December, 6, 2001 archives

synchronicity. an article in the la times about wishlists. i think the only way the author could have branded herself as more of a yuppie would be to talk about wanting a bmw. (why do we insist on giving gifts when so many of us are so bad at it? i think part of the problem is the schedule — great gifts echo some chord that was already struck, and life plays all year, not just in the few weeks before birthdays and holidays.)

scientists have identified a single enzyme that may be related to potbellies. i wonder if there's a connection between this and the obesity virus.

this thread on ask slashdot about getting introverts to party is interesting, particularly this post about what introvert really means in the briggs-meyers sense. (like all slashdot threads, it is only even worth looking at with the comment filter set at +2 or higher.)

seven arrested for sale of weapons-grade uranium in russia. yikes. (just one kilogram, which is apparently not enough to make a nuclear weapon, but still scary.)

dave's three parts for a bug report are remarkably similar to the first section of what i wrote for bugs.php.net, minus the too-cute example. (not that i'm saying dave stole it from me. we either both learned the same thing the hard way, or picked it up somewhere else.)