2011-04-17
11:53 |
Doing battle setting up a new receiver. This shouldn't be that hard. But it is, not least because it's a little too tall for my shelf. |
15:59 |
I have won out against my new receiver, aside from it not fitting into the cabinet (yet), and not bothering to connect cassette or VCR. |
19:55 |
@jennakimjones I'll pretend to have missed you if you'll pretend to care, m'kay? |
21:02 |
So Jesse Jackson rags on the iPad because of all those Barnes & Noble jobs we lose to China. Howl at the tides for all the good it'll do. |
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2011-04-16
07:28 |
I don't think they liked it. Reviewers give Atlas Shrugged a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score: 0% positive. http://huff.to/h5Rsjr |
08:45 |
Stunning. Only 38% of Repugs would support an anti-birther. Polling places need to require a test for shitheadedness. http://bit.ly/hC0rHt |
09:45 |
So proud of the Dems. By voting "present", they let House Repugs hoist themselves on their own petard. http://bit.ly/dW9SDK |
10:11 |
Pat Buchanan says Trump's no racist, and what higher praise is there than that? http://tpm.ly/ekqy6m |
19:05 |
This is the best review of Atlas Shrugged there could ever be. http://on.io9.com/gTi0tc |
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2011-04-15
15:14 |
If cell phones cause cancer, why are rates of associated cancer decreasing as cell phone use increases? http://bit.ly/fBKOfY |
15:15 |
@billprady So what have we learned? MobileMe is awful, and everything else is much worse. |
15:46 |
"There are people who take Ayn Rand even more seriously than comic-book fans take 'Watchmen.'" - @ebertchicago http://bit.ly/hMsrB5 |
19:56 |
I guess Obama 2012 has really begun. Got my first fundraising call this evening. |
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2011-04-14
07:17 |
Damn MSFT. Told me to download 200MB update to Office 2008, which it now refuses to install. Points me to website, which has no answers. |
09:08 |
I got 28 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
09:54 |
A bulletproof clipboard, for staff meetings that get seriously out of hand. http://j.mp/hMtReb |
10:20 |
I know it's juvenile & wrong, but I can't help laughing. http://bit.ly/ejnHOd |
10:58 |
Sitting in a staff meeting listening to torrential rain. Finally, something interesting. |
12:11 |
RT @paulandstorm: [S] Politico headline: "GOP Not Sold On Obama Speech. In other news: "Dog Doesn't Want Bath". [Yeah, I'm shocked too.] |
12:19 |
If you liked this: http://bit.ly/ejnHOd, how can you not enjoy this? http://on.io9.com/fzbTKr |
13:34 |
@cartalk Even though auto mechanics everywhere claim instead to be ambulance-chasing lawyers every time we say it, #ThisIsNPR |
13:42 |
I love my job. #NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement |
14:15 |
I'm going to a Meetup with Palo Alto Champagne and Wine Meetup Group http://meetu.ps/RTLM |
16:00 |
A CEO Asks ‘What Have Unions Ever Done For Us?’ | MoveOn.Org http://t.co/UZbgYOj via @AddThis |
21:14 |
Watching @StephenAtHome apply Ben & Jerry's ice cream to a woman's armpit. Truly a new low in tasty, I mean tasteless television. |
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2011-04-13
2011-04-12
08:15 |
Photography truth from What The Duck: http://www.wtduck.com/strip/1207 |
09:08 |
I got an image accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
09:29 |
@reduced I'd be interested in ebooks, although getting them autographed might be a problem. |
10:01 |
@reduced It depends. Do you want to be an impulse purchase (price low) or protect paper sales? If the former, no more than $5. |
10:11 |
RT @paulandstorm: [S] A Field Guide to Sidekick Pets http://bit.ly/eBny1R [Admirable Web geekitude.] |
13:52 |
Weird. Today I got email & text message from AT&T that my Microcell has been activated. But that happened month ago. Weird, huh? |
14:17 |
I'm going to a Meetup with Bay Area Fine Art and Fashion http://meetu.ps/RwTK |
15:10 |
@annvosspeterson Depends on whether the tax doing will lead to a payment or a refund. |
16:44 |
Christopher Hitchens critiques the 10 Commandments and offers a better, more rational, more compassionate set. http://bit.ly/h4DWNb |
22:04 |
There's nothing funnier than watching Stephen Colbert laugh himself silly trying to deliver Republican talking points a la Fox News. |
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2011-04-10
08:55 |
Repug Senator John Kyl wants you to know his remarks about Planned Parenthood were "not intended to be factual". http://huff.to/gJEih1 |
09:05 |
I got 4 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
15:16 |
Just finished listening to @SteveMartinToGo read his book Born Standing Up. A fine serious work about a seriously interesting life. |
15:18 |
Now listening to audiobook of Talk Me Down by @VictoriaDahl. Is it a problem that I know how it turns out, having heard the 2nd book 1st? |
20:31 |
TiVo guide has the 1940 Pride & Prejudice on E. Instead of Greer Garson we get Keira Knightly. What a mistake to make. |
21:09 |
Took a little drive out to San Luis Reservoir on a particularly pretty day. Or was it Photoshop? http://flic.kr/p/9xg6Nx |
21:16 |
@cabri Much as I like Photoshop, I'd rather enhance the reality I find than fake it. But others may choose otherwise. |
21:27 |
@cabri I try to get it as good as I can in camera, and then fix in the image what I can't change in life. Getting better at PS all the time. |
22:10 |
Ah, serendipity. Googling for Red Rock Canyon near Vegas I discovered a small Red Rock Canyon near Mojave in California. Must visit one day. |
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2011-04-09
07:09 |
David Mamet's Lost Masterpieces of Porn: http://bit.ly/eg2mfM Something tells me this isn't authentic. |
07:14 |
It's not often I feel prescient, but getting my taxes done (& refund received) early was an excellent plan in retrospect. |
09:07 |
I got 20 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
09:35 |
Would Best Buy use iPad 2 as bait in Bait & Switch for other tablets? (Is water wet?) http://fun.ly/eq1o |
10:09 |
Leadership is about right decisions when things go wrong. Southwest is a leader in more ways than I knew. http://on.wsj.com/gloal4 |
10:44 |
"Fuck You. Pay me." Good advice on dealing with clients. http://vimeo.com/22053820 (Via daringfireball.net) |
11:36 |
Audiophile gear maker has a Schiitty name but the best FAQ I've read in a while. http://schiit.com/schiit-faq/general-questions/ |
15:34 |
@mariancall I'd say sell it as a double album. If that's the way you envisioned it, that's how we should buy it. |
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2011-04-08
09:08 |
I got 18 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
09:18 |
I never owned an Atari 2600, but now I have a ton of 2600 & arcade games on my iPad & iPhone. Geek nirvana thanks to Atari's Greatest Hits! |
15:26 |
Today at work I spoke truth to power. Felt good, and I'm still employed. We'll see if it does more than feel good. |
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2011-04-07
08:27 |
Listening to tech demo at work. Want to die. Or kill. That would work too. |
09:42 |
Farmers vs. miners, or how the financial markets distort software and every other kind of company. http://tinyurl.com/3hn76ph |
20:00 |
If you haven't seen the trailer for When Harry Met Sally 2, watch it. Now. I'll wait. http://bit.ly/hJ4bfe (You're welcome.) |
20:08 |
Just planned a road trip to Crater Lake for July. After two previous attempts, maybe this time I'll actually see the lake! |
21:54 |
@counternotions What about Harry Chapin's Taxi? That had a sequel. |
21:55 |
Oh, @MythBusters! How I have missed you! |
21:59 |
@counternotions And Snoopy vs. The Red Baron had a couple of sequels. |
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2011-04-06
08:25 |
Mike Huckabee, defender of transparent government, destroyed all 12 years of his records as AR governor. Paranoid much? http://bit.ly/fNSq9n |
10:13 |
Article in OSNews repeats the now discredited tale of the Osborne Effect. OSNews: http://bit.ly/i3jHDK Rebuttal: http://bit.ly/e041Ho |
12:16 |
Huh. Jerry Falwell's Liberty University got more Federal money last year than NPR. Bigotry beats balance, I guess. http://bit.ly/ffhqyd |
14:18 |
Hey, @SJRep! Answer your damn phone! |
14:25 |
Finally got through! Bought my ticket for @reduced Sports at @SJRep in June. Umm, just how risky is it to be in the front row for this one? |
14:26 |
Also bought a ticket for One Man Star Wars in July, also at @SJRep. With that title, how could I not? |
21:28 |
HD video. DVD or Blu-Ray. 2GB memory. It's... a Commodore 64? http://bit.ly/gn3wm4 |
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2011-04-05
2011-04-04
06:42 |
I briefly considered buying a ticket for the Charlie Sheen #winning tour when it got to SF. But sanity prevailed, as it occasionally does. |
16:18 |
An iPad stand for those too retro to use an iPad: http://bit.ly/fTLqYK |
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2011-04-03
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2011-03-31
16:28 |
Scott Adams says his incendiary post was a parody. Scott Adams desperately needs to work on his parody skills. http://bit.ly/ecfJxG |
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2011-03-30
05:56 |
Beginning the trip home. Car returned, headed to the terminal. Too darn early, but you knew that. |
06:23 |
The WiFi is free, and the slot machines are silent. Morning at McCarran. |
09:04 |
I got 7 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
09:18 |
Just landed on San Jose. Wait for my bag and then head to work. |
10:04 |
Back at my desk. Feels like forever, when it's really been just three days. |
10:25 |
BTW, Vegas TSA sent me through the metal detector instead of the full body scanner. Guess there are some things they don't want to see. |
13:20 |
Android is open, and open is better. Except when it's Google, which can't be open and still beat Apple. http://bit.ly/hkr3ys |
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2011-03-29
09:31 |
Last day in Vegas. Where shall I go & what shall I shoot today? |
12:34 |
Finally finished listening to How To Read The Bible. Fascinating book, and devastating to anyone who takes the Bible as the Word of God. |
12:36 |
Now listening to Born Standing Up, Steve Martin's biography of himself as comedian. |
16:04 |
@wilw Comment that seems to be relevant but is in fact completely incomprehensible. #howisthisunusual? |
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2011-03-28
08:20 |
Off to check out a ghost town. |
14:35 |
Remind me never to set foot in CT again. (State Trooper assholery.) http://bit.ly/en8cyp |
14:47 |
Killing time before a show @ LV Hilton. This involves beer. If I had less time to wait, it might involve gin instead. |
14:48 |
@lomara Wish I were there. Want to see/hear her again. |
15:22 |
@lomara Maybe a little. I'll make sure to catch her next time she's in the Bay Area. |
18:20 |
German band in German restaurant is playing Edelweiss. I like it. Or maybe that's the hefeweizen talking. |
18:23 |
Forgot how much fun we used to have in beer halls in Germany. No travel in this job, dammit. At least not yet. |
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2011-03-27
18:08 |
FIrst solo visit to Red Rock Canyon. No other photographers, no models, no nudidity (theirs or mine). |
18:12 |
First photo stop was Mt. Charleston. Somebody forgot to tell them that spring has sprung. http://plixi.com/p/87182944 |
18:13 |
Second stop was Red Rock. Quite the contrast, wouldn't you say? (Can't put two photos on one tweet? Really?) http://plixi.com/p/87183166 |
18:17 |
Scott Adams of Dilbert fame is a dick, and not in a good way. http://jezebel.com/5786019/dilbert-creator-deletes-misogynist-rant |
18:26 |
@GeeCarl I used to pretend to be an engineer. Some of us know how to think of women as equals even as we lust after y'all. |
18:30 |
@GeeCarl Good for you, and even better for him! As for Adams, he was a lot funnier before he started taking himself seriously. |
19:15 |
Waiter at Carnegie Deli told me I look like Richard Dreyfuss. Usually I get Spielberg. |
21:07 |
Principal shuts down school newspaper for accuracy. Or something. WTF was he thinking? http://huff.to/hAb479 |
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2011-03-26
06:55 |
New iPad accessories! Wooden Smart Cover: http://bit.ly/clFK6i Compact Flash card reader: http://bit.ly/dLs38T Want 'em both. |
06:57 |
Via @thinkgeek, this: http://j.mp/i5UqoP only makes sense after you've seen this: http://bit.ly/8gOZXi |
08:07 |
@annvosspeterson @VictoriaDahl Congratulations to you both. Couldn't happen to nicer people! #RitaGH |
08:11 |
Newt: Obama did what I demanded; that couldn't have been more wrong! http://bit.ly/gRJe2q |
08:17 |
@annvosspeterson Yeah, me too. Hanging out among all you writers is a great time. Darn this day job and its limited vacation! |
08:18 |
@annvosspeterson I'd like that. Where will RT be in 2012? |
08:28 |
I new Rebecca Black's song sucked, but I didn't know it was ripped off Dylan: http://bit.ly/ij90v9 |
09:30 |
I'm going to a Meetup with Bay Area Fine Art and Fashion http://meetu.ps/Nq9s |
09:46 |
@VictoriaDahl You know, you could always drop into conversation that you've changed your mind... |
09:49 |
@alwayscoffee Great minds and all that. That must be it. @VictoriaDahl |
09:56 |
Love listening to the Angry Mac Bastards podcast. So furious! Make me seem calm and sane by comparison. http://bit.ly/eURiYT |
10:25 |
Yet another way to help Japan through the crisis: Songs For Japan on iTunes. All proceeds to the Red Cross. http://bit.ly/hFsZOM |
10:42 |
"RIM has 2 CEOs and 3 COOs. Why expect straight answers from a company that can’t even decide who’s in charge?" http://bit.ly/gcziSf |
11:01 |
I guess it's not just good for a Repug politician to be a bigot. It's practically mandatory. http://wapo.st/e2ENA8 |
13:39 |
@alwayscoffee You do realize that thanks to you and @VictoriaDahl I've had to completely reevaluate my concept of ladylike behavior, right? |
13:42 |
Should leave for airport soon. Problem is I'm already there. #WayTooEarly #BigSurprise |
16:08 |
Flight delayed somewhere between 5 & 25 minutes. Wish they'd stop changing the number; I'm getting dizzy. |
16:29 |
On the plane. Looks like a full flight. Friday night to Vegas? Who'd have thought? |
19:20 |
Flight was uneventful, drive to hotel was pretty stress-free. Now I'm in my room and thinking about dinner. |
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2011-03-25
05:38 |
Google: We're not evil & too big to fuck with anyway. Judge: Doesn't make what you're doing right. *slap* http://bit.ly/dTAZeV |
10:12 |
Wingnut declares 1st Amendment only applies to Christians. So wrong on so many levels. http://tpm.ly/e37rmy |
11:43 |
What's up with Apple Mail's Insert List command? Is there really no way to end the list once you've started? Help and Google are no help. |
17:18 |
Someone's writing a sequel to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? This just might not suck. (The original book isn't so hot, BTW.) http://bit.ly/g9owtz |
17:34 |
@neilgrayston a very happy birthday, Neil. Now get to work and give me some new Eureka, okay? |
19:24 |
Okay, all packed. After work tomorrow I'm off to Vegas. Might take a photo or two while I'm there. |
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2011-03-24
08:08 |
For Conservatives, where they stand depends on what they taste. http://huff.to/fr6bzd |
08:54 |
On a web conference. Somebody put us on hold, complete with Raindrops Are Falling on my Head hold music. |
10:42 |
RT @GeorgeTakei: Former SNL star Victoria Jackson thinks Glee is turning boys gay. I think Victoria Jackson more to blame for that. [Hee!] |
11:59 |
Via @KeithOlbermann, NY Times obit of Liz Taylor comes from beyond the grave. http://bit.ly/g4l6Ld |
15:17 |
"Who could have guessed, 42 years later, that [Billy] Graham’s son would be even dumber and more racist?" http://bit.ly/h1cyyL |
19:40 |
Netflix Instant introduced me to Ctrl. http://bit.ly/gWcm2m And Ctrl introduced me to Cat Jahnke. http://mysp.ac/gm4jNM Serendipity rocks. |
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2011-03-23
08:54 |
@iPhoneAlley Macintosh SE. Loved that little machine. |
11:20 |
Mitt blasts Obama for being nuanced. Only among Repugs could that be seen as a weakness. http://wapo.st/eztPka |
11:53 |
My biggest iPad 2 complaint: with the black leather Smart Cover, I have trouble telling the front from the back. Keep putting it on wrong. |
12:06 |
When I tweet about iStuff, I get Free iStuff spam replies. Which is stupid (okay, stupider), since I already have the iStuff I'm tweeting. |
12:53 |
Judge rules against Google's massive copyright land grab for unclaimed works. Fascinating reading. http://1.usa.gov/hJ24uw |
18:41 |
My main reason for heading to Vegas this weekend is a no go. So all I'm left with is, it's Vegas. Oh, and I desperately need a change. |
18:50 |
@WendyHembrock I really need to invent something good to not tell. The truth is so darn boring... |
19:53 |
I'm slightly relieved to discover that my Netflix Instant problems aren't just me. Thought my DSL had gone fluky. http://engt.co/eIg2BH |
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2011-03-22
06:54 |
RT @jakonrath: @BarryEisler Walks Away from $500,000 Deal to Self-Publish. tinyurl.com/4zbgczt” [Not all revolutions involve guns.] |
09:21 |
RT @iPhoneAlley: Worst part of the AT&T/T-Mobile merge = No more Carly Foulkes. [Now that would be a tragedy.] |
09:23 |
@VictoriaDahl @alwayscoffee I admit to concern about the level of interest @jakonrath shows toward @BarryEisler's testicular fortitude. |
09:26 |
In honor of the first day of spring, I bring you Spring Surprise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEuIrJTzD28 |
11:17 |
One more reason to avoid Best Buy: roving bands of rabid DirecTV salescritters threatening to gnaw your bones. Makes me long for Fry's. |
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2011-03-21
16:27 |
Catching up with old TV shows on Netflix Instant. Somewhere between Better Off Ted & The IT Crowd is my employer. |
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2011-03-20
10:05 |
@seanbonner @gruber Accidental exposure is a danger; intentional exposure is assumed to be controlled & safe. A natural wrong assumption. |
13:43 |
I picked a bad day for running errands, although the downpour has since dropped off to a moderate rain. |
14:08 |
RT @reduced: Is your Blackberry not working? This diagnostic video might help. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAG39jKi0lI [Insightful!] |
15:38 |
If you despise Rudy Giuliani as much as I do, you'll get a huge laugh out of this: http://bit.ly/fV3tSM |
15:39 |
RT @SethMacFarlane: According to box office returns, Mars does not in fact need moms. [Oh, snap!] |
16:39 |
I wonder: If a state passes an anti-sharia law, would that outlaw halal markets & restaurants? What public interest would that serve? |
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2011-03-19
06:34 |
Right elbow hurts something awful. Strained it go-karting yesterday. Wonder how long the pain'll last. |
08:32 |
"I’m beginning to think the GOP is so paranoid about “Sharia Law” because it's too Liberal." - @KeithOlbermann http://bit.ly/e8HPNi |
09:07 |
I got 6 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
09:38 |
@Hazaka @KeithOlbermann Who says you have to understand something to oppose it? Not the GOP, clearly. |
09:54 |
@Profikiskery Grand Old Party. So where's my ten bucks? |
09:56 |
@Profikiskery Funny how you can *know* something that isn't true. Didn't need to Google it. |
10:55 |
@tesmith99 @keitholbermann Glad to know that I exemplify *something*. I had my doubts. |
11:12 |
Ticketmaster emails me about the Charlie Sheen LIVE tour! Train wreck, anyone? Tempting. http://bit.ly/eu6qNy |
11:15 |
My first Twitterbomb! I quote @KeithOlbermann, he RTs, & now my iPhone's buzzing like mad. Feels kind of good, actually. (TMI?) |
11:19 |
@MonicaKaye Front, but off to the side a bit. Nice of you to ask! |
11:27 |
Tornado warnings on the San Francisco Peninsula? What fresh weather hell is this? |
15:45 |
RT @Molly23: I asked, and Chipotle delivered. http://yfrog.com/h231249429j [Now that's customer service!] |
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2011-03-18
11:07 |
Presidential poll finds Charlie Sheen's a more viable candidate than Sarah Palin. You can't make this stuff up. http://gaw.kr/dFAMWm |
12:18 |
Funny; I just bought one of their apps this morning. (Panic donates to Japan relief.) http://bit.ly/hjMFhp |
14:09 |
Go-karting with my coworkers. That's some hard work! |
17:03 |
A medley of Simpsons songs. Cool. http://www.tvsquad.com/2011/03/17/the-simpsons-songs-medley/ |
17:54 |
Just completed an employee survey. Honesty is to be encouraged, but I may have been a leetle *too* honest. |
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