Category: Ablog

Originally posted 2010-04-02 16:09:57 I buy books, but I swear I could quit any time. The bookshelves in my home swing low like telephone wires, topped with books perched like crows wing-to-wing and two-deep...

Originally posted 2004-08-23 10:34:33 Here in the US, OnStar is running a radio ad trumpeting the power of their flagship service. This system allows motorists to press a button inside their vehicles while they...

Originally posted 2005-06-30 08:57:37 I awoke this morning chilled. I finally discovered that my window was ajar–no wonder the street sounds penetrate so fully. I’d never thought to check that–only a moron would open...

Originally posted 2006-02-18 17:38:39 I went to a different T-Mobile store yesterday, and found that same mystery phone that’s not yet available. This time, however, I got a name, and Google found me some...

Originally posted 2007-05-09 18:18:17 Like any typical company, the place where I work relies on Dell/Windows/Outlook/Office for all internal computing needs. Even our Unix sysadmins run Windows XP on their desktops, though they hurriedly...

Originally posted 2007-11-17 02:37:34 Last Thursday I attended the inaugural meeting of RubyJax, the new Ruby users group in Jacksonville, Florida. I drove straight from work and strode into the meeting wearing a golf...

Originally posted 2010-04-09 16:37:48 On Christmas 1981, our parents gave my brother and me our first computer: an Atari 400. I was in 7th grade and my brother was in 8th. My parents really...

Originally posted 2004-08-25 06:29:03 My 10-year-old son, Tyson, decided he wanted to learn how to make web pages. I bought him a book, which directed him to Netscape Composer, and I showed him how...

Originally posted 2005-06-30 14:10:19 Last day. I woke up at 4:30 AM, packed my bags, read awhile, then headed to breakfast: pancakes at Mel’s Diner. The General Session belonged to James Gosling. He was...

Originally posted 2006-03-11 03:05:08 Just found this site showing sidewalk chalk art that seems legit: Impact Lab – Amazing 3D Sidewalk Art Photos. Looks like an amazing amount of work for something so impermanent–how...