Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted under barcelona. | 2 Comments »
Here's a poster at a food stand at the airport in Barcelona. This says volumes about the Spanish palette. It's at the airport - in departures, where the truly adventurous might ... Read more..Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted under books. | No Comments »
I've just finished the final volume of George Orwell's Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters (that link is to volume 1). I don't have anything much to say, but thought I'd include ... Read more..Sunday, March 23rd, 2008 Posted under barcelona, me. | 3 Comments »
I was just awakened, at 1:30am, by a series of prolonged and heartbreaking female screams. Beyond any doubt, a bag snatching. I suppose there are many reasons one might scream in ... Read more..Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 Posted under tech. | 8 Comments »
I've only got so much time a day to read blogs, Twitters, etc. With blogs I find that I tend to try to keep up with those that post at a ... Read more..Sunday, March 9th, 2008 Posted under tech, travel. | 1 Comment »
Here's an iPod vending machine I just passed on Concourse A in the Atlanta airport. It also offers a variety of other audio components, like headphones from Harman Kardon and ... Read more..Sunday, March 9th, 2008 Posted under companies. | 1 Comment »
Back in November I wrote some comments on Mahalo in an article titled The Mahalo-Wikipedia-Google love triangle. I just read Jason's comment that they're staying up late to make a Mahalo ... Read more..Sunday, March 9th, 2008 Posted under me, other. | 1 Comment »
My good friend Emily used to try to get me to write more. We had to find a way to turn it into a competition to get me to do ... Read more..Saturday, March 8th, 2008 Posted under books, me, travel. | No Comments »
A few more rambling thoughts. I'm wearing glasses today, for the first time in 6 years. It's really really weird. They're "progressive" bi- or tri-focals. It turned out one of my ... Read more..Saturday, March 8th, 2008 Posted under me, travel. | No Comments »
I've spent 5 nights, soon to be 6, at the 500 West hotel in San Diego. On the left is a sign they have next to the elevator. I love ... Read more..Friday, March 7th, 2008 Posted under me. | 6 Comments »
I have about ten things I could blog about today. Hopefully I wont. I think I'm going to go out and make an impulse purchase a bit later. Can something be ... Read more..Friday, March 7th, 2008 Posted under tech. | No Comments »
I gave my ETech talk on Wednesday afternoon. The Keynote presentation and a PDF of the slides are online. This was my second presentation made witk Keynote. It took me quite ... Read more..Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 Posted under books, me. | 1 Comment »
I read more of Orwell over breakfast. Specifically, the As I Please articles from December 13 and December 20 1946. A brief excerpt from the latter: The whole point of Christmas is ... Read more..