Now that’s what I’m talking about …
Hello, Sun! Yesterday was worse that just rainy, we had a couple full-on squalls and downpours. Mary and I drove up to La Jolla during one of the breaks and looked around at the beaches and incredible houses. We also drove to Balboa Park and the Zoo, but the rain and at that time was pretty hard to take so we didn’t get out and explore. We spent most of yesterday afternoon going in and out of shops and restaurants in the gaslamp district. Today … who knows!? We’re only here through the mid-afternoon. We’ll see what we can find Read more…
La Jolla, CA.
Awesome.
California Get-Away
We're taking advantage of some cheap airfare and hotel discounts and spending the weekend in San Diego with a couple friends! Saturday's weather doesn't look so good but today and Sunday look pretty nice. I'll post some pictures as warranted.
Chuck’s good TV
I like TV. Good scripted TV especially. I'd call Chuck good TV. Funny, witty, and fully embracing of its own hokeyness. Good old fun. (I'd reference you to Season 1 of Heroes). It's balanced pretty well between being episodic (ie, Law and Order) and advancing a central story line (ie, Lost). Despite that, know going in to it is that it's fully a boy show. Lots of guns, lots of women in lingerie. Also, its first few episodes are a little weak. Like 30 Rock, the show takes a little while to find its way. But once it does, it gets good.
Again on the iPad
With a Kindle, iPhone, and Macbook air, I'm pretty well set for on-the-go computing … for now. But this demo of how Wired magazine is designing their magazine for a tablet (note: not the iPad) is a pretty clear example of the appeal. The question I have: how long until the iPad could consolidate 2 of my machines? Already the iPhone replaced my iPod and my cell phone. 2 consolidated down to 1. And already it's clear the iPad could replace the Kindle, although I appreciate the book-like feel of the Kindle. But could it replace the Macbook Air someday and Read more…
Report from Torino, 4 years later
I've watched very little of the winter games this year. Part of that is timing with work, part of that is NBC being stupid, and part of that is sadness, because I'd really wanted to go. Alas, fortunes changed and it became too expensive. I sold the two curling tickets I'd gotten in the ticket lottery and watching the games just hasn't been as fun. 4 years ago, I wanted to make plans to go to every Winter Olympics. They are just a lot of fun. International (you'll notice some Norwegians and Latvians in my photos below), beautiful (host cities Read more…
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