I avoided coffee addiction for much of my life. I refused to drink it as an aid to staying awake during college (and subsequently fell asleep far too much during class). I stuck to tea while I worked at Harvey Mudd for two years after graduation. My coffee consumption was limited, for the most part, [...]
While doing some GovTrack data mining at work today, I came upon this graph of statistical analysis of bill sponsorship in the recent sessions of the United States Congress. I am not certain of the data’s usefulness, but it’s way neat regardless. And I do think it’s interesting that GovTrack considers Hillary Clinton a “radical [...]
I totally own Google for “Carlos d’Avis” (see results) and for “Drew d’Avis” (see results) and I am even at number one for “Carlos Drew” and “Andrés d’Avis.” I am lacking a bit in other regards. The first result for “Andrew d’Avis” is about me but doesn’t lead to this website. More significantly, I think, [...]
Ken Knight produces beautiful, typographically-oriented wall and desk calendars. The classic Stendig calendar—it’s all Helvetica, baby—is interesting (and also available from Unica) but not quite as beautiful as the Pentagram design. I have no idea if Ken Knight is a person or company. Nice work.
I was rightly impressed by the creativity and innovation in [...]
I am snoozing an extra ten minutes or so each morning, the cold driving me back under my new fuzzy duvet cover and blanket. With four pillows all to myself, I sleep on one and construct a sort of warmth fort around my head with the other three.
The time change last weekend has pushed my [...]
I jerked awake this morning at quarter to five with my face shoved down in my pillow and had a moment of lucidity. “Alarm’s not set,” I realized. “And you’re dehydrated.”
I stumbled down the hall to the bathroom for a pee and several long gulps of water from the faucet—am I the only person who [...]
