Whoa. As I write, graduation with a B.S. in biochemistry and life-changing changes all crash down at once. I should brainstorm for some sort of longer form writing about these events. I could call my writing a “post” … and then, as they accumulate, arrange these “posts” in reverse chronological order on a sort of faux-forum online. I’ll call that a world wide web log of my life. Perhaps I could shorten that to “web log.” Or even “blog.”

Nah. That’d never catch on.

I lie awake because I’m scared
I’m not as fake as you once heard
But we’ll lay down now making sure we
Put these words between us

Can you hear us falling
We’re falling faster
It’s hard to remember
Where we were at a year before

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Megnut and the mean chocolate chip cookie - Recipe generated by averaging a dozen other chocolate chip cookie recipes.

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A better Mac keyboard - The Tactile Pro 2.0 reproduces the mechanical key feel from older Mac keyboards, with updated USB technology.

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I just wanted to take this moment to point out that, recently, the land speed record for furniture has been broken. Interestingly, I do not think that there is a land speed record for anything other than furniture. Anyhow, due to the engineering expertise of Marek Turowsk, a modified sofa traveled 92mph.

Add some blinkers, headlights, etc. to make it street-legal … and, well you still wouldn’t be able to make turns. But you’d be driving around in a sofa.

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Q: What do you call magnesium sulfate with a shotgun?

A: A salt with a deadly weapon.

Source: Slashdot comment thread.

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I bought a car off a couple of ladies way upstate
Took off the Greenpeace sticker and the New Hampshire plates
My friends are saying that I may have made a mistake
But I tell ‘em have a little faith now fellas, just you wait
Puttin’ in the new shocks and the anti-lock brakes
One touch ignition for convenience sake
And when I’m through it’s gonna look and run better than new
So baby don’t make a move
Because I’m coming for you
I’m coming for you
You better make way cause I’m coming through
In my late ‘92 baby blue
Subaru

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Here’s a great quote I saw at Jimmy John’s today:

Never be afraid to try new things. A lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of trained professionals built the Titanic.

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KeyCue - Now this is brilliant: an application that shows you all the keyboard shortcuts for your current application. It’s like a little training program to help you use your computer faster … no more searching for shortcuts.

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And this one’s a doozy. Of course, the title’s a quote from the Illustrious Cameron Moll.

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There are many things that I would be proud of
If I’d only invented them such as the wheel
The washing machine and the tumble dryer
On these inventions
Surely I could retire

— Kaiser Chiefs

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