My laptop is scorching the bejesus out of my lap today. May need to purchase asbestos pants.

My sister introduced me to the word 'whedonesque', which I thought was awesome. Of course, the website already exists.

Cigar box guitar is the new steampunk on boingboing.

I just spent a few moments looking for that delicious clementine I was eating... before realizing I had slurped it all down. So sad.

texts from last night (like fml but txt msgs). (http://ping.fm/LtYzE)

Today I am in love with dried bing cherries in my oatmeal. It's all about lowered expectations I guess.

D kennethpbowen check out stack overflow podcast - latest episode w steve yegge vey interesting.

OMG WTF are these Z-coil shoes all about? do people really wear these ridiculous things?

Facilities repalced all the burned out bulbs in my work area and now my desk is blindingly bright. May need to wear sunglasses to work.

Today's best spambox subject: 'You've Been Punk'd ... and Wiki'd' - how did they know what kind of software I run on my website?!?

I suffer from malaise but I think it's from ennui, not the swine flu - http://ping.fm/zvbr9

Just realized that in helvetireader / google reader you can click on the word 'subscriptions' in the left pane to refresh unread counts.

Just saw historic streetcar 162 running on the Embarcadero as part of Sunday Streets http://ping.fm/srQR5

I remember watching a children's program starring Bea Arthur and involving a lot of spanish when I was a kid. Can anyone confirm that?

Can a tax be any more regressive than the 9.5% sales tax we are now paying in San Francisco? Ridiculous.

Today I am loving Trader Joe's whole wheat sourdough bread.

For some reason this custom model is totally fascinating... (http://ping.fm/TkFbJ)

Dear Safeway: please stop using cheap self-serve ground coffee bags. They leak grounds all over my cabinet.

After two months of working out almost every day I would be honored to now take all interested parties to the gun show.

I predict 'econopocalypse' will be the word to define 2009.

My toddler has decided it is all swim goggles, all the time. The perfect fashion accessory!

F/A-18 just flew directly over San Francisco low enough I could identify it in the night sky.

Drank the special 'Almond Joy' mocha at the coffee bar at work. Reminded me that I don't actually like Almond Joy.

Today's pretentious NY Times word: demimondes (http://ping.fm/2qR6E)

Proxy that strips all pics, css, javascript, etc. out of web pages (http://ping.fm/omA4y)

Preparing for toddler + zipcar trip to Babies R Us for cheap diapers and Trader Joe's for cheap vodka.

Got a sweet earth day mug today at Yahoo in recognition of my total greenitude.

You got spaghetti in my hot dog! (http://ping.fm/SYvvy)

My macbook pro has 4GB of RAM and a 2.2ghz Core 2 Duo CPU. Why the hell do youtube videos freeze every 10 seconds?

YHOO Q1 2009 results 2pm PDT today.

Unseasonably hot weather + girls in short skirts = I vote yes! for global warming.

My spambox contains a message with subject 'Enlargestry'. Is that like what you call the science of redwood forestry?

Lone Caltrain engine just sped through mountain view station northbound.

Sync pics, locations, and birthdays from facebook to mac address book. Works great. (http://ping.fm/xwOpQ)

Larry Ellison swoops in vulture-like and snaps up Sun (http://ping.fm/sLQRD)

I can report that Lemos Farm in Half Moon Bay is an awesome place to attend a small child birthday. Pony rides, goat feeding, etc.

DONNIE DARKO: Hallucinating teen crushed by airplane engine. (http://ping.fm/taJww)

Great article about the 1959 prison riot in my hometown. (http://ping.fm/a3AFt)

I feel like liquid fabric softener + dryer sheets is overkill. Anyone disagree?

Just spent my Friday evening on a work project. Good news is I got things wrapped up nicely for the week.

I feel like I've become an accidental vegetarian. Is that possible?

Sometimes I miss the fire I had in my belly when I was 19.

Someone needs to use some ajax or something to fix the bugzilla midair collision problem before I start beating my laptop with a rock.

I would characterize the progress of the train this morning as lackadaisical.

I'm just going to come right out and say it: I enjoy the movie '13 Going on 30', even though Mark Ruffalo is in it.

My oatmeal reheating experiments have shown that some raisin varieties carmelize at much lower temperatures than others.

Just staged a billiards exhibition for a 2 year old. He was mighty impressed with my pool hustling.

Wishing the gentlemen sitting next to me would stop talking about 'monetization'.

Gale-force winds in Mountain View this afternoon. It's like I'm back in Montana.

Some sort of sproting event involving kicking a ball around field in on tv in break room. People are very excited about whatever it is.

Bjork says take care of the electrons! (http://ping.fm/RdKWH)

Coming soon to a mall near you. (http://ping.fm/s1uR8)

Frozen shrimp + salsa verde + frozen vegetable mix + microwave = white trash coctel de camarones. Also that's my lunch today.

Back home after a whirlwind Easter with the family in Santa Cruz.

Hwy 17 nb blocked by accident. In holding pattern at peachwoods lounge.

Happy resurrection day everybody!

I'm driving a Mercedes with a carseat in the back. How in the hell did that happen? Thank god its a rental.

Enterprise ran out of compacts so we got free upgrade to Mercedes C300. Pretty darn nice.

I just started my morning right with a workout and a fancy two-part Flavia.

My toddler son love Trader Joes candied ginger. Is that bad?

http://www.searchme.com is a seriously awesome visual web search tool. Excellent for egosurfing!

Fuzzy Zoeller's beer gut is doing no favors for the iamge of the sport of pro golf.

I'm curious if anyone is using http://zoominfo.com to find jobs and/or job candidates?

According to my spambox today, 'Buffet pees on dollar'. So I guess economic collapse is imminent. Also that image is hurting my brain.

Jack Black really phoned it in on the new Yo Gabba Gabba episode. Unimpressed.

Worked out at office gym today. Can't decide if I like that better than working out at home in evening.

What am I doing at midnight on a Wednesday? Why, cloning bugzilla tickets of course.

Hey there my Russian friend, keep your butt off my national toilet in space! (http://ping.fm/3taWt)

Hey there my Russian friend, do (http://ping.fm/3taWt)

I complained about boingboing ukulele music and now some UK ukulele band is following me on twitter. Stop the insanity!

Hey bOINGbOING, nobody cares about ukuleles or ukulele covers of random songs. Stop posting that stuff.

Toddler son climbed out of crib for the first time tonight.
Interesting times ahead!

Can the default bash PS1 please be "hostname>" instead of "-bash-3.2$"? I need to know where I am, not what version of bash I'm running!

Regretting forgetting my umbrella today.

There's a bum fishing for quarters in the Stanford Shopping Center fountain.

Waiting for family at Red Mango in Palo Alto.

'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' production company is 'Valleycrest'. Isn't that as nonsensical as calling it 'Moutainbottom'?

I'm bummed I know what a TARP is.

ING Direct Savings rate is now down to 1.5%, from 4.5% in 2007. What is the point of that?

Nothing like eating like at the Wooden Nickel in Watsonville.

As a man I find Sephora an extremely uncomfortable place to be.

I may have to boycott the Ferry Building farmers market until fall if these crowds keep up. Had to stand in line for 20 minutes for coffee!

Got up and worked out at 9am on a Saturday. Feeling self-congratulatory.

My coworker taught me how to use (? in perl regexps to force grouping and disable backrefs. I despair of ever becoming a true Perl Master.

Making John McCann's Irish Oatmeal for dinner. Yummy.

The Oracle HQ buildings really skeeve me out. Very OCP.

Hard to believe I'm now the proud custodian of a two year old.

Overheard: "there should be a twiki plugin for Excel integration". Would that be via OLE? Thank god it doesn't exist.

My goal for today is to monetize the cloud.

If you ever have the opportunity to play foosball with a 2-year-old I recommend it highly.

I'd like to hear a rap song use the superlative, "blow you up like an Argentinean Exocet". Any takers?

I DID SOME WONDER BREAD (http://ping.fm/YsiOX)

Why don't people believe that Hee Haw was an actual TV show that my family watched every Sunday night when I was a kid?

t-shirt over collared dress shirt: ever an acceptable fashion statement?

What is Lady Gaga wearing on American Idol? Oh, it's an EYEBALL ZIPPER.

Hey Caltrain, how about you have someone hose off these trains? I can barely see out the window!

I'm going to call this the heir to the Weee! throne. (http://ping.fm/IQD2Z)

SGI finally throws in the towel. (http://ping.fm/VHNrq)