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Monthly Archives: July 2007

number of ways technology has enhanced my life. also: my new car

Saturday, July 21, 2007

Here is a story about ways technology has enhanced my life. I got a car. Here is a photo of it. (1) For some reason I like having two cars. Part of this may be that I like having a back-up car. Part of it may be that it costs almost nothing to insure a [...]

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really back

Thursday, July 19, 2007

So I went to bed as soon as it got dark last night and slept for 14 hours. The fact that I can still get away with this indicates to me that it’s okay to keep taking redeye flights if it saves me some money. The loose outline of my trip is this – Get [...]

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away and return

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

I was away. MetaFilter had an eighth anniversary party in Portland Oregon and I got flown out to attend. I also got to see some friends I haven’t seen in a while and meet some new ones. I like Portland. It feels like Seattle did when I first got there, before Seattle got hinky and [...]

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a few links for you

Sunday, July 8, 2007

I was in the New York Times, albeit briefly. Related: I redesigned librarian.net and it looks awesome. This place is next. Bottled water is still a scam. I love love love that Anil is using his popular a-lister blog as a tool for telling people important things. Go Anil!

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wallet reunion!

Thursday, July 5, 2007

So I got my wallet back yesterday and on the way to getting it back, I had a party. Let me explain. I left my wallet at the mall somehow on Friday, I have no idea how. Casey and Sandee — who live in New Hampshire nearish to the mall — offered to go to [...]

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odd little iphone day

Sunday, July 1, 2007

I did not get an iPhone. I’ve been a cell phone user for about two months now, I don’t need a cell phone that costs more than I make in a month at one of my jobs. Oh, and they don’t have service in Vermont. I’m sure you can use them here, but I wouldn’t [...]

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