The Snail Shell

Too Much #1: Information. I think the main problem in my work is ... well, I don't know what it is! It's something between boredom ...

Hey! It's that time again, when my music on my digital music playing device is all old. Because I get bored faster than an averageman,...

Good morning. It is 6:30 am. Did I mention it's 6:30 am? Oh my god it's 6:30 am. Uhhhhhhh... So I'm flying on United Airlines...

And there are a lot of Fiery Furnaces lyrics. I just got back from their concert. Ah! So good! It entirely held my attention the whole ti...

I've heard a lot of advice about how to find your true calling etc, and most of it is very sensible, and along the lines of: "find ...

In Bratislava, there's a guy who sells real Soviet pins and badges and awards. His shop is the size of a closet. He's somewhere in...

Sorry, I'm just further scattering your brain, and not contributing anything useful but but but but (deep breath) this is so good. Okay,...

Last night was apparently Fall Back night, of the "spring forward fall back" variety. Time zones don't make any sense. You kn...

I just read " No Impact Man " and it was very good. He was really earnest and yet easy to relate to. And he did some things that...

Really. I need some socks. Sandals weather has ended and my beautiful Zorro tan on my feet will begin to fade. (well, "Sorro" ...

Dear Christianity, Why do you have this belief that people are inherently not good? Dear Zen Buddhism, Why do you put such emphasis on the i...

Umair Haque sounds a rallying cry for idealism, collaboration, and more of the same things that I like a lot. And disses the entire older ...

Things that are cool, two out of three of which are in the "most popular" on the NY times today: Zen Vegetarian Cooking (which I...

Part 1 in a series that I'll publish every so often entitled "things I wish I knew in college." (not that I'm in the ...

Sometimes people ask "what do you DO as a software engineer?" (not often. it's not really sexy or really confusing. but it...

1. Decibel Festival. I went to a show that made me question whether I actually do like electronic music. Then I saw a couple DJs who just ...

Oh, also, do you live in Seattle? If both are "yes", let me know, as the Decibel Festival is happening this weekend, and we shoul...

... is about happiness. Speaking of which, before I forget, an article about how people judge other people's lives all the time, oh gee...

It kind of smells like fall, and for fall I give an A+ to Passion Pit, on first listen. Also A+ to Belle and Sebastian in general for ...

" How to do what you love " by Paul Graham. That's about all I have to say right now, although I do have a lot to say about Ni...