October 2008
92 posts
known spammer tells me many companies are beating down his door to sell their user’s data. you know what they say about desperate times…
“Character is destiny”
– Heraclitus
via Tim
convinced poor iPhone battery life is more feature than bug. must charge while I eat with the fam instead of stealing attention mid-dinner
love talking to @kallij. kid can move seamlessly between kids speak (tight!) to thoughtful conversation on the election and environment.
$63 to fill up today vs. $97 a month ago. agree with @timoreilly that this is a recession driven dip.
mohamed is giving me the hard sell on obama during my drive in this morning. his pitch: “everybody like him”. hmmm, good point…
WatchCan you guess what has my house all a flutter since Friday. This one is chocked full of the LOLz.
via AMR
if you thought napolean dynamite was weird you should see what jared hess does for a halloween party.
collapsing into a cab after 3 really great days meeting many new and old friends.
dodged a 3hr layover on Oahu. Kona bound!
grass skirt- check. coconut bra- check. dignity- just can’t find any room for it in my bag.
upside- getting upgraded for my 6.5 hr. flight. downside- stuck next to a chatty human ashtray. summoning my aloha spirit.
PSA: the next few days will be filled with attempts at Hawaii related humor and sprinkled with gratuitous name dropping. you’ve been warned
basking in the glow of a really great day.
the irony of a guy at the gateway wearing a BYU shirt while pulling a drag from his cigarette isn’t lost on me. go cougs!
dancing to joy division with the wombats for my print, sign, fax, wire ritual today: http://bit.ly/1dvrBQ
12 hrs to move data to my new MBP. liking the new hand gestures more than I thought. still not feeling the design at all. looks like an HP.
Let’s Dance to Joy Division by The Wombats
really digging the new GetSatisfaction feedback widget. every company should have one: http://getsatisfaction.com/widgets
the kids watched star wars for the first time this weekend now james earl jones is filming his new flick across the street. coincidence?
the only consolation for starting my week by cleaning puke off one of the carpool kids is that I’ll be ending it on a hawaiian beach.
getting a tour of the subprime meltdown. based on the number of boats, RVs, and fancy SUVs in driveways main st is overrun with morons
found the BYU/TCU game on in a bar at OAK. which is convienient ‘cause this game may drive me to drink.
just noticed that tom perkins’ “maltese falcon” yacht is parked just down the street from my office
carol reminded me that it’s national bosses day and that observation of it was at her sole discretion.
need to turn on the lights when doing my hair before this early morning flight. cameron diaz’s do in somthing about mary has nothing on me
not feeling the design of the new MBP at all. but, I need a new laptop, so I’ll probably buy one. steve jobs, I wish I knew how to quit you!
direct messages and facebook mail are an executive assistants worst nightmare.
it’s really humbling to hear and witness the kinds of sacrifices entrepreneurs make to build thier companies.
happy valley is taking on a whole new meaning as I’m buzzing on fumes in one of Mozy’s freshly painted conference rooms.
Random, I’ve been invited to speak at a NanoBioCleanTech conference “because of your expertise and opinion on these crucial topics”. Huh?!?
cranked a song the carpool kids hated. they retaliated by screaming at the top of their lungs for 10 min straight. kids: 1, snarky dad: 0
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very special saturday for our newly minted 8 yr. old.