November 2008
66 posts
You know it’s Halloween day in California when the neighbor boy comes over to play with your son, wearing Quiksilver flip-flops and shorts
October 2008
96 posts
why are the Word default page margins a massive 1”, 1”, 1.25”, and 1.25”? was it designed for high school report writing?
adding “lorem” and “ipsum” to my spellcheck dictionary, after all these years of red squigglies.
small slit in halloween candy bag through which i sneak pre-festivities treats has become gaping hole through which my willpower evaporates
The Eyes Have It: Potent Visuals Promote Academic... →
Interesting, although I’m not bought into the careful scripting of the teachers. It seems like education is getting more and more boxed in, in an attempt to standardize it, and losing much of the craft that defined education over the centuries.
dear orowheat: please choose a different highlight color for your bread bags. I keep thinking the green is mold.
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techno + excel = bliss, in a work sense of the word
i want an IM client that lets me visually separate multiple threads of thought within a chat; otherwise everything always gets jumbled up
repaired clothes dryer - no more deathly squeal, and clothes come out warm and toasty!
whenever i surf around with IE to get screengrabs for reports, i’m always nervous i’m going pick up some nasty drive-by thingy in my VM
New product idea (you heard it here first): caffeine in your contact lens solution
just added iPhone usability report to utilware.com
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stiff keys and mouse button + small wrist rest on macbook air = very painful hands tonight. moved back to macbook pro. much better.
found Galaxie brake problem: power brake booster check valve had cracked into three pieces. thus: nearly no braking ability. now to buy one.
still in bed at the cabin, surfing on iPhone, breakfast smells in the air, kids killing things on Halo on the XBOX
Hello cabin, it’s been a while since we last tipped a brew together.
just launched a refresh of my personal site (utilware.com) after many months of 5-minutes-here, 5-minutes-there. check it out!
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don’t like taking fluffy puppy out to pee after dark at cabin, where the bears roam after hours. any good bear deterrent thoughts?
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I think someone snuck two batteries into this MacBook Air. Battery life reminds me of the PowerBook 12” 867. Rock!
using disk rescue II to recover 148.8 GB of data that could have been lost, but isn’t
dear Microsoft autocorrect: when I type “fo”, really, it’s ok to change it to “of” for me.
uh-oh, AT&T is climbing the pole across the street. we might just lose our
There’s rock star parking, and then there’s ‘drive around Santana Row for 30 ^#+£ minutes’ parking. Meh.
gumballs with candy Nerds inside … now *that’s* a treat
feedback: “best presentation so far in this conference” & “that was really useful”
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At iPhone Developer Summit, t-minus 6 minutes until I’m up to present
playing iphone touch4 with random stranger in the USA: very cool. losing with only a few pieces left: surprisingly, even cooler.
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really enjoying PowerPoint 2003 under Windows XP, what with the muscle-memory keyboard shortcuts and crazy good speed under VMware
getting nearly zero email this weekend. what, is it *nice out* everywhere across the world today?
cleaning baked-on food off a pan using a Dremel and a stiff wire bit
