Archive for January, 2009

shucking bivalves for food

Scallops, clams, oysters … all pretty much the same. What bothers me to no end though, is at what point in this process does the darn thing die?

I’ve seen opened clams that are still alive, but this one doesn’t appear to be here:

UPS! Argh…

This is driving me nuts. This package is still a few hops away! It is supposed to be “Guaranteed Three-Day Delivery”. However, Newegg, who decided to be cheap, sent it out on Ground because it decided it is within the UPS 3-day delivery radius of me.

But now you see that this is not at all the same thing as actual third-day delivery service offered by UPS called 3rd Day Select.

Holidays, weekends, snow… This is possibly the worst-case scenario for Ground.

Date/Time Activity Location Details
01/04/2009 15:56:00 UNLOAD SCAN[I] PORTLAND, OR, US
12/31/2008 11:12:00 ARRIVAL SCAN[I] PORTLAND, OR, US
12/29/2008 20:37:00 DEPARTURE SCAN[I] BALDWIN PARK, CA, US
12/28/2008 09:49:00 ORIGIN SCAN[I] BALDWIN PARK, CA, US
12/24/2008 15:06:11 BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED[M]

Toward a multi-input interface

I was recently shown this collaborative editor called Gobby (there are others) and was reminded of an idea I’ve been toying with for a long time.

A lot of work these days goes into novel human-computer interfaces (think coffee table displays, networked whiteboards, etc.) and gestures (think various touch responses like multi-touch zooming), but in my opinion (and metaphor), these work are like lightly scratching the skin when there is a deep deep itch.
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