Category Archives: Photo of the Day

It’s the beginning of the semester, so it’s syllabus time!  When 400 students need copies in the morning, it’s time to bring out the big machinery: the high-speed duplicator. I love office equipment, and this is one of my favorite … Continue reading →

Another QR code in the wild.  This one’s on the bottom of my CD-ROM tray, and is way too small for my phone to read.  What’s this one’s purpose?

Having just moved to a new neighborhood, I need to build a whole new map.  Just added a grocery store!

Tonight we made spaghetti squash for dinner.  It turned out great!  We had actually bought the squash last week, along with the acorn squash and butternut squash, so were delighted when we learned how to cook it at Wild Thyme … Continue reading →

Bedtime or storytime?  Mows and I have been reading together every night before bed.  I have a goal of reading 50 books this year.

I am intrigued.  That small square bumper sticker is a QR code.  The camera on my phone isn’t powerful enough to read it (nor are most people’s, I suspect) and one can’t casually read it in traffic, so what could … Continue reading →

The dangers of cataloging research!  While looking up the publisher of a DVD-R video, I picked up a virus which took my work PC out for much of the day.  It even looks pretty sad about the whole thing. It’s … Continue reading →

Still getting moved in.  We haven’t built the next incarnation of the giant guinea pig cage yet, but for now they seem to enjoy their view out the window from their travel cage.  They don’t often get to see snow!

We took a drop-in class at Wild Thyme Cooking School, where we made a fancy dinner including strawberry crisp for dessert.  I even got to demo the efficient onion chopping technique I learned at our last class and have been … Continue reading →

Happy New Year! We rang in the new year playing games with friends at our new house.  Along with Power Grid (pictured), we played Dance Central, Dominion, Katamari Forever, and Rat-a-Tat Cat.  Good times!