01.27.05
Posted in Generic at 9:37 am by Randy
Mark talks about how he loves to create, but can’t stand the upkeep…
But when my friends starting saying things like, “You know this reminds me of my pa’s corn fields back in Iowa” or “I could swear I saw a pair of eyes staring back at me when I looked into that prairie behind your house”, I got the message …
Every time I look at my house (front yard, back yard, garage, driveway, kitchen, bedroom(!), living room, office, etc.) I know exactly what he’s talking about…
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Posted in Generic at 9:18 am by Randy
Taken in October, 2004. Ellie is very much accustomed to mugging for the camera. Occasionally though, she give a very natural expression, and reminds me of how cool my kid is…
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Posted in Generic at 9:01 am by Randy
I woke up this morning, checked my phone, and the phone network said “Cingular” instead of “AT&T Wireless”.
So, it’s done. AT&T Wireless is officially gone. I’ll probably never see those friendly words appear on my phone again.
I have to say that I’ve been reasonably happy with AT&T Wireless over the years, and I can only hope that my experience will continue under the combined company. The only bump in the road is that two months ago, we called them to discontinue our data plans (since neither of us use it). Trouble is, the charges still show up on our bill, to the tune of an extra $50 a month for something we don’t use.
Ouch.
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01.25.05
Posted in Generic at 8:08 am by Randy
Did you know that the biggest difference between making red & white wines is that with red wine, the skins are in the “mix”, as it were?
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01.23.05
Posted in Generic at 10:41 am by Randy
Taken mid-December of last year. Ellie was dressed up for her Christmas photo, and expressed her opinion of being made to mug for the camera.
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01.17.05
Posted in Generic at 2:34 pm by Randy
If you haven’t heard, Nick Ciarelli is currently lined up in Apple’s legal crosshairs for publishing details of unreleased products in advance of the MacWorld show that wrapped up last week in San Francisco. Matt Rothenberg puts it nicely:
While I’m ethically opposed to “outing,” I’m glad Nick has taken this step voluntarily. It makes it easier for me to acknowledge that I’ve had the pleasure of corresponding with this prodigiously talented young man since his middle-school days and that I have every confidence in the standards he maintains when reporting Mac news.
On the other hand, I’m less certain about Apple’s standards in light of its apparent desire to see First Amendment rights limited to print magazines and large media companies.
“Full” disclosure: I work for an “architectural competitor” to Apple. I leave it as an exercise for the reader to guess which one.
Not that I think it has bearing on this particular story, because this has more to do with whether a company can sue the pants off of someone who has a claim, however tenuous, of being a journalist (even if he’s only published on the Internet). It also sits as an legal indication of the status of what a blog can be. Is it just “fooling around on the Internet”, or is it the “journalism of the 21st century”? If it’s the latter (and I personally hope it’s true), then Apple should not prevail in it’s trade secrets-oriented lawsuit, or at least Mr. Ciarelli should be treated with the same regard as a journalist.
If you feel as I do, go sign a symbolic, but likely ineffectual petition for Nick’s “freedom”.
OK, I’m done with the soapbox routine for now…
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01.14.05
Posted in Generic at 5:26 pm by Randy
I just wasted $1 at a vending machine in my office. I bought a horrific-ly bad plastic baggy of mushy gummy bears. I won’t grace this purchase with the word “Gummi Bears”, as I associate that with something completely different.
The trouble is that there’s no texture, no tooth, to these miserable confections. A fine gummy bear is like pasta al dente: it should resist you biting the head of the little see-through bear, but only a little…
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01.13.05
Posted in Generic at 8:55 am by Randy
Just saw that my buddy Mark has started his own blog, partly at my urging, and I believe partly because he has a keen interest in both writing and getting his work published. Both of these things I see blogging can facilitate, if you don’t let it derail you.
Anyhow, good luck to the man, and read his writing (when he gets around to posting it). I’ll link to him pretty consistently, if only for the fact that I lunch with the man almost daily.
Ah, friendship.
On a slightly different note, Blogger’s email blogging capability is teh SUXX0R right now, entries that I sent by email took more than 24 hours to post. I’ll probably think of something else to blog while away from my desk…
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01.11.05
Posted in Generic at 10:10 pm by Randy
When does a mid-life crisis happen?
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01.10.05
Posted in Generic at 8:50 am by Randy
Taken one late spring morning in 2003 on the way to my job in Sausalito.
At that time, I was riding my motorcycle up Interstate 280 each day, and the seat would make my butt hurt something fierce. Luckily there is a rest stop just about at half distance that I could pull over and walk around for 10-15 minutes to stop my tailbone from screaming at me.
On this particular morning, this bus was parked at the rest stop. It was covered from top to bottom, stem to stern with semi-religious, quasi-prophetic text, and it struck me as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I only got a few pictures taken before I spooked the occupants and the bus drove off…
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