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Monthly Archives: December 2008

What I Need for X-mas

24 Dec ’08
By: MeFiled under Soapbox. Tagged rant. Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment

I don’t need world peace. I don’t need the new Nerf Vulcan. I don’t even need to see Julie in the 2008 Victoria’s Secret Diamond Fantasy Bra (hmmm… naaaaah). You know what I need for xmas? Critical Thinking. That’s what … Continue reading→

Driven: Prius… or Why I Miss My Beetle

24 Dec ’08
By: MeFiled under Distractions. Tagged car, travel. Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment

Asked for two levels up from the bottom at Alamo on Monday in Glendale–bottom is a Chevy Aveo, second is a Cobalt–but instead of the Pontiac G5 I got the Toyota Prius. In White. Short form? Great idea… but it’s … Continue reading→

What’s the Big Deal about So Cal?

17 Dec ’08
By: MeFiled under Distractions. Tagged travel. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment

Working for the week in Glendale, CA… like Los Angeles proper, but Norther. So far it’s mostly complaints for me: It’s rained almost every day so I haven’t gotten around much in my oh-so-eco-friendly white rental Prius. The hotel is … Continue reading→

Not So Silent Night == Oh So Good Music

13 Dec ’08
By: MeFiled under Distractions. Tagged concerts. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment

Ended my work week early on Thursday and went out to Oakland to the Oracle Arena with Julie, Ted, and Claire for Live 105’s Not So Silent Night. In short, a rocking concert on most fronts.

Not looking while running drop database == FAIL

13 Dec ’08
By: MeFiled under Distractions. Tagged nicehat.org. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment

Major PEBCAK moment. I was debugging something and ran the drop database command against the wrong database… in fact I destroyed the blog database entirely. Luckily I had a backup, but unluckily it was from two days ago, so I … Continue reading→

The Parliamentary Politics of America’s Hat (i.e. Canada)

4 Dec ’08
By: MeFiled under Distractions. Tagged travel. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment

For those not in the know I’ve been in Calgary all week for a project with our partner Splunk for iStockPhoto.com On the news every night here has been the Prime Minister of Canada trying to keep his job in … Continue reading→

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Twilight Tourism in Calgary

1 Dec ’08
By: MeFiled under Distractions. Tagged calgary, travel. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments

Flew into Calgary today a little late after some fog delays this morning backed up the planes at the gates. A last-minute gate change made everyone a little angry but I’m sure that’s how we were only 10 minutes late … Continue reading→

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An Auspicious Start

1 Dec ’08
By: MeFiled under Distractions. Tagged airport, Food & Drink, travel. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments

I haven’t boarded yet and I’ve had a lot of good stuff: Was dropped off at the airport by Julie’s door-to-door sexy shuttle service. Smiled at the TSA official at the first class security line who let me cut. Woke … Continue reading→

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