Comparative Reality

We have a National Ignition Facility. Now home to the world's biggest laser. Obviously, big lasers are awesome things, of which I heartily approve. But I just really like the name National Ignition Facility. It's like nirvana for geek pyromaniacs. more »

My experience with Vista so far can be summed up thusly: Vista: Only usable because Google exists. I'm an administrator. I have, in theory, all permissions required to do anything. So I have permission to edit a file. But I can't save the file. W… more »

I've been suffering from a really nasty cold that one of my daughters brought home from school. Not quite the flu, but more than just the sniffles. I've got that wonderful "my head is packed with concrete" feeling, my throat is raw, my stomach is in kno… more »

Our dishwasher is almost dead. At this point, it just sprays some water towards the dishes, and does a half-assed job of that. Any specks of food on the plates will remain on the plates. And since this appliance came with the house, one can safely assum… more »

Dan provides interesting, if annoying, truths. I certainly knew that the little "signal bar" display was almost meaningless, just from my own experience. Walk around inside my office, and you'll see the bars flicker all over the scale. Doesn't seem… more »