizon.  The company we love to hate. 
I’ve had Verizon DSL for near on 9 years now.  I got it when I lived in Morningside Heights and they first started offering it in NYC, then moved the service to Brooklyn when I graduated from school, then moved it to Astoria when I bought my house.  [...]

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Tags: House · Technology

Wakin’ and Bacon..

August 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Now, I hate alarm clocks as much, if not more, than the next guy, but this one just might convince me to not throw it across the room.
 http://www.mathlete.com/portfolio/wakeNbacon.php
I think my biggest issue would be getting at the bacon before Feena and Mush did.  Evern try to wrest a piece of bacon from the mouth of [...]

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Tags: Bacon · Technology