If you have to ask how long something will take to complete, consider Hofstadter’s Law:
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law.

Ha ha! All the headlines this morning read “Man shot in PS3 waiting line.” But the REAL tragedy here is the poor kid who ran into a pole as he was racing 50 others for a chance to buy a $600 game system.
Short supplies of the PS3 and strong demand led to […]

I’ve started preparing for my trip to Patagonia. This isn’t my first big trip, so I know a lot of the rules: take a few sleeping pills for the plane; pack what you think you’ll need, then remove half; and learn how to say in the local language “do you speak english?” and […]