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Sep 28, 2005
Miscellaneous

Runs With Scissors

…and bananas, safety razors, and occasionally small children. But only when I’m about to miss the bus. On a serious note, have you ever tried running for the bus with a latte in one hand and your 20 pound messenger bag stuffed to the gills with b...

Sep 22, 2005
Personal Life

Vegas, Baby!

I’m heading off to Vegas for the weekend on October 7th. I’ve never had the pleasure of visiting, so it should be an interesting time if nothing else. Good change of pace to be certain. Mr. Rob Fierst was also kind enough to give me an incredible...

Sep 21, 2005
Music

Kanye' My Homie

Kanye on White People: “Actually, I do not think that (white people) are allowed to use slang until it is at least a year old. If you say a slang word too early, it’s like you’re trying to be black. So as long as the slang is a little played out, ...

Sep 11, 2005
Usability and UI Design

Raised by Apes

Jan Miksovsky is now blogging: Outlook’s IMAP driver…appears to have been left for dead in the jungle, where it was raised by apes.

Sep 09, 2005
Miscellaneous

and oh, my love, my love

You come from parents wanton A childhood rough and rotten I come from wealth and beauty Untouched by work or duty Any band that asks their audiences to scream as if they’re being eaten by a giant whale during concerts deserves mad props.

Sep 08, 2005
Usability and UI Design

iTunes 5

So, in case you haven’t heard yet, iTunes 5 kills brushed metal dead. Thank. Fucking. God. Of course, this means that I have to go back and figure out how to duplicate this for iRooster, which will be an abolute pain in the ass. Oh well. My renou...

Aug 23, 2005
Personal Life

“The Waitstaff *is* the Eye-Candy”

I hit Joey’s on South Lake Union with my friend Rob last night. I’d heard about it from a Seattle bar-hopping mailing list I subscribe to, and finally had a chance to make it in. We were only around long enough to have one drink, unfortunately, bu...

Aug 23, 2005
Music

Music

More and more, music is becoming a central part of my life. I scoured a number of used CD stores in lower Queen Anne on Sunday for new stuff. I believe I purchased a total of 11 CDs in all: everything from Oasis, The Decemberists, Death Cab for Cu...

Aug 14, 2005
Technology

Orb this, you API freak

Two cool things: Orbjust released a fairly basic API set for their software, which allows you to stream media off your home PC to any connected device anywhere in the world. ooh ooh ooh. I like being able to extend existing services :-) ...