Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Having an AT&T Blackberry in San Francisco gives me all the suck of all those iPhones on the network with none of the coolness of an iPhone.
Do you drink from public water fountains? (http://ping.fm/NhzH1)

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Well, good thing that tsunami warning for San Fran was a false alarm.

Monday, September 28, 2009

It seems like every project I work on involves a discussion of
deduping at some point. My data is too redundant.
How have I never seen Matt Dillon's first movie 'Over The Edge'? (http://ping.fm/u6SN4)

Saturday, September 26, 2009

The date vendor is back at the farmers market! Deglets this week and barhis are back next week.

Friday, September 25, 2009

It's an absolutely stunning day in San Francisco today.
If you click & hold on the accept button for an event in iCal a popup appears which allows you to select the calendar to use for the event.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

This Improv Everywhere stunt really made me smile. (http://ping.fm/D0jes)

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Asked a woman on train today what her tattoo represented and was told, "it's a geometric vagina - you know, from Finnegan's Wake?"

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Monday, September 21, 2009

I probably find this fascinating due to years of Boy Scouts. (http://ping.fm/eQlQg)

Sunday, September 20, 2009

The Piggy Market in Aptos has been replaced by the Palm Deli. Its an improvement.

Friday, September 18, 2009

Taking a two and a half year old to the Santa Cruz County Fair is highly recommended.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Happiness is a new belt and resoled shoes.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

This is how Getty heirs waste their time. Priceless. (http://ping.fm/gLhOn)
Configured my old Linksys WRT54GL as a wireless bridge so my DirecTV box could get on the internet without a wired connection. On Demand!

Monday, September 14, 2009

Tonight's bachelor night movie: District 9.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

It would appear that once again I did not win the yearly SNL ticket lottery.
Spent the afternoon fixing video and audio on a Dell Mini 9 after
Ubuntu system upgrade. I still hate administering linux on laptops.

Saturday, September 12, 2009

I think more things in this world should be variegated.
If a guy on muni has duct tape as part of his clothing you probably don't want to sit too close.

Friday, September 11, 2009

Why do I so often feel like I am being stalked by an adorable midget
who throws things for no reason?
Dennis Quaid in another outer space movie? Not since 'Enemy Mine' have I been so excited!

Thursday, September 10, 2009

The new 'smart add' bar in the Remember the Milk web interface is pretty fantastic.
There's a guy in my office who wears his hair in the style of 'the Blag'.
This train is vibrating so much I'm having problems focusing on my
laptop screen.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Do I finally upgrade to Aquamacs 1.8 now that Snow Leopard is messing with colors? Last upgrade required lots of config tweaks.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Well, at least most of the bowl of soup my toddler just spilled landed on the linoleum...

Monday, September 7, 2009

On Caltrain back home after successful boating wknd. Sore biceps and quads.

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Highlight of the day: tandem tubin with the wife behind a powerboat.

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Boating canceled, too windy. Rescheduling to tomorrow.

Friday, September 4, 2009

The child abuse prevention center in Modesto is boarded up.
On the way to hook up with T-Pain for the weekend. See all you copy flippin suckas later!
Snow Leopard fixes the Services menu. Good news for us keyboard junkies.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

XScreensaver updated to work on Snow Leopard; all is now right in the world. (http://ping.fm/BozED)
The 'Resource Scheduler' software from peoplecube is probably the biggest piece of crap I have to deal with on a daily basis.
I really dislike the term 'freemium'.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Pandora just put a Fugazi song on my 'The Mae Shi' station. First time I have been genuinely surprised by Pandora.
After a weird hang on reboot and a forced restart/reinstall from the DVD I finally got Snow Leopard installed last night.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Taking the plunge with Snow Leopard.
Train in front of ours died. Our train is coupling up to push it out of the way. Real life Thomas action going on.