Last weekend I was literally wading around in poison oak. In shorts. There were huge walls of it in Sierra Azul. Once it started getting scary, I liberally applied TechNu and then again later in the day. Once I got home I took a good shower. Tuesday (poison oak day) came and went and I’ve …
Lately, I’ve been writing a lot of blog entries (mostly on my Treo) and I’ve got ideas for a bunch more, but I haven’t had time to edit and post them. I think that plague that’s been circulating around work has finally caught up with me, so I’m vegging out at home and let’s see …
Man, I love Amazon. It’s not that the site is easy to use, loads quickly, has great wishlist functionality, and ships virtually everything for free. It’s that you can save a heck of a lot of money if you do it right. Last week, I decided that I no longer wanted to be the last …
In 1997, Bill Gates made a visit to Barnes and Noble. He wasn’t buying books, he was visiting with the guys who ran BarnesAndNoble.com. After that meeting, they switched from their Solaris-based platform to Microsoft servers. I was working at Firefly in 1997 and Barnes and Noble was our current big customer. To keep our …
Video on the net is always iffy. When I’m in interactive mode, stopping to sit and watch a tiny video is hardly worth it. Lately I’ve found a few which are worth the effort: Sacramento TV News Report on Geocaching If you still don’t get Geocaching (or know someone else who doesn’t), this video is …
I love working at Yahoo!, but it seems lately that Yahoo! is creating more and more reasons not to do work while I’m here. There’s the free, very nice gym for one. Personally I’ve never stepped foot in it, but lots of people do use it. They offer classes in yoga, aerobics, volleyball tournaments, and …
Dear Fry’s Electronics, I would like my $3.24 and 45 minutes back. Yesterday I went to your store in Sunnyvale. All I wanted was a male-to-male DIN-9 null modem adapter so I can connect my GPS to my Treo. That’s all. Since you’re THE nerd haven, carrying everything from resistors to deodorant, I thought of …
I’ve visited 52% of the U.S. States. I counted ones I’ve driven through, but not ones I’ve flown through. create your own visited states map
I think that if I wasn’t married, I’d starve. The other day I decided to have some fish sticks. Fish sticks. Just stick em in the oven for a few minutes and eat them. I put them in, then came back later to find them rock-hard. Overcooked. The french fries I made with them were …
You can never be too prepared in the 10th safest city in America. After a recent distressing incident, I decided it was time to arm myself. So if anytime things aren’t bending your way, I’m now your gun for hire. Especially if you need something heated to 760 OR 920 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s right, I …