Category: Random Nonsense

Sometimes I just feel compelled to share nonsense, random thoughts, and sometimes just stuff I want to save

It’s always the funky ones…

Funky glasses
Funky glasses

I bought several1 pairs of glasses online recently.  They’re so cheap2 that when I order them online I make a point of getting one pair that looks like the pair I’m currently wearing, one pair that is kinda funky, and two or three pairs of glasses that are somewhere between what I’m wearing at the time and funky.

The funniest part is that I invariably3 enjoy wearing the funky pair the most.  Out of a $40 order, I’m overjoyed if I get one pair that I really like.  In any case, the above is the funky pair with the other four being considerably more conservative.  I’ve only been wearing this funky pair for a few hours now, but I’m pretty sure they’ll be my favorite.

  1. Five!!! [↩]
  2. $37, shipped, for all five pairs of prescription glasses with frames, cases, cleaning cloths, extra nose nubby bits [↩]
  3. Well, twice now [↩]

I’m so giddy!

I can’t wait for OpenSCAD to finish rendering this new object I’ve fashioned out of a DXF file!

Toolpath was basically:

  • Inkscape importing PNG image
  • Convert image to SVG, reduce colors, simplify lines
  • Export to DXF
  • Incorporate extruded DXF into design

It will be mine.  Oh, yes, it will be mine. 12

 

  1. The precious. [↩]
  2. That’s a red herring.  It’s clearly a Doctor Who themed object. [↩]

Perception Filter

Yesterday I had a coworker tell me I’d like the TV show Bones.  I was told I reminded them of one of the main characters – smart, arrogant, and completely lacking people skills.

I think it’s a compliment?

2:00AM and it has begun…

There’s a Doctor Who marathon leading up to the premier of season 6.

Right now the episode “The Waters of Mars” is on.  This is a particularly magnificent episode – if for nothing else than for the last ten minutes or so.  If you haven’t seen the episode, turn back now and stop reading.

The reason this bit is so great is that the Doctor, who normally tries very hard to stay out of the way of established history, declares himself not merely a survivor, but a winner1 and a lord of time with the mandate and right to rewrite history.

  1. Think of David Tenant with a serious Charlie Sheen moment [↩]
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