Life Experiences

Laughably Inadequate Packaging

Laughably Inadequate Packaging

I ordered an ergonomic mouse from Newegg.com. My ordinary mouse was making my hand hurt from pinching it between thumb and pinkie of my right hand.

Triton T2 scales

Triton T2 scales

I bought a MyWeigh Triton T2 digital pocket scale, 300g x 0.1g capacity. I hope to use it in some upcoming experiments.

Speed Dial

Between 1996 and mid-2000, I worked in a building in downtown Denver that was catty-corner from the Denver branch of the Federal Reserve.

Certificate of Conformity

Certificate of Conformity

I was helping clean the laundry room. I found this weird little certificate of conformity from a pack of KN95 face masks.

Redeeming coin stashes is of low value

Redeeming coin stashes is of low value

I accumulated a quart jar of US coins, legal tender for all debts public and private.

I turned the coins into paper currency at a “Coinstar” vending machine in a Safeway grocery store.

It's Always Cables

It's Always Cables

There’s a system admin saying: It’s always DNS

But weird problems aren’t always DNS problems. Better than 50% of the time, they’re cabling problems.