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Jan 08, 2006
Personal Life

$600 Dinner Bills

I had dinner with Helen, her friend Kat, and Kat’s boyfriend, Kirk, last night at Rover’s. For those of you who haven’t heard of it, let me tell you three things: Bring your entire last paycheck to pay for it. Bring an appetite. Bring a str...

Jan 03, 2006
Random Funniness

Portents and Signs

NewDonkey, the Sharp Edge of the Vital Center, had this to say about his Holiday Season: “[My car] was loudly sounding an apocalyptic blooga-blooga-blooga by the time I reached Arlington.” Never once have I though to use the words “apocalyptic” an...

Jan 03, 2006
Random Funniness

Nothing Says Lovin…

Music Filter: nothing says “high speed processing” like the Black Eyed Peas!

Jan 01, 2006
Miscellaneous

The Wisdom of Crowds

The crowd is always right during a trend but is always wrong at a major turning point. Good food for thought.

Dec 17, 2005
Zoon Politikon

Slashdot has its Moments

Every now and then, someone on Slashdot actually does say something useful: I personally look forward to the day when the GOP has something to do with, you know, conservatism again. “Spend responsibly” rolls off the tounge better than “constant w...

Dec 15, 2005
Usability and UI Design

The One Where I Get Shiny, New Hardware

I received my new laptop at long-last today. On average, Program Managers in my group can expect to get new laptops every 24 months. Last month I celebrated my two-year anniversary with Microsoft by ordering a shiny, new Sony Vaio S580. Well, trut...

Dec 13, 2005
Random Funniness

Web 1.0!!!

There are some pictures from the recent Web 1.0 Summit in San Francisco over on Flickr. The comments are the best part, by far. My favorite thus far: Is there still room in the “Photoshop: Page Curl Explorations” seminar?

Dec 12, 2005
iRooster

Alarm Clocks

There are quite a few different alarm clock software packages out there for the Mac and Windows. There are some interesting patterns that immediately present themselves. One of the most obvious is that the Windows alarm clocks out there appear to ...