Monthly Archives: March 2006

I can’t resist…

Okay, I know I shouldn’t – but I can’t resist. I just love seeing job postings like this one: Release Manager. Now I’ve been a release manager (and a lot of other things), and while that particular position is really … Continue reading

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phone upgrade

Well, I finally did it. Upgraded from the Motorola TDMA phone that I’ve had for ages into the world of GPRS, Sim cards, equally poor reception at my house, and a very odd mini camera. So now I’m the owner … Continue reading

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BSG Season 2

We finally finished out season 2 of Battlestar Galatica. They certainly aren’t taking the same route as the show in the 70′s. I do admit, I’m looking forward to this October when season 3 starts airing – should be interesting! … Continue reading

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Pi? Screw that – this is the Ides of March

Yesterday was “Pi Day” – heh, ok. I never think of that, except when I read it on someone’s blog or something. But I always pay attention to the Ides of March. Larry Okamura would probably find it amusing that … Continue reading

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Uh, you mean right now?!

I went to the dentist this morning – something I have (unadvisedly) been basically blowing off for nearly two years. They were happy to see me, and I really like them – you know, it’s just the usual dentist (er, … Continue reading

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it was the size of a baseball?!?!

Wow. The midwest certainly took a pretty significant beating! We got a call from the family in Columbia, and they survived with relatively minimal damange it sounds like. Although in this case, relatively minimal means a baseball sized piece of … Continue reading

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The bookstore kicked my butt

Sure, I thought… I’ll just go downtown with Karen and grab a coffee at the little cafe in Barnes and Noble and browse around. I’d been SO good recently, not buying anything from the bookstores, resisting all possible temptations. Today … Continue reading

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tablet interfaces

Reading through my RSS feeds this evening, I scanned across the entry There Is A Mass Market For Tablet Computers at Bagelturf. Not even sure who it is, except that whomever started writing about programming in Cocoa, so I put … Continue reading

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UMPC and the failure of the UI

Maybe failure is a strong word… wait – yeah, it is. I meant it to be. I followed (along with a huge number of other folks) the whiplash of tech hype for the project called Origami (good name, btw). And … Continue reading

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chalk on pavement

Every now and then you can find of those guys that does the amazing chalk on pavement drawings. And then today I spotted this guy’s pictures on the Internet. Wow! I wonder if we can get him to do some … Continue reading

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