xkcd is a total winner today: Tape Measure #
Not an iPhone
I’m usually awake a little bit later than Stephanie (case in point), time I spend reading online, blogging, winding down, etc. This is all possible (in bed and in the dark) thanks to the perfectly minimal illumination of a single…
If I were a character in The Simpson’s
And don’t forget me as a Southpark character. I love these things. You can make your own here. You know you want to. And the best part is, they’ll actually export it to a jpeg for you! Nice touch. Via…
Sounds like Pétanque
Not only did we see a dance show and a movie last weekend, we also spent most of Sunday in Golden Gate park playing Pétanque on the 100th anniversary of the game. Before I met Stephanie (well, Stephanie’s dad) I’d…
How to fix Eye of Gnome’s photo orientation in Ubuntu Feisty
After upgrading to Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, I discovered that Eye of Gnome (v2.18.1) no longer displayed vertical photos imported with Edgy Eft (or before) vertically. This seriously cramped my photo-reviewing style. Curiously, Nautilus didn’t break a sweat: Taking a look…
Illuminated fog
Panorama of San Francisco taken from Treasure Island
IKEA SODA
IKEA steal of the day: the SODA carafe (aka decanter) with funnel and filter. Handmade for only $15! I couldn’t resist picking up a cheap Cabernet-Shiraz blend at Target to test it out. Ikea and Target in the same day?!…
DIY portable chilled water
Brita On Tap Filtration System, $30 Rubbermaid 2.25qt covered pitcher, $3.41 Nalgene 16oz HDPE Narrow-Mouth bottle, $5 Total initial investment: $38.41. Yearly filter cost: ~$60. Drinking guilt-free bottled water: priceless. So recently I read on Boing Boing: There have been…
How to prevent dropped ssh connections
In honor of Ken Snider (sysadmin at FM, though more famously the much lauded sysadmin for Boing Boing), who told me how to do this. One of the biggest annoyances I experienced after moving over to Ubuntu was having my…
Small is sexy (and smart)
I’ve been seeing this cute new car around town. Turns out it’s the Toyota Yaris Liftback, appropriately named because it looks like it was just lifted straight outta Europe. It’s really small, which is always a boon in the city.…
Thinking ahead (about real estate)
A 10% down-payment on a $500,000, 2 bedroom condo is $50,000. Saving that much would require putting away $1041 a month for 4 years. 4 years away feels like a very long time. But in 4 years I’ll only be…
Collectible thumbnail icons
Seeing this on my desktop makes me immeasurably happy: Graphic from Small is sexy (and Smart) It’s kind of like a Matchbox car. For grownups. Maybe I should make some more.
Looking at The Hayes
So we got this flyer in the mail advertising something called “The Hayes.” Turns out it’s a new complex going up at Page and Gough, which is strange because it’s actually a few blocks south of Hayes. The front of…
Tomorrow I’ll be in North Carolina for one day only
Tonight I’m flying to North Carolina with Stephanie to attend the wedding of friends Abe and Kathleen in Carrboro on Saturday night. We’ll be flying home Sunday afternoon. I think this is probably the craziest, shortest trip I’ve ever taken.…
UNC, lookin’ good
Common knowledge to those of you in Chapel Hill, but for everyone else, here are three glimpses of Carolina. On Saturday Stephanie and I walked through campus after lunch with Christy and Patrick. We started at the post office and…
Abe and Kathleen got married
Here’s Kathleen and Abe all gussied up for their wedding. Beforehand we met up with Christy and Patrick for a little caffeine to ensure we’d make it through the night. This is actually the best picture of me and Stephanie…
The obligatory plate of North Carolina barbecue
For lunch on Sunday, Christy and Patrick agreed (without much arm-twisting) to accompany us out to a very important meal: North Carolina barbecue. It was looking a little hairy for a moment when I discovered that my first choice, the…
To be wired or not to be wired
Joy and Kyle contemplating a road trip: But here’s the thing: We plan to be completely wired the entire time. As long as there will be cell phone coverage, we will be on the Internet and e-mail. We may even…
This is what happens when your co-worker orders miracle fruit
Miracle fruit is a small red berry that masks the sour taste buds, making lemons and limes taste sweet like candy. Andre ordered a bunch online and so we pulled together a collection of the bitterest and sourest foods we…
Vespa road trip, uh-huh
Yesterday Stephanie and I took our first Vespa road trip. We headed further up 101 than either of us had been before (on Vespas), getting off on CA-1 towards Stinson Beach. Though we’d planned on spending time at Stinson, we…
I’d like my midlife crisis now, thank you
Screw down payments, this is one hot car. I saw one in Sausalito, you know, by the Maseratis. A little unpractical at $40k, I suppose. FWIW, it’s 161.9 inches long, putting it between the Hyundai Accent and the VW GTI,…
I love this headline: Hackers Working [day and night] to Unlock iPhone #
I just discovered THE most amazing thing: The Cheese School of San Francisco #
All hail our new HVGA overlords #
If you like horses and you like balls: Horseballs #
Me elsewhere on the intarweb: Dinner last night with Bora and friends #
I was looking for a picture of a beaker on Flickr and instead I found this (and Matt Haughey where I learned what a “meat beard” is (no not this meat beard)) #
Awesome: Dramatic Chipmunk T-Shirt (ah, Saturday on the internet) #
Totally awesome: The branding of terrorism #
LOL: The farmers have retaliated by slaying gnomes and arranging them on the ground to spell out the URLs of their gold-farms. #
Fun watch: architect-designer Christopher Deam discusses his modern take on the classic Airstream (also see: If I had $49,066…) #
Neat and icky: Eyeball Pincushion #
This is crazy great: The Web in 1994 (man, YouTube + blogs = gold) #
Ha! For most of this year, Bush has been mired in the low 60s, unable to sustain any negative momentum. His team tried everything – mounting a hopeless surge in Iraq, botching the immigration bill, standing behind an Attorney General any other administration would have left for dead. #
It’s been official since July 2, but now it’s really official. Stephanie is a Author Remnant Engineer! Congratulations and bisous! #
Possibly the best thing ever? Traveler’s Phrase Book T-Shirt (or potentially very stupid) (via Melanie) #
Silly Sausalito: Wake The Fuck Up Coffee #
Ick, this photo made me cringe: San Fermin Festival #
This looks radical: 10,000 B.C.[E.] #
Disappointed in Geico: “A GEICO Platinum MasterCard is required to enroll in the Recurring Premium Payment Plan. No other credit cards are eligible.” LAME. #
The publisher has no balls: The Mini-Penis Scandal
I would like to form a company to implement all the projects that other companies turn down out of fear of impropriety. #
This is why democracy is awesome: GOP candidates fear Iraq war fallout (it’s just SO DAMN SLOW sometimes) #
animated gif of the day: homer simpson #
LOL: Today’s interview is a first for Engadget in a couple ways: we’ve never talked with an executive whose company doesn’t actually make or sell something, nor have we talked with anyone whose technology is theoretically infeasible. #
Wireless VGA, yummy: Plextor Wireless Projector Adapter (at $277 it’s a little pricey though) #
Oh dear: Neocons on a Cruise: What Conservatives Say When They Think We Aren’t Listening #
Food for thought:
OMG I have just discovered the next thing I must try: PowerSkips aka Powerisers aka PoweriZers. How it is POSSIBLE that I have never seen this before? #
Google, this is where Atom 1.0 lives (at least the nice HTML version). Not here. #
Silly Sausalito: Crosswalk Sting Operation #
This is the best historic plaque ever! Web Browser #
After this weekend, I need to read this: Inside the World of Mileage Running (via Corey) #
Awesome: container ship disasters #
There is something amusing about the cultural implications of this: Fake ATM receipts for sale #
Awesomenosity! Road Train #
Ha, what a gem: So now we’ll have to waste half a day bringing [Woz] in and hearing all his big ideas and letting him draw on a white board and give orders to some cafeteria workers that we dress up as engineers. #
OMG Brilliant! All Online Data Lost After Internet Crash (the Onion does video?) #
Dreamhost tickles me: AND, if somebody did come out with a “Crap-of-the-Art” data center… #
So subversive it hurts:
(bonus: appeals to conservatives and liberals alike!) #
Thing I didn’t know existed: Vegan Shoes #
Hey music fans, anyone else out there heard of this Treasure Island Festival? Saturday 9/15 you’ve got Thievery Corporation, Gotan Project, DJ Shadow, M.I.A. and others, and then on Sunday 9/16 you’ve got Modest Mouse, Spoon, Built to Spill, Clap your hands say yeah, M. Ward, Two Gallants, Earlimart, and more! Can I get a holy cow? Two day tickets run $110. #
Next up, Ubuntu: John Dvorak: Me and My Mac #
Odd: Dedication (I like odd) #
It’s not every day I hear business 15-501 in the lyrics of a song. #
Damn, listening to Annuals – Nice Day on Indie Pop Rocks, and it just stops me in my tracks. So good. (p.s. They’re from Raleigh, NC) #
Who’s Idiopathic? Chief Justice John Roberts. #
Jason Griffey is a dirty blogger and must be stopped:
For future reference: Scooter Parts Direct #
Man these are so cool: rocket craft plush engines. Corey requests a Prius model, filled with lots and lots of batteries. #
Ceramic pinhole camera, rad. #