Monday, April 21st, 2008
automatic paper dispensers
in the past year or so, automatic paper towel dispensers were invented, mainly for use in public restrooms.
At our workplace, the motivation for switching to automatic paper towel dispensers were touted as helping to “go green”, the new term for environmental friendliness. I suspect that it had more to […]
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
replacing the electoral college
many will agree that the electoral college is an outdated system for determining our presidency, but no one can figure out what’s the best way to replace it.
here’s my idea:
everyone who decides that they’re going to vote has to take a comprehensive aptitude test. but not an aptitude test like the GRE or the […]
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Monday, March 31st, 2008
crooked windows
whilst sitting with katie in my favorite place to get hot chocolate, she noticed that there was a painting on the wall in which the frame was not flush with the floor. Ansel Adams on a slight tilt.
we’ve had this debate before about how i like to have a small degree of deliberate chaos […]
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
a different music video game concept
if you look at the evolution of music video gaming, some of the execution styles may be different (stomping arrows with your feet, playing fake drums or guitar) and some of the judgement granularities are different (guitar freaks gives you perfects/greats/goods/poors where guitar hero is you-get-it-or-you-don’t), but all of them follow a similar model: the […]