October 2011
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January 2010
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Storm Provisions
Seemed to be a lot more people buying beer than milk in advance of the coming storm.
September 2009
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August 2009
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June 2009
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Palm Pre vs. iPhone 3G-S
Well after much consternation and second guessing myself, i’ve decided to go w/ the iPhone. My decision came down to three rational issues and one irrational one. First the irrational - I’ve always just WANTED an iPhone. Due to good old phone subsidies and 2 year contracts I couldn’t pull the plug and make the buy. But i have always coveted them and I couldn’t get over...
Palm Pre Review
I’ve had a Palm Pre for 2 days now trying to decide if this is the next phone for me, or if I will follow the crowd and go w/ an iPhone. I am a 6+ year AT&T customer and on my 3rd generation Treo, so I am somewhat of a Palm devotee, but I am also a Mac user, so my allegiances are torn. Here’s what I’ve found so far.
+ Form Factor, Form Factor, Form Factor. The device form...
April 2009
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March 2009
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GrandCentral - Unfied Messaging Done Right? →
I’ve had a Grand Central number for a couple years. I got an early Beta invite (don’t remember how). I played with it, but could never switch over to to GC as my only phone number. There were two major flaws.
SMS support - If I gave out my Grand Central number as my main/only number, it wouldn’t accept SMS. Looks like Google Voice has solved this. Yeah! (This is no smal...
February 2009
2 posts
My desk drawer will be empty. →
Gone is the old nokia, motorola, palm, sony-ericsson rat’s nest of wires.
Dilbert on Startups
In his blog post yesterday, Scott Adams (Creator of Dilbert) talks about Quality following Popularity. He gives some interesting examples from the entertainment world of products (shows) that weren’t that good to begin with (poor quality), but were given enough time to grow an audience (popularity), and eventually improved their product. Adams provides a two part litmus test on whether or...
January 2009
1 post
Choices Narrowed for First U.S. CTO - BusinessWeek →
Somehow I missed this. I commented to several friends back at the time of the election that I thought it was time for a Cabinet level CTO-like position. With so much of our economy based on technology, and the importance of the internet in business and consumer affairs, it makes sense to me to put technology on the same footing with Agriculture, Defense, Environment, Labor, etc. I’m...
December 2008
2 posts
Vote for CrowdSpring →
I’m a big fan of CrowdSpring. I used them to source the design of the Pointomatic logo. Please vote and help out a startup win some helpful cash!
November 2008
18 posts
OH the perks of working from home… Cranking Green Day and a having a beer at 5:00 while working on screenshots. Oh yeah. We used to do the same thing at Pinpoint. ;-(
“Welcome to Moe’s” - Still music to my ears, after all these years.
13.1 miles. 1:42:26
Enjoying Kitty Hawk NC, 1 day before the OBX Half/Marathon.
Why is there a barred owl hooting in my yard at 4 o’clock in the afternoon?
“let us ask ourselves — if our children should live to see the next century; if...”
– this was my favorite line of the speech. we must look forward, never back. we have a leader now who knows that.
Transcript: ‘This is your victory,’ says Obama - CNN.com
(via fred-wilson)
Stewart and Colbert taking control of the rhetoric. Much needed relief.
I’ll have a double.
I sooooo much want to be a Blue State. Come On!
lizzy dole. done!
Er..going for a run in the cold rain.
Goin’ for a cold run in the rain.
: Glad I voted early. Looks like lines are gonna be bad today.
Picking up take out @ THAI Shirlington. thai takeout is always an adventure.
Just saw W land at the white house via helicopter.
Flag is flying over the white house. Think i’ll go say bye bye to W and Laura.
Checking out the Enola Gay and a Blackbird SR-71 at the Smithsonian. Cool!
Lame cover band ‘Yoko says No’ in Arlington VA.
Halloween ‘08 is in the books. Not too bad a haul.
October 2008
45 posts
: High on fumes from the floor refinishing…gotta get some fresh air…
Floor sanders are here. It’s gonna get LOUD!
First frost of the fall in Chapel Hill this morning. Feels like Halloween.
My Note to Senator Dole...
I don’t know what came over me this AM, but after reading the paper for the last two days about Elizabeth Dole’s attacks on Kay Hagan, I was fuming during my run (good motivation). So I came home and fired off this note….(I should have taken a bit of time to edit, but this was stream of consciousness frustration).
Dear Sen. Dole, Your recent campaign tactics attempting to...
“ Just landed in nyc. Wtf?? It’s freezing here!!! Hey, could be worse....”
– Lance Armstrong Tweet (@lancearmstrong, 10/28/08)
What a difference a day makes.
I should drink more hot tea…it’s a nice change of pace from the coffee habit.
Alfredo’s Pizza ‘buy one get one free’ - the perfect birthday party menu.
TGIF - Run, desk work, Lunch & errands, more desk work, 7 year old birthday party. At least there’s that to look forward to.
Hey, isn’t the World Series usally played about now? Who’s playing this year? <crickets chirping>
: Enjoying wifi and coffee at Camille’s @ Briar Creek. Not a bad spot to get some work done.
Our new kitchen door and windows just arrived! Starting to get excited about the new kitchen. Fingers crossed we’ll be done by Dec. 15.
Checking out @twys tweet what you spend. Probably a good idea these days.
Political Dashboard - 2008 Presidential Election... →
Just placed 2nd in my age group in a 5K. In the money! Woot!
: showing rachel how Twitter works.
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Off to Estes Hills Elem. For lunch w/ Mrs. Clapp’s 2nd grade class, then i’m ‘Mystery Reader’ with Ms. Coleman’s 4th graders.