{"id":706,"date":"2010-04-20T22:34:27","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T04:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bendreth.com\/?p=706"},"modified":"2010-04-20T22:38:22","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T04:38:22","slug":"miscellany-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bendreth.com\/?p=706","title":{"rendered":"Miscellany 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m currently clean-shaven, but, when I have a beard, it’s normally the third from the left on this diagram<\/a>. I would have thought it would be considered more evil than trustworthy.<\/p>\n

I’d seen stories about how bad Detroit is (and heard the jokes, such as the one from Kentucky Fried Movie<\/a>), but I hadn’t realized that it was this bad<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I don’t care much for cilantro. Although I recognize that it’s a vital component in certain salsa recipes, too much of it makes things acquire a lemony soap flavor to me. I remember at an office Christmas dinner many years ago being offered a spoonful of (read: forced to try) a cilantro soup. Yuck! Well, it seems that there is a genetic component to whether you like the flavor of cilantro<\/a>. I find that easy to believe; I’ve long thought it myself. Personally, I suspect that it’s sex-linked, because most of the people I know who like cilantro are women, and most of the people I know who dislike it are men.<\/p>\n

The iPad is a neat toy. I don’t really want one, but I could certainly have fun with one. One of the major complaints is that you can’t print from it. Well, the user community has taken care of that limitation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Apple products, in this case, the iPhone, this third-party app looks interesting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This also looks like a fun toy.<\/a><\/p>\n

Yet another reason not to get personalized license plates<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chords and words for songs by Tom Waits<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How safe are your passwords<\/a>?<\/p>\n

I think I’ve got some ideas for unproductively sucking up more of my free time<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’ll finish with a few videos. First, a nice version of Moondance on uke:<\/p>\n

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Next, a trailer for a movie of obvious class and tone:<\/p>\n

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Finally, a link to the Nova presentation on fractals<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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