Jun 19
Great introduction here.
I used to be in the camp of “tequila == Cuervo == bad hangover”; thanks to a co-worker my ignorance has been corrected. I’m partial to Patrón Añejo for an evening drink (or the Macallan 12 year).
Chuck still can’t convince me Jägermeister is good, though.
May 25
The Phoenix Mars Lander has successfully landed on the Red Planet, surviving the ‘seven minutes of terror’ without a hitch.
That is a seriously cool piece of engineering work; congratulations to Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, and the University of Arizona, Tucson!
May 20
At Fenway Park last night for Jon Lester’s no-hitter. He didn’t look great during the first three innings, but after that he seemed to just get stronger as the game went on.
Best seats I’ve had at Fenway – eight rows behind home plate. What a blast. I’ve never seen the park that full until the end of the game; good thing I scored parking on the westbound side of Beacon Street.
Also a good chance to play with the D300. Funny how most of my pictures actually have the Nikon sign in them!
It’s deja vu all over again! Or, maybe, 1994.
Apparently “John Mayer” is the secret password at Apple?
Apr 6
A while back I mused that I hated format wars – though I suppose the 3.5″ floppy was more of a migration than a war – in the context of HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray.
That said, after the Great Christmas Price-Slashing of HD-DVD, I jumped on a cheap Toshiba HD-DVD player. Right before Warner Bros. defected.
Oops.
Now, due to the excellent consumer-friendly policies of Costco I wasn’t too concerned – I knew I could return the unit from whence it came. In the meantime, HD-DVDs were cheap, readily-available, and still delivered a great picture. Ergo, I purchased a few.
What I didn’t expect was how quickly inventories would be, well, eliminated. As in, vaporized. Oops^2.
So to hedge my bets, I’ve purchased a LG BH-200 SuperBlu – a dual-format player. What actually triggered the jump was new (leaked, beta) firmware from LG which added all sorts of new functionality – full, lossless 5.1/7.1 over HDMI, 1080p, Profile 1.1 (maybe BD-Live?), etc.
Fist Blu demo was with Ratatouille – wow.
Tried with Transformers on HD-DVD and it played without a hitch as well.
So far so good. Hopefully finally finished with the home theatre – for now.
Apr 6
Well, hadn’t planned on idle time, but it sort of worked out that way.
To be fair, the Cybex has dust on it as well.
Great game.. Hey, doesn’t spring training start soon?
Seriously, it was a great season, but I have to hand it to NY; they made some amazing plays. The fourth quarter was something to see.
18-1 isn’t exactly bad. Gives them something to improve upon next year!
Besides, I think I won something in our office pool.
I wasn’t expecting this to be a repeat of game #2, and it wasn’t.
But 18-0 doesn’t mean anything unless you finish 19-0.
The Packers-Giants game was a classic. I wouldn’t have minded a Brady-Farve Super Bowl, but the Giants ground this one out and deserved it. Eli did a nice job quieting his critics, or at least making some progress on that front.
So we’re setting up for a rematch of the last game of the regular season.
The biggest problem I foresee: suffering through two weeks of hype.
Jan 15
…and once again I find myself glued to see what Steve Jobs announces..
Was watching a live feed from ustream.tv – naturally, it keeled over. Twitter seems hosed, too.
UPDATE:Ustream.tv is back. Not bad, actually. Oops! Looks like they got busted.
Post keynote observations:
Time Capsule – does the Airport Extreme get the same capabilities?
iPhone update – Cool. Already installed. Map autolocation surprisingly accurate. Revised to disturbingly accurate when at home.
Apple TV – intriguing. Might consider.
Macbook Air – intriguing. Would be more so if I didn’t already have a laptop and traveled more.
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