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@simianista Monkey Revolution Dispatches for 2010-08-07

  • The best sentence ever begins with: "Japanese macaques will completely flip out when presented with flying squirrels…" http://j.mp/bilGzg #

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G’night, Bunkie.

Just a few seconds ago, I tweeted: “I love that I have a friend that I genuinely call ‘Boo’.

And by “genuinely”, I suppose I mean that there’s real affection associated with that nickname. (The friend in question is also the only person I routinely call by the nickname “Boo”. I might casually throw it around, but the same person hardly ever gets it twice.)

This made me remember something formative from my summers in Destin, FL with my grandparents.

My grandfather (a.k.a. “Bapa”) would more often than not refer to me as “Bunkie”. He’d use it with probably 99% regularity when he put me to bed, but it would come out at other times too. It made me feel special and loved. I worshiped that man, and he had a fancy name for me – how awesome is that?

I only recently found out that “Bunkie” comes from the military barracks — the guy with whom you shared your steel and cotton bunk bed was your partner (whether you liked him or not); he was your bunkmate – your bunkie.

Bapa earned the rank of Lt. Colonel in the Air Force (Army Air Corps back in WWII), you see. His military background is stronger than some family trees. He found the nickname honestly, even though I had no idea at the time.

In a strange way, that makes it even more special to me.

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@simianista Monkey Revolution Dispatches for 2010-07-10

  • "The lesson I have learned is to never slaughter a chicken in front of a monkey." http://bit.ly/9GnJr3 #
  • If you are into monkey shines, you might want to check out Rebel Monkeys on NatGeo: http://bit.ly/bd8yEy #

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@simianista Monkey Revolution Dispatches for 2010-07-03

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Ignite Boulder 11

Inginte Boulder Presentation

Ignite Boulder 11 was pretty awesome.

Great crowd, amazing venue, and pretty high level sparks, too. (The one about MS being a plumbing problem rather than an auto-immune disease was a jaw-dropper for me.)

Check the pics and stuff.

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The Phone App

I haven’t actually liked using telephones since high school, but it’s getting a little silly.

My iPhone home screen This is me every time I have to call a phone number with my iPhone:

  1. Press the “Home” button
  2. Realize that was unnecessary because the “Phone App” is one of the four apps that shows up regardless of what screen I’m on.
  3. Open the “Phone App”
  4. Take a second to realize which screen I’m looking at (generally “Recents” or something).
  5. Take another second to realize that I need to find the number pad and do so.

From there on, I’m cool, but it’s such a clunky interaction that I am 90% sure is my problem, not the iPhone’s. Perhaps I should make myself start calling people more often before my telephone muscles atrophy altogether…

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