Category: Miscellany

Say Hi to Quincy

Say Hi to Quincy

That’s Quincy, our new bearded dragon. Interesting little critter…quite aware of us and of the surroundings; extremely inquisitive and quite cute 🙂 But also quite a pain in the ass to take care of.

Pure Genious

Pure Genious

Pure Genious: http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3155 Brilliantly simple and intuitive. I’m a firm believer that the simplest, most obvious ideas are the ones that require the most ingenuity to come up with.

So, How’s Married Life?

So, How’s Married Life?

I love this reply from Jerry Brown, the mayor of Oakland, in Time magazine this week: It’s a good thing.  There is a certainty, a finality about it.  I was very conscious that it was a vow, and I liked...

Random Happenings

Random Happenings

Well, my pineapple died recently. Yes, that’s right, pineapple.  Sometime last year, I decided to start growing a pineapple plant after I picked up a weird interest in growing tropical plants (fruits in particular). Why pineapples?  Well, I found out...

Awesome Blog

Awesome Blog

Came across a great blog while looking for images of praying mantids. Great links. Including this one and this one. Bookmarked!

TortoiseSVN Tip

Hey now! Our inaugural post for May! Let’s start things off with a tip for TortoiseSVN users out there. First of all, did you know that you can right-drag objects in the Windows GUI? No? Neither did I. I felt...

Joy!

Joy!

A certain sense of glee overcame me just now as I was checking the activity logs. Perhaps one of the most exciting (yeah, I realize I’m exposing myself as a total geek by saying that) things about having a blog...

NYIAS 2006…Almost Here!

NYIAS 2006…Almost Here!

Sooo psyched about the New York International Auto Show this year. Nissan will have a big show there with the unveiling of the new Altima, among other things. To get ready for this event, I put together a gallery of...

Dick Cheney: Jedi Master

Dick Cheney: Jedi Master

The stunt that the Bush administration is pulling with this Dubai ports deal is simply genius (and of course, terribly disgusting from a political point of view). About a month after I had gotten the job at Factiva, the recruiter...