Most cameras sold today have some sort of movie mode. They take decent movies with sound, but what about if you had the camera turned on its side while you took the movie? None of the programs I’ve see that handle photos will rotate movies like they rotate photos. I was trying to show my …
Last weekend we were lazy, settling back in after vacation. Our goal was to do something more active this weekend. After getting up a little late, we looked for a place to hike that we haven’t been to before. Our answer: Mt. Diablo. When you drive around the Bay Area on a clear day you …
Last week I was on vacation this week at my parents’ lake house in New Hampshire. Since I was a kid, a favorite evening pastime has been to catch turtles. Around dinner time, scores of cute little painted turtles (about 6″ long) would pass by, poking their heads up out of the water ever so …
“If you are what you eat, my cat is made entirely of cat food.” “Even in a big pile of crap, you can often find some corn.” “2GB is the modern equivalent of a 1.44MB floppy disk.” “What’s another word for 4 product managers?” “An engineer.” (I kid, really 🙂 )
Not that I ever had an old favorite airline, but I had a fairly good experience on Continental during our vacation to Hilton Head Island, SC. We booked our flight from San Jose to Savannah using accumulated Northwest miles. Free flights are always good. We were surprised on first flight from San Jose to Houston …
The Red Sox have been winning lately, but they seem to be running out of pitchers. They have 4 on the disabled list: M. Clement SP Jun 15 15-day Right shoulder strain K. Foulke RP Jun 12 15-day Right elbow tendinitis D. Wells SP May 27 15-day Right knee soreness L. DiNardo SP/RP May 22 …
At 2 pm today I sat down to watch two sporting events – The final match of the World Cup on TV and the Boston Red Sox vs. the Chicago White Sox on MLB.TV. My baseball game is tied and they just keep on playing. Six hours later we’re in the 19th inning and still …
This is the Yahoo! t-shirt I wore today: Another LAUNCH shirt Remember the shirt from June 6? Well this one is the inverse. It’s a bit tattered and somehow I got an XL, so I’m floating in it, but hey, it was free. Rating: 3/5 Acquired: 2000? So that’s it for my Yahoo! t-shirts. I …
This is the Yahoo! t-shirt I wore today: Yahoo! Shopping 5.0 Last week, realizing I was running out of shirts, I began trolling the office for more. I found this one leftover from the Yahoo! Shopping 5.0 launch last fall. Yahoo! Shopping helped us a lot in building Yahoo! Tech. Rating: 3/5 Acquired: 6/2006
This is the Yahoo t-shirt I wore today: LAUNCH soccer jersey Running out of shirts, I asked Anne to go through her closet and see if there were any I gave her. She came out with this one, which I don’t remember ever seeing before. The shirt is black (1 strike), has retro styling (2 …