the future

Autoblog: When you blog about your own blog.


Is my screen too wide?

I had this question just a few moments ago, and it struck me how pampered I am. All this stuff here on the internet used to just be information--sharing data & facts, aka networking. Now I can decide on polka dots vs. squares and font colors.. The scientist in me wants to take the data points from the past and project into the future.

20 years from now, the necessity to be literate will drop. The proportion of information in text form will be lower; the "good stuff" on the net will be more and more in other languages. (And I say "good stuff" to mean the open internet--not the easier to access but regulated regional net, which doesn't exist yet.) Video processing will be a generation better, so having your head float around the screen talking about your favorite video game level while said game is playing in the background won't be a chore to make.

... What do you think? What will be the next big thing for computers? How will we use them in 2027?

heart chunks.

The heart is unlike the liver. When you give someone a chunk of your heart, that part doesn't grow back.

Not to say your heart can't grow--it just doesn't grow back into the same shape it was before. If having a good life means ending up with a big heart, then of course I'd rather have a big funny-shaped heart that a small pefect one.

But the question remains exactly what shape my heart will end up! C'est la vie.

Tokyo moment of Zen

To copy a term from The Daily Show,

A little video, taken by me.

... Can you hold your breath for the whole escalator ride?

I just can't understand how someone thought an escalator was more appropriate than a concrete ramp.

well blow me down

Must be typhoon season! My balcony had about 2~3 inches of standing water this morning, because the drain (which is shared by my washing machine--isn't your washing machine outdoors, on the balcony??) got clogged. I'll spray some mold-remover (HCl for all my chemist homies out there) down there after the rain lets up again.

And here's another little surprising experiment:


The prominent English/Roman words on the front are "Lot.DZA", "Cabernet Sauvignon", and 10% 500ml. What does that lead you to believe?

.. the biggest letters in Japanese says "SANGURIA" (Sangria). What does that lead you to believe?

... and finally, the beverage was located in the ... juice section of the convenience store. The full Japanese is "apple and grape Autumn Sangria". OHAYO is a milk company, apparently specializing in perishable beverages served in cartons. (Asahi and Kirin produce most beverages, so it's rare to find a different name--maybe OHAYO is a subsidiary, I dunno)

So is it alcoholic? Probably not. .. But that's the experiment I'm doing now. We'll see how much I enjoy work today...