Posts from 2005 (Page 4)

100 posts from 2005

Aug 23, 2005
Personal Life

“The Waitstaff *is* the Eye-Candy”

I hit Joey’s on South Lake Union with my friend Rob last night. I’d heard about it from a Seattle bar-hopping mailing list I subscribe to, and finally had a chance to make it in. We were only around long enough to have one drink, unfortunately, bu...

Aug 14, 2005
Technology

Orb this, you API freak

Two cool things: Orbjust released a fairly basic API set for their software, which allows you to stream media off your home PC to any connected device anywhere in the world. ooh ooh ooh. I like being able to extend existing services :-) ...

Aug 06, 2005
Random Funniness

Crazy Nigerian Scammers

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Aug 04, 2005
Miscellaneous

Your Momma was a Protozoan

I ran across an interesting little article on “ancestral magnitudes” over on DailyKos today. Your great^10 million grandpa would have been barely recognizable as a primate, looking almost as much like a squirrel.

Jul 08, 2005
Miscellaneous

LotD: Urns and Caskets

Did you know that Costco is not only a top-tier wholesaler for goods like computers, office products, and pharmaceuticals, but also sells urns and caskets off their website? Neither did I until just now. Costco’s urns and caskets features The Mot...

Jun 30, 2005
Personal Life

San Francisco

I’m flying down to San Francisco tomorrow for a nice, long relaxing weekend (Friday afternoon to Tuesday morning). Napa, fireworks, my birthday, Helen, how could it possibly be better? ;-) My boss, Jason, burst into my office this afternoon askin...