video of me at 4 years old
April 29th, 2007 Filed Under dad, homevideo
I recently paid Midwest Productions to digitize our Betamax home videos onto DVD, which costs around $10 per hour of footage. Here’s a clip of me using my father’s first computer, a TRS-80 Model I, at the age of 4. (My father, the voice behind the camera, says in the video that I am “four and a half”, but a title screen just prior to this footage says “September 1980″ which would have been a few weeks before my 4th birthday. I think he probably meant to say “three and a half” and just misspoke.)
Enjoy!
Stumble it!all easter candy 10 cents
April 29th, 2007 Filed Under adventures, fun, random
The Rite Aid had six bins full of easter candy, marked “all easter candy .10″. In particular, I noticed that 10 cents would buy 1/2 lb of “milk chocolate flavored” (calories per serving: 200; servings per bunny: 6; main ingredient: sugar). So I got ten. Twelve thousand calories for one dollar.
All told, I spent $3.00 on peeps, marshmellow eggs, and chocolate bunnies.
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
April 22nd, 2007 Filed Under books
Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction
April 10th, 2007 Filed Under books
