Saturday, December 28, 2002

Star Wars Origami "Step-by-step instructions for folding a wide range of Star Wars vehicles -- and R2D2! -- from simple paper. Use the folds, Luke." [via Dodoskido, via Boing Boing Blog, via The Shifted Librarian] I used to really be into origami about 6 years before my son was born. I made him a pair of little Origami booties. We still have them somewhere. I started to get into Origami so Ethan and I could do something together. I don't remember why I stopped. I'm not very patient and he's not either. Or maybe it's that we're both geeks. We share our love of computers, Star Wars, LotR, Godzilla. What's one more thing?! 3:23:00 PM

I'm in a reading mood right now. During our forced time off, I've had more time to just chill instead of baby-sitting servers. Yesterday, I finished reading Interface co-written by Neal Stephenson and Stephen Bury. The premise of the story is that there is a device that can be implanted in your brain that can provide immediate feedback on how people are reacting to you. You can then instantly tailor your actions and speech to each person. Imagine if you could implant that in a politician's brain and get feedback from a small but broad number of constituents. Voila! Instant poll results. It's a great story with lots of humor in it too. Digs on the political system and the spin doctors that feed them. Mix in a little sci-fi and some plot twists and you have a great story. 12:58:41 PM

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