2010-10-31
2010-10-30
| 07:55 |
Where is everybody? Only 25 hours to go! http://plixi.com/p/53583009 |
| 08:24 |
In line at the Capitol. As long as I'm in town... |
| 09:06 |
I got 20 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 10:54 |
At the Air & Space Museum. Just got a book signed by a Tuskegee Airman. Talk about living history! |
| 11:11 |
Eastern was my first airline. http://plixi.com/p/53619616 |
| 11:43 |
I was wrong. First flight was on National, not Eastern. |
| 12:18 |
Enjoying a Häagen-Dazs smoothie. Probably really bad for me, but I don't care. |
| 12:21 |
@JustaSunGod You never sounded better, Lee. |
| 15:19 |
@gruber I'm here. For at least a few hours, I'll be sane. We're grading on a curve, right? #Rally4Sanity |
| 15:47 |
Need sanity? There's an app for that. http://bit.ly/axFMPz #Rally4Sanity |
| 16:29 |
@RaynaRamsay No app for fear. Or surprise. Or ruthless efficiency either. #obligatoryPythonReference |
| 17:13 |
Score another one for Google Maps. It pointed me to a bunch of restaurants behind Pentagon Fashion Mall. Very nice Italian meal followed. |
| 17:15 |
@jagwriter78 Thanks, Sammy. I don't get compliments like that nearly often enough. |
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2010-10-29
| 03:14 |
Awake already. Couldn't sleep; could I be excited about flying to DC? Am I not the height of rationality? #Rally4Sanity #RhetoricalQuestion |
| 07:03 |
Every time I think airport security can't get more tedious, TSA proves me wrong. Full body scanners are the latest indignity. |
| 07:13 |
One positive: rows of seats with power outlets at the gate. Not as comfortable as Southwest's seats, but very welcome. |
| 08:26 |
On the plane to DFW. Full flight. |
| 09:02 |
I got 40 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 09:08 |
Inflight WiFi used to seem miraculous. Now it's commonplace. But still pretty darn cool. |
| 09:23 |
@JustaSunGod I'm on American. Had maybe 50% success getting WiFi on their flights. Looking forward to Southwest getting their act together. |
| 09:38 |
If you ever doubted we need campaign finance oversight, here's a fine example from KY: http://bit.ly/beO8Be |
| 11:23 |
Descending toward DFW. Big questions: 1) Will I have time for lunch before my next flight? 2) Is it worth buying WiFi again? |
| 12:40 |
Guy next to me is reading Vince Flynn. Somehow I don't think we're destined to be best buds. |
| 17:01 |
I don't get it. Why is WiFi $3 more on the short leg from Dallas to DC than the long one from San Jose to Dallas? |
| 19:15 |
Hotel WiFi has FTP blocked. Too bad for them they didn't think to block Secure FTP! |
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2010-10-28
| 09:04 |
I got 14 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 10:11 |
Trying a new parking place at SJC tomorrow. It's less than half the price of long term. We'll see if I'm making a big mistake. |
| 10:16 |
@JustaSunGod I'll be there! Flying out tomorrow ayem! D'you still have the same mobile number? #Rally4Sanity |
| 11:03 |
RT @markos: You know who else demand apologies from their victims? Domestic abusers. [Not such a big leap from abuser to terrorist.] |
| 11:06 |
Conan's ready to go to court to defend Masturbating Bear's right to self-abuse on his new show. What a guy! http://aol.it/bzTmVu |
| 22:00 |
Got to visit tonight with my manager from my last job. I suspected being let go was a blessing. Sure sounds like I was right. |
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2010-10-27
| 07:17 |
Rand Paul supporter who stomped MoveOn member wore Don't Tread on Me pin. Ironic, isn't it? http://bit.ly/dfHEem |
| 09:08 |
@sandrift Which #w00tstock did you attend? I've been to two, and would do another in a heartbeat. |
| 09:39 |
Yuma County AZ Repugs claim massive voter registration fraud, are determined to be massively full of shit. http://bit.ly/cVK0AY |
| 10:31 |
Meg Whitman can't stop talking about how great California was under Jerry Brown. http://gaw.kr/bnJjn5 |
| 20:32 |
Don Imus tells Bill O'Reilly he's a pinhead. I find myself respecting Don Imus. Weird, huh? http://bit.ly/druvYR |
| 20:36 |
My first studio shoot in a month. That's way too long. Good thing the Arizona Shootout's coming up real soon. |
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2010-10-26
| 08:13 |
Snow on the mountains outside Reno. Sun is out; it'll be a much nicer drive home than my drive in yesterday. |
| 14:11 |
Heavy rains in the Sierras yesterday. Pretty dusting of snow on the mountains today. |
| 14:26 |
New manager orders my laptop. PC or Mac, he asks. ♫ "I think I'm gonna like it here..." ♫ |
| 14:41 |
Google's Eric Schmidt paraphrases George Carlin's Al Sleet, the Hippy Dippy Weatherman: "If you don't like Google Street View, just move!" |
| 15:15 |
Nielsen reports 1 in 3 iPad users have never downloaded an app. Nielsen now admits they were full of shit, it's more like 1 in 10. |
| 15:24 |
@scapersuse I don't start for two more weeks. They just like to have everything ready, including my shiny new MacBook. ☺ |
| 15:32 |
Developer puts Apple's abandonment of Java in context. Desktop Java is dead, so let's get on with life. http://bit.ly/cBhcVC |
| 16:26 |
As a vertically challenged American, I find these comments on the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tall policy painful. http://gaw.kr/akOIsh |
| 16:50 |
Owner of Gold's Gym gives $2m to Rovian group hostile to gay rights. Now who could have predicted a problem with that? http://bit.ly/bZcAem |
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2010-10-25
| 07:41 |
The Banana Jr. 9000, another obscure object of desire. I miss Bloom County. http://bit.ly/9bBAqn |
| 08:40 |
@ebertchicago To be patient & reasonable is not to be one of us, so NPR must be one of them. QED. |
| 09:38 |
Packed and ready to head off to Reno. Boomtown has all-you-can-eat lobster. But that's not why I'm going. Okay, that's a lie. |
| 10:58 |
@VictoriaDahl I loved Bosconian. Once spent most of an evening at Disneyland pumping quarters into one. |
| 14:52 |
Storms all the way from Sacramento to Reno. One car turned around, another flipped over. Separate incidents. |
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2010-10-24
| 09:32 |
Happy birthday to @grantimahara & @alyankovic. Thanks for all the entertainment, guys! |
| 11:33 |
Should not have gone into the Apple Store today. No, I didn't get a MacBook Air. But it's only a matter of time. |
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2010-10-23
| 09:28 |
Just ordered a #Rally4Sanity scarf & paid as much for shipping as the scarf. Maybe not sane, but only way to know it'll arrive before I go. |
| 09:57 |
This is why all the design awards go to Apple and not HP. Okay, it's one of the reasons. http://j.mp/d8NR1R |
| 10:56 |
SF is getting its own #Rally4Sanity. Which I have to miss, 'cuz I'll be at the one in DC. Poor me. http://on.fb.me/95PJcM |
| 10:59 |
Sears going after the zombie demographic? (I almost typed demongraphic, which isn't far off.) http://bit.ly/dzP0jI |
| 12:32 |
RT @MySears: @disorderly It's about time someone did...braaaaiiiinsss!!! [Must... shop... Sears...] |
| 13:43 |
Went to my local Apple Store a day early. MacBook Air goes on display & sale tomorrow. Sad, but think of the money I saved! |
| 15:12 |
Which is worse: when airlines are incompetent, or when they're total assholes about it? http://bit.ly/dfK1me |
| 16:05 |
Hey @TeamCoco! I just voted for #VladimirPutin to be #ConansFirstGuest on TBS November 8th! Vote @ http://bit.ly/9osqCh |
| 16:38 |
RT @ebertchicago: Urgent to Juan Williams: Photos of Muslim garb. http://j.mp/9dh8cU [Gotta love King Abdullah in his Star Fleet uniform.] |
| 16:59 |
Beware the weather penis! http://gaw.kr/9DLRir |
| 17:18 |
RT @alwayscoffee: @disorderly Hank, that Tweet just made me spit out my drink. [Then my work here is done!] |
| 19:23 |
Don't you hate it when people dial the wrong number, and then do it *again*? Guess she got it right the third time. |
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2010-10-22
| 10:10 |
Yeah, Apple, what were you thinking? http://bit.ly/anKFOW |
| 10:29 |
Business blogging for success, by my friend Tom: http://bit.ly/9BJGPV |
| 10:40 |
Actor who played Tom Ballard dies at 87. Guess the Wait is over. |
| 20:53 |
"Holy Moses, how much liquid can be in one tuchus?" I sure hope that was a rhetorical question. #tbbt |
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2010-10-21
| 06:21 |
If these crazy ideas worked, wouldn't businesses be crazy *not* to rely on them? http://xkcd.com/808/ |
| 06:25 |
What The Duck demonstrates irony: http://bit.ly/d100bn |
| 06:38 |
4th grade text in VA claims lots of black soldiers fought for the South. Scholars say bull. http://bit.ly/bdUCMI |
| 11:11 |
Hmmm... Monster.com giving me error when I try to delete job searches. Which I'm doing because I HAVE A JOB! |
| 11:38 |
New high end MacBook Air looks amazing. Want one! Wonder what kind of Mac my new employer will be getting me. Did I mention my new job? |
| 11:44 |
@ebertchicago I did! They had a special vacuum for chalk dust at PS 162, back in the early 60s. |
| 12:05 |
Guess they don't have mirrors in Glenn Beck's world. http://bit.ly/cF71q8 |
| 14:11 |
I just tried Facetime between my MacBook and my iPhone 4. It worked, but I definitely have a face for voice chat. |
| 17:43 |
@cabri No move. The new job is nine miles from here. |
| 18:15 |
Off to @SJRep to the opening of Secret Order. Which I assume is not alphabetical or Dewey Decimal or ascending height. I hate that last one. |
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2010-10-20
| 08:39 |
Christine O'Donnell: "You're telling me that (separation of church & state)'s in the First Amendment? http://bit.ly/aHgXVj |
| 09:15 |
I got it! ♪Hello income, my old friend... ♫ |
| 11:59 |
Shouldn't they call this an INaction figure? http://bit.ly/d7TlLg |
| 14:10 |
Sarah Palin endorses senate candidate, gets the state wrong. Guess she couldn't see it from her house. http://bit.ly/d479Fp |
| 15:36 |
Elvira does Christine O'Donnell: "I'm you, except with bigger tits." http://bit.ly/alAtdk |
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2010-10-19
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2010-10-16
| 06:26 |
NPR won't take stand on torture, won't rally for sanity. If you won't risk controversy, what good are you? http://huff.to/blIcAQ |
| 13:40 |
Back from a job interview. That could have gone better. |
| 16:44 |
@JustaSunGod Envious! I love Legal Sea Foods. Sorry I didn't get to one this trip. |
| 20:50 |
Word going around that Benoit Mandelbrot has left us. He revealed truth in beauty, and beauty in truth. |
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2010-10-15
| 08:12 |
Hrs to kill before my flight, so I'm driving aimlessly before getting rid of the rental. Pretty day in Lynn, MA. http://plixi.com/p/50587920 |
| 10:13 |
Forgot Legal Seafood is at Logan Airport & ate before I arrived. Dammit! |
| 12:24 |
No laptop power on this flight. Just as well that there's no WiFi either, huh? |
| 15:14 |
Flight into Chicago was supposed to be late. Instead it's early. Can't even get that right. |
| 21:01 |
In a taxi & headed for home. Big interview in about 12 hours. |
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2010-10-14
| 04:08 |
Time to get dressed, pack and head out. Leaving Vermont after a fine few days with my friend Beth. Massachusetts today, home tomorrow. |
| 09:04 |
I got an image accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 09:28 |
Finally needed my tripod, after carrying it around for a week. Treelined lane; photo soon. |
| 17:14 |
Finishing up my day with a little bottle of ice wine from Vermont. Where they know a little about wine, and a lot about ice. |
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2010-10-13
| 13:58 |
Finally got my tour of Ben & Jerry's, followed by watching apple cider being pressed. Yay, Vermont. |
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2010-10-12
2010-10-11
| 06:03 |
Off to see a pumpkin regatta, which is just what it sounds like. Those crazy Vermonters! |
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2010-10-10
| 07:23 |
Leaving cell signal-less Franconia. Heading to state #49! |
| 07:57 |
Hello, Vermont! Funny, but so far you look a lot like New Hampshire. (Especially your lack of cell signal.) |
| 09:04 |
I got 5 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
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2010-10-09
| 06:38 |
Leaving Bangor on a bright sunny morning. Next stop: Franconia, NH. |
| 13:07 |
@alwayscoffee I didn't know that. I assume you're right, as I saw a sign for the Robert Frost Museum a moment ago. |
| 13:09 |
Left Maine earlier. Now in Franconia, NH for the night, with Vermont some time tomorrow. Loving all the liquid sunshine. |
| 13:19 |
@alwayscoffee Once again I am in total awe of your feminine geekitude. |
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2010-10-08
| 04:51 |
Beautiful skies in Portland after yesterday's torrential rain. Will stop and revisit a few places before I head north. |
| 05:47 |
After the rain. http://plixi.com/p/49182593 |
| 06:47 |
Okay, that's a really big shoe. http://plixi.com/p/49189995 |
| 09:56 |
Serenity. http://plixi.com/p/49216841 |
| 11:47 |
For the record, lobster roll at Muscongus in Round Pond, ME is beyond yummy. Well worth the detour, as was the scenery. http://bit.ly/9o3O0B |
| 12:12 |
Christine O'Donnell ad, but better: http://bit.ly/cGg8pZ |
| 15:06 |
MSFT & Adobe plotting against Apple? MSFT maybe acquires Adobe? Can't find words to describe how much that'd suck. http://nyti.ms/apC6zP |
| 15:48 |
At a restaurant called the Muddy Rudder, sampling blueberry wine. It's a lot better than you'd think. |
| 15:50 |
BTW, there's no AT&T 3G in Bangor. How does Stephen King stand it? |
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2010-10-07
| 06:43 |
♪ The rain in Maine for tourists is a pain... ♫ |
| 10:52 |
Starting to see why someone would live in Maine. Even in the rain, there's a beauty to the place. Bet I'd hate the winters, though. |
| 12:04 |
Unmarked helicopter & armed troops raid school, find tomatoes instead of pot. http://bit.ly/cpUT8t |
| 12:25 |
"People worship what they don't understand." Duh. And water's wet. (About Apple & innovation.) http://bit.ly/a49Ufn |
| 14:57 |
The downside of dealing with models: getting stood up. At least this time there's no expense except to my pride and/or dignity. |
| 18:45 |
Just back from dinner with friends Suzy & Gary. Memphis BBQ in Maine? Nice break from all the lobster! |
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2010-10-06
| 06:11 |
On the road toward New Hamster. Today's destination is Portland, Maine, my 48th state. |
| 09:12 |
Arrived in Maine. That's 48 states if you're keeping count. http://plixi.com/p/48884917 |
| 11:27 |
Having my very first lobster roll. Why, oh why, did I wait so long to visit Maine? |
| 11:29 |
BTW, fall colors being most cooperative. Just need to find better vantage points. |
| 15:54 |
Just tried out the massage chair in my hotel room. Wasn't expecting a kind of Spanish Inquisition. |
| 16:54 |
Had a lobster roll at lunch. Having lobster bisque with dinner. You may notice a pattern developing. |
| 16:57 |
Very clever iPhone app. CurrentTemp puts the temp in its icon, updates hourly using push notifications. |
| 16:59 |
@hezmanagirl @cabri You are both correct! |
| 17:08 |
@scapersuse One of my favorites, ever since I had it in Belgium many, many years ago. Texas de Brasil in Vegas does a good one too! |
| 17:53 |
@Rally4Sanity I'm really going! Got my flights and my hotel and everything! Well, maybe not *everything*... |
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2010-10-05
| 08:58 |
Waiting for my ride to the airport. Still a half hour to go. Have I mentioned how much I hate waiting? |
| 09:59 |
Every journey begins with a single step. This one begins with a shuttle ride to SFO. |
| 10:55 |
Signs at SFO say there's free WiFi here. They lie. |
| 11:13 |
Potential employer wants to schedule 1-1 interviews when I get back. Guess my presentation went okay, not that I had any doubts. |
| 12:20 |
Waiting to board my American flight. Makes me appreciate Southwest all the more, and I'm in First Class! |
| 18:43 |
It's wet and dark in Boston. When can I go home? |
| 20:36 |
I'd forgotten how stressful driving is around Boston. Homer the GPS found some truly weird roads to get me to the hotel. |
| 21:22 |
@lomara Lucky! Been to 2 w00tstocks, & I still envy anybody who gets to one I'll miss! |
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2010-10-04
2010-10-03
| 15:54 |
RT @paulandstorm: [P] PTERADUCKTYL #syfymovies [More like Donald or Daffy? My vote's for Daffy.] |
| 21:14 |
Packed. Laundry done. (Yes, in that order.) Still 36+ hours before I head east. I hate waiting. |
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2010-10-02
| 07:00 |
Interview in a few hours. I am not going to psych myself out over it. Just be cool, and impress the heck out of them. And wear pants. |
| 09:03 |
I got 14 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 12:51 |
Waiting for the crowd to gather and the inquisition to begin. |
| 14:43 |
Interview's done. Now we play the waiting game. (Waiting game sucks! Let's play Hungry Hungry Hippos!) |
| 14:55 |
@CarolynCrane The line is from The Simpsons. But it's a real game: http://amzn.to/cR7gb7 |
| 15:30 |
How many people think Rick Sanchez will blame The Jews for his swift departure at CNN? If only we had that kind of power at Fox. |
| 18:19 |
If you're a Big Bang Theory fan, you should follow @billprady. If you're not a fan, WTF is wrong with you? |
| 20:29 |
Christine O'Donnell flunked out of Hare Krishna? It there some hare-brained scheme she hasn't tried? http://bit.ly/aURvbF |
| 20:30 |
No truth to rumor Christine O'Donnell too weird for the Hare Krishnas. So make sure you tell that to everyone you know. |
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2010-10-01
| 09:07 |
I got 31 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 10:07 |
A friend pointed out that The Flintstones' first and Howdy Doody's last broadcasts were 50 years ago today. That's significant. |
| 10:08 |
I got to see Buffalo Bob Smith during his Howdy Doody Revival appearance at my college. A nice man who related to old kids as well as young. |
| 14:09 |
At LAX, with two hours to kill before my flight home. WiFi won't let me in, dammit! |
| 15:28 |
Security alarm has been warping my brain for several minutes. TSA on a break? |
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