It’s been a week since I got my BlackBerry Tour (for cheap) and I’m getting used to it. There’s lots to notice, but here’s the highlights: The good The keyboard is nice. It’s easy to peck away at and lights up when dark. The camera takes good pictures. With 3.2 megapixels and autofocus, it’s light …
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Two years ago, I signed up for Sprint’s super-cheap SERO plan. For $30 a month, you get 500 minutes, unlimited texting and unlimited data. They’ve since discontinued the plan, but as long as you have it, you can continue to use it. Many of the newer high-end phones aren’t allowed (such as the Palm Pre …
I reached 500 Facebook “friends” today. My first thought was “I have 500 friends?” Really, for not being that social of a person, it seems impossible that I could know that many people and share a real mutual liking with them. Of course, it is impossible. I don’t have 500 “friends”. I have 500 people …
Audrey turns 2 tomorrow. It’s hard to believe. While it’s exciting to see her learn and grow, there’s one thing we’ll miss about her being under 2 – flying for free. It’s a perk we’ve taken advantage a lot and not just when we lived on the West coast. I was curious how much we’ve …
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I keep reading stuff about most engineers being too stupid to understand how to program threads. I don’t get it. I never used threads until I started programming in Java 10+ years ago and it seemed pretty easy. You create a new thread, let it do some stuff and join() on it if you want …
The other night I was awake at 4:30. I’m not sure if it was the pattering of rain outside, the occasional car or the heavy breathing of Audrey I could hear from all the way down the hall. Whatever it was, I was awake and not settling easily. Then I heard a noise that was …
A few random things: I hate Quiznos I’ve never really liked Quiznos. They always seem to do something weird to the sandwiches and I end up regretting going there. Last week I went to Quiznos and found out they were giving away 1 million free subs. Hooray! I want back and filled out the form, …
Since I wrote about the demise of LAUNCHcast, many people have written panicked comments about losing LAUNCHcast and all their ratings. While I can’t help with LAUNCHcast, I can assure you that all the ratings will be preserved on Yahoo! Music. Better yet, I now have a way for you to download all your ratings. …
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What we did this weekend: Inflated the tires on the jogging stroller Moved a very heavy treadmill from the 3rd floor to the basement – at midnight, no less. Assembled an elliptical machine without instructions (they were missing). Installed Linux about 4 times, finally settling on Mythbuntu Installed a rather large mirror in the living …
In April of 1999, I left Microsoft, 1 year and 1 day from when I joined. I had the bug to create something new with online radio. Todd Beaupre and I were shoved in a conference room in Santa Monica. Six months later, we introduced the world to LAUNCHcast, the customized and social online radio …