Well, it’s taken 38 years, but now I really feel that I’ve made something of my life.
I’m getting a good laugh out of the fact that I won Bob Welch’s recent Oregon limerick contest! But no, I’m not planning on launching my poetry career any time soon.
For those not familiar with the situation, Bob [...]

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I’m very excited. A new season of Radiolab starts this Friday, February 22!
If you’ve not experienced Radiolab, you’re really missing out on one of the best produced and most interesting radio shows out there. Here’s a little blurb about the show from their website:
Radiolab believes your ears are a portal to another world. Where sound [...]

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No surprises here, really:

Parents are ‘party-training’ kids - CNN.com

From the age of 3, David has been a political instrument for his parents:
“Sure, we cringe when we see a child wear an anti-choice shirt,” Kaplan says. “And I am sure conservatives may do the same when they see David wearing our family’s politics on his chest. [...]

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Jen and I each got iPhones when they came out last summer, and we both love them. (Yes, we got our $100 rebates.) Since then, I’ve dropped mine once from hip height onto a carpeted floor; I wasn’t even worried. As for Jen, I’m not sure what sort of torture she has put her iPhone [...]

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Jen and I are both very happy with the names we’ve chosen for our children, but apparently not everyone has the same luck:

Baby-name remorse — what do you do? - CNN.com

Regret is common after any big decision, and few prenatal decisions these days are as open to debate as picking a child’s name. Rare are [...]

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You couldn’t ask for a more timely explanation for why Jen doesn’t just topple over:

Evolution keeps pregnant women upright - CNN.com

Evolution provided slight differences from men in women’s lower backs and hip joints, allowing them to adjust their center of gravity, new research shows….
“When you think about it, women make it look so very [...]

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Steve and his exploding whale website are featured in the University of Oregon’s Computer and Information Science alumni newspaper (Summer 2006). You can read the article on The Exploding Whale website.

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I got an email from a friend today, a relatively recent convert to Macintosh computers and the Mac OS X operating system. Here’s what his subject-less email said:
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:22:59 -0800
From: (name hidden)
To: Steve Hackstadt
Subject:
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/osx-fiveyears.ars
(What can I say, he’s not a longwinded fellow!) If you follow that link, you can read [...]

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You’ve undoubtedly heard the sad news that the Arby’s on East Broadway in Eugene has closed. So what, you ask? Well, for starters the office in which I work is located almost directly across the street. However, we (that is, me and my co-workers Tim and Duane) did not eat there all that often — [...]

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No offense to your cat-lovers out there, but here’s the scenario: Man drops knife on foot. Knife cuts off toe. Man hops away to find a bandage and call for help. Cat sees new play-thing on kitchen floor, pounces on it, and absconds with toe, which is never to be seen again. You can read [...]

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