Fats, Vitamins and Minerals

There are a number of things that I’ve been wanting to write about, after finishing the piece on ISO/IEC 29500. The idea of computer languages and information, is one, as a continuation of my philosophical appreciation of the standardization issues. Another is the sequel to Finding Linux, which I started several days ago with some […]

We made it to my mom’s house, finally, to pick up some mail and other stuff. It’s not easy when your working hours are 3PM-3AM! Alwin was really excited to see us, jumping up and down, scaring poor old Fortun who was trying to get some sleep on the condiments table. I guess the folks […]

I finished the crocheted shoes last night (photo below), but I am not very happy with them. I do like that they are of different colors (in a subtle way) because I had to use brown yarn after I ran out of blue yarn for the right shoe.

What I’m not so happy about is […]

The Japanese crochet magazines are more useful than I have imagined. Although I couldn’t read the texts, the pattern diagrams have provided me with a great deal of inspired new ideas. In fact, now I am thinking of making the patterns of my own crochet projects available through diagrams rather than written instructions.
Anyway, the other […]

A couple months ago, a metal cage was being built for the brown dog living in the apartment we often pass on our way out of the housing compound. It wasn’t really a cage but more like a metal gate for the three-walled enclave attached to the front of the house.
The past year and a […]

One of the interesting things about Eric’s blogpost for Sid, is how Eric interpreted Sid’s poetry on Luna as a (personal) reminder to “keep the faith in heresy alive.” Another matter of interest is how we have a thing for conversations with the dead.
With electronic mail rendering with ease the instant forwarding of feel-good propaganda, […]

A few days ago, I was able to finish making a crocheted purse for Trevor. I used a multi-color yarn and the simple pattern (of single and double-crochet stitches) produced an interesting effect which resembled the behavior of some of his computer programs.
Below is a photo of the purse, using the same string from his […]