Hey, here’s something to do of a weekend: eat at some really nice restaurants!

Two of those “for Dummies” books that, while they sound very similar, may in fact be mutually exclusive:
Dreams for Dummies
Drums for Dummies

(hey! I’m like McSweeney’s but much shorter and less funny!)

The most expensive Google Ads words are veeeerry similar to local ads on TV. I’m sure this means something.

As predicted in this space last August, I saw a magazine stand last time I went to Costco. Not quite as cool as Overheard in New York, but I think it’s a good reason to look around once in a while.
(I’m not all that good at taking my own advice, having recently walked within fifty feet of a very dear friend who was calling my name without noticing)

Just when I was starting to wonder if maybe my iPod’s hard drive is losing its mind, I run across instructions for getting into diagnostics mode.

If Colgate does what it claims it will do with Tom’s of Maine, it should mean only that their products will be more widely available. And that’s a good thing. It’s also a good thing I (mostly) wasn’t buying it for the smug satisfaction of supporting a small company.

Do you have a barcode scanner at work? I do! Perhaps you will be entertained by this database of UPC codes! And if you don’t have a scanner, perhaps you would like to know what kind of fruit you have.

I’ve run across a couple different RFID-related items today: first, the RF-blocking wallet (hmm… I do have a birthday coming up); then, news that RFID tags can be used to spread malicious code.

Might have to make a Costco run tonight.

Sarah adds: there’s another list here, but it seems fairly generic, since it points out the usefulness of having anti-diarrheal medication, but not that you might need way more TP than you might usually have on hand. Sorry for that mental image. Also, check out lots of books from the library so you always have a good flu amount of entertainment.