Good afternoon, world! The heatwave has passed and it's a gorgeous day here in NY! The weather finally came to a showdown last night with spectacular thunderstorms and wind gusts up to 70mph. There was a moment when our electricity died for a split second...
Continue readingA shot of my toys at the office:From left to right: Spud Trooper, Artoo-Potatoo (with a hologram version Princess Tater by his side), and Darth Tater. Notice the gray rock on the bottom left. This stress toy is one of the gifts my company gives out at conferences. It is a rock that says "CS Rocks!" (Get it?) It's surprisingly one of our most popular items. I gave a bunch to J and supposedly they're very popular at his office too. Back to the Potatoheads. I'm thinking of adding two more to my collection. The first is Optimash Prime:The second? Taters of the Lost Ark:The latter one plays the theme from Indiana Jones when you press on his fedora. What do you think? Would they make nice...
Continue readingI read this on Dooce today and I just had to share. In a guest post by Sarah Brown (of Que Sera Sera) titled The Three Best Bits of Relationship Advice I've Ever Been Given, advice #2 states: 2. From Maggie Mason: "When I was single, I decided I wouldn't marry a man unless I could be proud if we had a son who turned out exactly like him." This can apply to men as well - don't marry a woman unless you could be proud of you had a daughter who turned out just like her. How true. ...
Continue readingNew York is in the midst of a heat wave. How did the temperature go from 60 to 90 overnight? Where was spring? With record-breaking temperatures comes mass transportation delays, school closings, and the delightful eau-de-NYC-summer. But my mind was on other things yesterday. Actually, the minds of many geeks and Apple fanboys were all on one specific event from the hours of 10am-1pm PST: the WWDC keynote address. The major announcements: Mac OS X 10.6 is called "Snow Leopard" and will be more evolutionary than revolutionary, as predicted. .Mac will switch over to .Me (again, as predicted) and will host mobileme, an "Exchange for the rest of us." The second generation of the iPhone will be released on July 11, with the iPhone 2.0 software available then as...
Continue readingBetween suffering from a cold (in June!), working on a new website (to be unveiled soon), and checking out Plurk (check me out here), yours truly has been tremendously busy in the past week. But here they are - my favorite web items of the week! Battle of the best: Which prevails - Lakers' offense or Celtics' defense? ESPN. I called it three months ago - LA and Boston to the finals. Game 1 tomorrow night! Go Celts!!! According to this article, history slightly favors the defense...
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