My 4th gen (pre-video) iPod went on the blink a week or two ago. It’s been a little sketchy for a while now, especially with my work machine. But it recently became so problematic that I could just barely get Windows to recognize it. Luckily, my Line 6 TonePort arrived the day after the iPod [...]

I always plan to do some fancy post on the subject, but I invariably miss the date. The rough beast that is Wheatblog started out on 7/13/2000. And it continues slouching toward I’m not sure what. Here are some far more interesting things that are also associated with that date. See also the NYT’s On [...]

I’ve decided I’m going to use FitDay this time around to track my diet, exercise, and nutrition. Even when I’m not dieting, I weight in every day and generally record the numbers. I like to know how far off the mark I am. I first tried FitDay back in May of 2006, but I only [...]

Okay, just kidding. You and I both know there are no secrets to weight loss. It’s simply a matter of burning more than you take in, which means you can either burn more, take in less, or both (with both being the most efficient option). A few years back, I beat my weight down from [...]

Last Friday (say it in a big, scary, horror movie voice with me: the thirteenth!), my brakes failed while I was on my drive home, about a mile from my house, just as I was approaching a busy intersection at rush hour. I’m not kidding. I’ve been told that many people have nightmares about such [...]