2008

Aug

Learned a new insult, thanks to the Brits: “You’re pants!”...

Trying to find a paperclip-like object with which to reset my backup wireless router. For. With.

Talking to someone over the phone to verify PGP key fingerprints. I feel so last century.

Ok, any news outlet that uses the phrase “attack dog” gets on my no-listen list for the...

Re-aquainting myself with the genius that is “Hit Me On My iPhone”...

Make him an offer!

Just made a site update re: software license policy. Need a general site revitalization, but this...

My gut feeling on the iPhone market is that folks who have Macs and appreciate Mac-like iPhone apps...

West Coast perk: Every restaurant has sourdough bread available.

Finally put my finger on it. I enjoyed Hillary’s speech so much because she was...

Michelle is practicing tendon identification by drawing on her ankle and HOLY CRAP ARE OUR...

FTP and emulators and such on my Wii are fun and all, but I’m getting tired of getting up to...

I’m really enjoying Hillary’s speech because it’s not about her, and it shows. For...

CNN live video feed is further along than the DNC’s, but full-screen HD via the DNC one is...

Ever see the Samsung Jitterbug? Simple cell phone for baby boomers with 12-button and even 3-button...

Amused that an Ironcoder entry of mine has taken on a second life as an actual (albeit useless) app:...

Enjoyed reading @craignewmark’s commentary about internet + democracy on CNN:...

Anyone have feedback on Gmail for business (I mean the paid service)? Particularly with regard to...

Missing the ability to SMS from my laptop when the phone is across the room using BluePhoneElite. In...

Disabling XBL/outright spam blocking, but still using SpamAssassin DNSBLs for scoring. Hope to not...

Just happened upon a Drupal log entry for a site contact form submission for which I never got the...

Schneier on Security: Full Disclosure and the...

sqlitepersistentobjects - Google Code

Macs continue to gain home, small business...

FOXNews.com - Let's Party! Iconic LEGO Man...

BBC - Languages - Homepage

Today @ PC World Note to Seinfeld: Beware,...

TechEBlog » Windows 95 Promo Video with...

Sweet, sweet 20mbit/sec internet. I thought it was supposed to be slower, so I’ll be curious...

Excited about the @c4 Iron Coder prize: a MacBook Air preloaded with donated software from many of...

Quite impressed with Comcast on this trip… friendly, welcomed me to Oregon, and gave me his...

Ciarán Walsh’s Blog » TextMate Plug-in:...

The joys and challenges of running a nomadic...

Red Sweater Blog - Unit Testing Roadblocks

Forgot an obvious one to follow for convention buzz: @JoeTrippi

Like Mac software? Build a bundle, name your price, and help fight cancer!...

Following the excitement at the convention via @vermontgmg, @silbatron, and @brianreich.

Texted Michelle about Fry’s: “computers, books, board games, & candy under same...

Oh my God — can I live in here?

How Design Can Save Democracy - Interactive...

Google Bookmarks API Guide

Remembering why good books, and in some cases, their movie adaptations, are great — they give...

What is this “Fry’s” you West Coasters speak of, he said as he strolled through...

Photos of the aforementioned flooding: http://flickr.com/photos/incanus/tags/floodingjune2006/

Michelle’s first Monday off (she works four 10s) and my last day before home ‘net comes...

EchoDitto Blog: The Obama Txt: Lessons for...

CNN says “Poll: Presidential race in dead heat”. What will we do? Oh, I know! How about...

please make it stop

Handcrafted data - The Boston Globe

Quick Tip: Speed up your iTunes sync without...

iPhone sync/backup was at 1h25m when an incoming call interrupted it. Now I need to start over...

Also, am I the only one with app update woes? On-the-phone never works; says to d/l from iTunes....

Bringing some metrics into the equation: iPhone sync is now at minute 50 of “backup up”....

Partial work day… hacking some iCalendar Drupal stuff. Plans later include a walk in the park...

Car won't start. Just a click.? - Yahoo!7...

Reflecting on how lucky we were to have the battery die a block from our apt. rather than any # of...

Rest of the day turned out great — Omnimax movie about mummies, corned beef dinner at...

Just a bad battery. At Les Schwaub now getting a new one after a AAA jump. Not derailing...

Not headed anywhere just yet — car won’t start and seems like a computer problem. Tow...

Headed into Portland today for the craft market and, more than likely, some beer-ful dinner later.

Just got The Text. I was pulling for him.

They should rename iTunes take-forever-to-backup “Sync in Progress” to “Everything...

My new county, Clackamas County, is a funny name. Sounds like what tap dancers celebrate on December...

It is absolutely gorgeous out today.

How To Launch Software (Aaron Swartz's Raw...

Um, weird wedding photo. What were we doing here? http://tinyurl.com/6ydwsu

News flash! VP is Wilmer Valderrama, best known as Fez on That ’70s Show. Obama-Valderrama...

Just got a text message… reminding myself to cancel TiVo. Damn, I was excited for a minute....

If they IM'd: Obama's VP Prospects - 236 -...

Hilarious. Re-tweeting @vermontgmg’s re-tweet: http://tinyurl.com/55ohq9

Ma.gnolia: OpenID, OAuth, and now, open source! Congratulations to @lhalff and the rest of the...

I just got the Obama text — it’s about time! I’ve been dying to know who the VP...

Surprise: New iPhone Comes Loaded with Photos...

Really enjoyed the first chapter of Centennial, 2.5 hours. Only 11 more chapters to go. 30 years...

What Pro Drupal Development is, and What it...

They should put Jerry Seinfeld in a comedy museum, right next to Microsoft Vista, with the admission...

Coverage of Obama VP pick has moved from not knowing, to reporting about potential picks, to...

Good wifi, hot chai, comfy chair, drizzly morning, overlooking a waterfall… pretty sweet.

Whoa. Spam is way down. My only fear is legitimate mail getting lost, now.

Now that’s just a poorly-made sign. I have no idea what Elf Defense is supposed to mean, Mr....

Overhearing a group of old veterans at McDonalds talk about Islamic sects in Iraq, as well as...

Even when they are brand new, unused, even at the store, something about touching a plunger feels...

I hereby deem Project Thai Dinner Out a smashing success.

Michael Phelps Returns To His Tank At Sea...

Pukka 1.7 is out!

New version of Pukka out. With features! Features, I tell you!

On the plus side, however, I can continue to rest easy knowing my wife knows me very, very well :-)

So that Centennial DVD? Michelle wasn’t as excited about it, since she found it weeks ago and...

Kid 1: “When you like a girl and she likes you, and you spend the weekend at her house,...

Apple - Support - Discussions - 10.5.4 does...

Wait, there’s a new Star Wars movie out? I’m not an über-fan, but how far out of the...

Add to list: Portland people use public pools in the rain, too.

geolocation test: This is totally happening right now.

I love how on Yelp, the suggested profile answers are all funny, and Schenectady, NY is used there....

I’ll be posting it on craigslist and such soon, but if anyone is interested in a first-gen...

Unnaturally excited about the Centennial miniseries (1978) coming to DVD — just happened to...

So home internet has been delayed until next Tuesday, but I think I’m in the swing of local...

Drupal Views documentation for attachments: “Attachments added to other displays to achieve...

Today’s random trivia: the Jackalope on “America’s Funniest People” was...

My iPhone feels like brand new after the 2.0.2 update. Especially maps & overall...

I love here how no one is affected by the rain. There is no duck-and-cover. Dudes jogging, dudes...

Also, this dude grew seven inches in a year. Holy clothes & food budget, Batman!

Michelle treated a 13-year-old kid today who hurt his back doing a camp activity whereby co-campers...

Day two of my new organic, propylene glycol-free, hemp oil-enhanced deodorant, which seems to work...

iPhone SSH review: iSSH v. pTerm v. TouchTerm...

stanlemon.net : jgrowl

Wow, all the top iPhone apps really are games & jokes: Lucky 7 Slots, Blackjack 21, FOX News...

Frustrated with crappy internet today. Hope it’s not my laptop. Home net comes tomorrow,...

Redirecting NSLog with NSLogConsole

Recommendations for SD card readers that fit flush in a MacBook Pro? Seeing @mullr do the Twilight...

This is more like it… rainy but comfortable morning in Portland-land, mug of coffee in hand.

Jeff Foxjerky: I think this was in Montana.

Michelle starts her new job tomorrow. I’m going with her as she practices driving stick down...

My iPhone Core Location was convinced we were in Austin, Texas yesterday, not Portland, Oregon....

Catching up on online stuffs at a coffee shop before heading down to Corvallis.

Breakfasted and getting ready to head to the coffee shop for some ‘net time. Later, unpacking...

Also, of the three: DC, coast of Spain, Portland, Portland is hottest & most humid by far....

Scored a sweet work desk at the thrift store for ten bucks. Michelle says it’s a sewing desk,...

Real internet comes on Tuesday. Going with Comcast instead of FIOS because we don’t want a...

Just finished unloading the car and thus, moving in. Furnished apartments make it pretty easy. Now,...

So tired I can’t see straight by 9:30pm for 4th day in a row. I guess 700 miles/day at 80mph...

Settled onto our hotel in Portland; getting our apt. keys tomorrow am. Our long, national drive is...

Lunch at the awesome Calypsos Coffee Company right off the lake in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. We...

Not happy with the lodging prices in Butte, Montana.

On the road again, goin' places that I've...

Bozeman, Montana

Dinner at a so-far awesome place: Montana Ale Works in Bozeman.

Coffee break in Hardin, Montana. The states, they grow ‘em big out here.

Lunch in Gillette, Wyoming. Clock was off today. Downside: 1 hour less sleep. Upside: leisurely...

Congrats to @manton on Wii Transfer 2.6 — looking forward to trying out the Mii copy feature!

Holed up for the night in Rapid City, South Dakota. Headed to Mt. Rushmore, just down the road,...

Badlands was amazing. And now we’re at Wall Drug in Wall, South Dakota. Slight contrast.

In Mitchell, South Dakota, preparing to drive by the world’s only, spectacul-ear Corn Palace.

Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota

Fairmont, Minnesota. A bit rainy so far, but amazing clouds & nice farms. Goal tonight is Mt....

$40 an ounce?!?

Movin' right along in search of good times...

Really happy with our ScanSnap, which Michelle is using now in our motel room to scan some paperwork...

Buying my flight from Portland to Chicago for @c4, after having driven past one and towards the...

Trip has sailed along so far. Only thing that would make it better is not having a poison ivy...

Stopped for the night in middle Wisconsin. Cheese hats spotted: 1

Hello, Beloit, Wisconsin! Now, who does a guy have to create modular yet standards-compliant...

Also hopefully, we can arrange to get said statement out there before we do.

Despite a lot of searching, we couldn’t find any of Michelle’s diplomas. Hopefully, OR...

Well, it looks like poison ivy. And it sure feels like poison ivy. Curses to you, New Hampshire!

Stopped for lunch just inside Indiana. Nearing Chicago. Checked the car and hail damage is minimal...

Decently well rested in North East (that’s the town name), PA. Tonight’s goal is...

http://twitpic.com/7aik

Canadaigua, NY. Complete standstill for 10 minutes during quarter-sized hail. That was a new...

Just west of Albany, NY. CT and MA down; next stop: Buffalo.

just after the hail: Just after the quarter-sized hail,...

Just swapped the Jetta plates from DC to CT. Couple more errands, some packing, then tomorrow AM we...

Dear me from March 2008: Why would you put that box so far back in the storage unit? Seriously? We...

storage unit: Shuffling stuff around today.

Laugh out loud spam subject: “Breasts bigger than your head!”