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Posts going back to 2003: technology, leadership, travel and food.

  • fake plastic trees

    I’m listening to Radiohead’s song “fake plastic trees”. So haunting. If you don’t own their album “the bends” go buy it. Seriously.

  • Thanksgiving Birds on the Smoker

    A couple of months ago, I promised that I would do turkey on the smoker for Thanksgiving. I had no idea it would be so easy! Last night, I stopped…

  • The national, biscuit company

    ken-jennings.com: “The recipes aren’t going to sing Gilbert and Sullivan for you, or write a little one-act play, or have you over for cocktails. ‘Entertaining, delicious recipes’ doesn’t make sense,…

  • Sky and Solstice evolve for the better

    Autoblog: “Rather than wait until the new model year, the Saturn Sky and Pontiac Solstice are getting ‘continuous changes’ such as a power door lock button and an electronically height-adjustable…

  • My brain is Cisco-certified

    Since I started a new job, I’ve been studying for something that I’ve put off for too long: a Cisco certification. Two weeks ago, I hit that milestone with a…

  • Scary Programmer

    James Duncan Davidson: “At the Rails Edge in Denver today, Jim Weirich had a slide that asked what a Scary Programmer was. Making a joke, I stuck up my hand…

  • I'm on my way – I'm making it.

    I’m working on a new life. I know it sounds weird, but since I started my weblog, I’ve been evolving as a person. I’ve learned to write and speaker better.…

  • I for one welcome my new HDTV overseers

    I bought a new television Tuesday night, a Westinghouse 32″ HDTV (32w6 if you keep up with that kind of thing) and I love it. It’s a great TV and…

  • Urgh! A Music War

    jwz: “Update: The VH1 showing was the same as the Sundance showing, except they omitted three more acts: Surf Punks, My Beach My Wave; The Cramps, Tear It Up; and…

  • Urgh! A Music War

    jwz: “The long out-of-print Urgh! A Music War will be showing on VH1C on Mon, Oct 30 at 6pm PST (9pm EST). They have it listed as ‘2 hours’, which…

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