Ubiquitous Computing getting closer?
Today has been an active tech day, with Microsoft and Palm both showing off some surprising products. I loved Palm back in the day, and I got my Handspring Visor when they first came out in high...
View ArticleWeekend fun
Hello all! I’ve been twittering rather than posting and now it’s time to come back to the fold. Two weekends back, Kat and Josh came up for a wonderful visit. They had planned on spending the majority...
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WWDC Keynote
Well, I watched Gizmodo’s live blog of the keynote (bad video available here) and overall I wasn’t too impressed. I don’t know, I figured there would be a much bigger revelation than Safari on Windows...
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Weekend Photos
Here are some fun Lamborghini photos from after the Byron Nelson. Lamborghini of Dallas was at Southlake Town Center for something or other. The details aren’t important, the car porn is. And, as...
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Crepes for U
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Oh Sweet Irony!
For those of you who have been following the NSA/AT&T (err, at&t, there, now it’s a different company) fiasco, I bring you a wonderful ad that crept its way into Google Reader this afternoon:...
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Lasers!
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Pre show from house center
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Angela and me at the show
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Birthday Fun time explosion, with welts
Admittedly, this is coming a bit late as my birthday was almost two weeks ago. However, it’s high time that I finally write about it! Angela surprised me with tickets to see Paula Poundstone at Bass...
View ArticleCrabby Old Sensationalism
I enjoy Facebook. Ever since KU was added as a school, I have been a happy member of this social network. It has allowed me to keep in contact with friends old and new, correspond on coursework, and...
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On the exit door
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Don’t You Evah Threesixtywii?
It was bound to occur again. 360 #2 bit the dust while trying to play what evidently is the most taxing task for the console – watching a DVD. Poor Big Labowski, you had to be watched through my...
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Angela and jabber relaxing in the bedroom
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Conference Fun
If you’re wondering why it’s been so long since my last post, I blame work. We are just a couple weeks outside the end of the 2 year project I’m on and we’re tying up all the loose ends, finishing our...
View ArticleSpooky sync
I’m sitting here at 7:45, still in the office, waiting for an implementation to finish. It’s largely moving data from a legacy system (that we’re sunsetting) to our new system, so as the progress bar...
View ArticleSpoon + New Pornographers
Caught the Spoon/New Pornographers show Friday night at HOB. I really don’t like this venue overall, but the gear was good so I couldn’t complain about the sound. It’s just very boxy and the balcony...
View ArticleChilly Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving week is usually fairly dead around the office and this year was no exception. I was fortunate enough to get Thursday and Friday off, unlike Angela who has been keeping people...
View ArticleLies, damn lies, and the press
In a widely run story, a teacher was wrongfully detained in Sudan after her students named a class teddy bear “Mohammed”. Absolutely ridiculous, to be sure. Some facts about the recent rally: From the...
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Laziness can be productive
I listen to a lot of music blogs. In my laziness, I found the Hype Machine to save me the trouble of downloading the tracks individually. They turn music blogs into nice, happy podcast RSS feeds. This...
View ArticleOur House on Google Street View
Google launched new cities for their very awesome Street View last week and DFW made the release. If you haven’t seen it, online or in person, Google contracted a company to drive up and down...
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Merry Christmas
Just wanted to write a quick post wishing everyone a Merry Christmas. Angela and I went down to Austin to spend time with my family and got back last night. Angela posted all of the photos in the...
View ArticleSecurity Question
Saw this come through in a tweet from Jeff Atwood and loved it. Check out the link, it’s a short but good read. Security Question by Ramon Rozas III. He strode forward, weaving amongst the students....
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Air rumors were correct!
Want. Badly. This is the replacement laptop for my old, aging 12″ Powerbook. Now I just need some cash :).I’m amazed with the thinness of it. It’s really too bad the SSD option doubles the price of the...
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Evolution of note taking
I have horrible handwriting as anyone who has worked with or received a note from me can attest. When we are young we are taught how to write uniform characters at about 1″ heights. To this day, this...
View ArticleStill Life
Last night, Eric and I saw Cloverfield. I left the theatre quite indifferent to it, but after letting it all soak in I’m a fan. Yes, the handicam cinematography got old in the middle of the film, but...
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View from office
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View ArticleTime to Breathe
The past month has been so hectic that I’ve neglected this blog. Angela has been keeping things documented so well over on her site that I haven’t been pressured into posting. Last month we took a...
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Pickle cicles. Not kidding.
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Reunions
The past two weekends have been jam-packed with excitement. Two weeks back, we went up to KC for Cathy’s graduation, Mom Chao’s birthday, and to catch up with the gang. Angela, of course, documented...
View ArticleThree Days of Birthday
Angela really overdid it. Honestly. In the end, I’ve had a wonderful three days of being spoiled. On Thursday night, Erin dropped by on her trek to KC. This led to some good Isis/Jabber time and...
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As seen at b&n
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Camouflage fail.
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Almost attacked by a turkey at work.
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AHHHH! I’m afraid of the coffee!
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3 (or 4) day weekend
Lately, Angela and I have been toying around with the idea of going back to school. It seems like a good time to do it, but it leads to more questions than we have time to answer – namely, what to get...
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git and Corporate Proxies
Recently, the eXPlainPMT project migrated from svn to git, hosted over at github.com. This gave me a great opportunity to quickly learn git, especially considering that I had commits I wanted to...
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Casino Royale
Pics from the UNTHSC Casino Night held at the Fort Worth Zoo are below. We had an excellent time blowing our fake cash on roulette. Why roulette? Because it was freaking impossible to find an open...
View ArticleStormy Consolidation
I’ve largely abandoned my blog over the past six months, but I haven’t neglected twitter, so I don’t feel too terrible. With that said, I found something cool I wanted to share. The new Palm pre has a...
View ArticleFixing Hibernate/Suspend in XP
My (boo urns) work Dell D630 was recently upgraded to a whopping 2GB RAM, which is paltry by today’s standards, but what are you going to do? Anyway, ever since then, XP has refused to hibernate or...
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Jumping into Brewing
I love beer. That’s really the only motivating factor to this endeavor. My friends Dave and Kent have been homebrewing for years, but I have only been talking about it and enjoying their tasty brews....
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2nd Fermentation
Just a quick post today. I’ll continue to update it throughout the week as the 2nd fermentation continues. Last night, we transferred our baby beer into the carboy where it will live until next Monday,...
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Coffee and Beer
I love coffee just as much as I love beer. Combine the two, and I can’t help but love it more. You can sleep when you're dead! After a night tasting Real Ale’s Coffee Porter at Ginger Man, Rick, Ethan...
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The Journey to All Grain Brewing
After cutting our teeth on several extract and mini-mash brews, we decided to take the plunge into all-grain brewing. What the heck does that mean? When you brew beer, you need four things: grains,...
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Pisco Sours, Bull Fights, and Skulls
As Angela has been posting, we’re currently in Peru with my MBA trip. Right now, we’re staying in Lima doing company and cultural visits. It’s really been an excellent experience getting to see in...
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