They say most people consider Labor Day to be the “End of Summer”, but in fact, it’s not till September 21. Typically, though, summer has begun to let off by now. Not so this year, which I think will be remembered not-so-fondly as the “summer without end” It’s still topping 100 degrees every day (101 … Read more
Recently, I got the new iPhone 3GS and, owning my old iPhone outright, I hated for it to go to waste. So, with a little jailbreaking we were able to replace my wife’s failing phone on the T-Mobile network with my old iPhone. Now, see what happens. We go out to eat and she sits … Read more
I’m not even sure how to preface this story, so I’ll just plow in. My wife’s school had a BBQ last night. These sorts of open social events are not me scene (preferring, as I do, to sitting behind the computer and commenting on these sort of things instead) but I feel that as a … Read more
Installed Snow Leopard on the Mac Mini yesterday. It’s alright.
Yesterday was interesting. We were forced into accelerating our purchase of a new washer and dryer, and we went ahead and got front-loading units. They’re more economical and gentler on the clothes; however, I’ve never actually observed one in action. I spent hours watching the various programmed patterns: Normal, Heavily Soiled, Delicates, Towels, etc. Each … Read more
… when you’re working with those tricky decimal places! OK, I’m just posting this because sometimes, somebody needs to publicly shamed – otherwise people will just continue to wallow in stupidity. Mind you, I think the caller wasn’t doing the best of jobs trying to make his point, either.
You’ve got to love it when people can follow directions. Sometimes they don’t, though, and other times they get it so wrong you think they must be doing it out of spite. Case and point: notice exactly where this important piece of mail has been bent. Yes, that’s right, exactly on the words, “do not … Read more
Here’s one of those “father moments” where I really feel connected with my kids. The kids are running around being generally annoying and making roaring noises at each other. James: I’m a baby coelophysis! Roar!! Michelle: I’m a troodon!. Roar! James: I’m attacking you! Roar! James starts to run towards Michelle, imaginary claws drawn. Michelle … Read more
Sometimes people need to learn to pull their heads out of their butts. Personally, I’ve had to hold back this narrative of our last full day in San Diego because of how pissed off I get every time I sat down to write it. I’m just going to divorce myself from commenting on it in … Read more
It was goodbye to the 3-star Woodfin today and hello to the 4-star Omni San Diego. I’ll relate more about the ultimate Priceline experience later, suffice it to say the Omni is a nicer hotel, right next to the Gaslamp district and the convention center – for less money per night. We got out of … Read more