Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 31st, 2008
Things in my life that require cooling aren’t having a very good month. First my MBP fans break, now the water pump went out in my truck (so I think). Coming back from San Antonio yesterday, the engine was running a couple marks hotter than usual. As I went to Rob’s later that night the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 28th, 2008
Hoooray, five days off! I don’t think I’ve been off this long with the new job yet.
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 26th, 2008
wann.net news ticker Sara Boberg sets standard for new idealized girl … Zagg invisibleSHIELD is a must-have for all iPhone owners … CCNA test got considerably more difficult over the past eight years … loopt, twitter, clouds, kites, social networking is hard … iPhone is great device for looking up lodging while on the road […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 22nd, 2008
Also, State of Texas, County of Travis, City of Austin Dear Prospective Juror: You are hereby summoned for jury service as set out below: I’ve never been summoned for jury duty before. Three people have told me they wished they got it. I don’t look forward to it, since it’s right in the middle of […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 21st, 2008
I want to cock-punch whoever thought it was a great idea to use CamelCase in wikis, and wiki authors who still support it. How are you supposed to have an easy-to-read, attractive document when you have things like ThisIsAPage, TeamNotesOnPresentations scattered about? That is all.
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 19th, 2008
Incidentally I did some shopping this weekend and took advantage of it being a tax-free weekend for clothing. I upgraded from a pair of basic black roper Justin boots I’ve been wearing for the past month (after I had just broken them in) to Lucchese full quill ostrich boots. The comfort is an order of […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 16th, 2008
I didn’t realize it until the other day, but when I first moved to Austin, I was watching the Olympics then too. My television was just a bit smaller, and I have since repurposed the milk crates.
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 15th, 2008
A short visit to the Apple store tonight and now I have a new iPhone with a working speaker. An iPhone with sound! It’s a whole new experience all over again! While at The Domain, I parked next to a Ferrari. Later, Alex tells me this was a 456, of which there were 3,289 were […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 12th, 2008
I finally made up my mind to buy an iPhone this week after being convinced to flip through the app store. I decided there’s probably enough useful apps that I’d actually use to make it worthwhile. Foolishly I hit up a few AT&T stores on Sunday and discovered they were all sold out. This morning […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 1st, 2008
Ever turn look at the back of a new $20 note and see the scattering of “$20” in the background? Turns out there’s a specific reason and arrangement for it. This week’s interesting wikipedia find: EURion constellation. A pattern of five tiny rings on bank notes which imaging software picks up on to prevent counterfeiting.
