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Ironmen
I’m now back from Tempe. I had a blast this weekend at Ironman Arizona, and it was inspiring, too. In addition to the challenge of swimming 2.4 miles, riding 112 miles and running 26.2 miles, the athletes endured wind and heat as well. When the race started at 7am it was beautiful. Sunny and calm. [...]
Xoopit For Gmail
One of the things that I love about Gmail is that its so packed with features that it seems I’m always learning something cool about it. Archiving emails, labels, secure connections, filters, forwarding… I’m always learning new cool stuff about my inbox. That’s pretty hip, in my humble estimation. This morning I found out about [...]
Introducing Maximus
For the past few months The Green Dragon (my 1991 Honda Civic hatchback) has been running worse and worse. It started with running hot (not overheating though) while in traffic. Next was difficulty starting. I’d have to crank it for ~5 mins before anything happened. Right about the time that I’d get angry enough to [...]
Internet Music
I’ve been listening to a lot of music lately. In Rainbows is still in heavy rotation, and I still strongly recommend it. I’ve been listening to a lot of internet radio, too. There are a couple of cool options that I thought I’d share here. Last.fm has been a favorite for a while. You can [...]
Burt Rutan Speech
In the process of doing some research for a project on campus, I came across this speech that Burt Rutan made back in Feb of 2006. Rutan has been a hero of mine for a long time. This speech is pretty encouraging, and exciting. I don’t agree with every single point that he makes, but [...]
Bring Radiohead to the 2008 ACL Festival
There was talk a couple of years ago about Radiohead being the ACL festival headliner. With a new release a tour has to be soon to follow. Its time to revive this conversation. To the ACL festival planners, please get Radiohead to headline the 2008 ACL festival! If you agree with me, post a comment [...]
In Rainbows
This afternoon I downloaded Radiohead’s new release In Rainbows. Its only available for download through their website. You get to pay whatever you want for it. And oh my freaking gosh is it awesome. Its exactly the blissfully melodramatic rock that you’ve been craving. You know how you loved The Bends and went crazy wanting [...]
BlackBerry
For the past several months I have been shopping cell phone providers and deals. My contract with Verizon expired so I’ve been a free agent. With Verizon, every time you sign a new contract you get a deal on a new phone, but what I wanted was a plan that includes web & email access. [...]
Shark Attack
I am mesmerized by this clip. I’ve watched it a hundred times on TV (its from Discovery Channel’s Planet Earth series), and now I’ve watched it a hundred more times on YouTube. The force of this attack, and the shark’s tail whipping around are just stunning. Sharks are such beautiful creatures. I hope you like [...]
Festival
You already know that we went to an Austin City Limits taping a week ago. The ACL festival happened to start the very next day so we had four nights in a row of great live music. The 2007 ACL festival wasn’t as great as other years that I remember, but it was still pretty [...]