Rock-Paper-Scissors Apr 27, 2007
I'm always amazed and pleased to read the plethora of online information about Rock-Paper-Scissors, the simple hand-gesture game used to make decisions and win wars.  Known as Reaux-Sham-Beaux, Rochambeau, or Roshambo (French and its variants) to dork minions professionals (yes, there are professionals), it's bigger than you could ever possibly imagine.  And now it appears there's a guy who's added several more gestures to the game, including Lizard, Spock, Fire, Water, Air, Sponge, and others.  What a fascinating sport. #sports
Types of categories Apr 27, 2007
It's sometimes difficult to categorize things I write on this website.  Some posts are clearly about a certain topic, so they belong in a specific category, like politics or driving.  But other posts aren't quite as clear cut, or they don't fit into any other major category that I've written about in the past.  These are usually the things I put in rant or thoughts.  I'm starting to do away with that little by little because those categories (and others like funny and wow) are more a description of the type of post, not an actual description of the post.  If I categorize something as funny, it's more of an opinion of what I think it's about, and less of a statement of what it's really about.  I'm splitting hairs here, but that's what I do best. #technology
Firefox bookmark favicons Apr 27, 2007
I just stumbled upon an amazing little feature in Firefox.  For websites that have favicons, it saves valuable space on the bookmarks toolbar to just show the favicon without also showing the title.  Right-click on the bookmark link, go to properties, and delete everything in the "Name:" field.  Now the bookmark just show up as an icon.  Awesome. #technology
Eco-friendly web colors Apr 27, 2007
This website created a set of eco-friendly colors (based on Energy Star recommendations) that can be used on websites to use less power when displayed on computer monitors.  (via Kottke) #technology
Bathing Apr 27, 2007
I don't think I fully understand the rationale behind taking a bath.  Showers I understand.  But a tub full of water that gets increasingly dirtier as it washes more dirt off your body?  I would speculate that a person is no cleaner when exiting the bath than when they entered.  If anything, their dirt is more uniformly distributed.  Now instead of having dirty feet but clean legs, you have slightly less dirty feet and vastly dirtier legs. 

My favorite thought on bathing is from Dilbert: 
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#psychology