Archive for January, 2004

Oh yeah.

On Saturday night we went to Linkin Park… along with Sandy’s brother and five of his “country folk” friends. I say that in the nicest way possible, because we had quite a time corraling them all on the subway from our apartment to the ACC. And when I say “quite a time” I mean “I’m […]

Photos like this make me love the Newton.

The Stanford Newton User Group held it’s 10th anniversary meeting the other day! Without a doubt they are the longest-running NUG. Hats off to SNUG! photo by Adam Tow

IKEA Walkthrough 2.3.1 – This is how I like to go through IKEA. “As you enter the SHOWROOM, perform a rolling dodge to the left. Grab a free PAPER TAPE MEASURE and a handful of IKEA EMBLAZONED GOLF PENCILS from the kiosk near the entryway. The PENCILS serve quite well as ranged weapons, but it […]

Kofi Annan to speak at Canadian Parliament

Kofi Annan accepts invitation to address Canadian Parliament – This is pretty cool. This can only mean one thing though… more BtAF comics like these ones over here.

We’re back, after a minor meltdown…

You might have noticed that we were offline for a while. That’s because the RAID array on the server here took a fatal blow, and then rose from the ashes like a phoenix to see another day. Thanks to Stan for his heroics. It’s been hella busy these last four or five days. On the […]

three components are NOT better than two.

Today was just one of those days where the more you think about a problem, the more you realize how much of a bitch it is going to be to solve. In this instance, it could easily be eliminated by just getting rid of one redundant component. But when doing that isn’t an option because […]

aha! we are getting screwed!

Wireless: Canadians pay more – gee whiz, we’re getting hosed for wireless hardware prices? Well whaddya know?

I totally forgot to mention that you can see the up-to-date view outside my window here. It’s really not that exciting, but I’m not sure where else to point the darn camera. For those that are interested, I’m actually using my old Kodak DC200Plus digital camera as a webcam.

winter has finally come

The view out my apartment window this morning: