Saw a couple movies this week that I’m glad I only saw once. I didn’t want to give them their own individual articles here because they honestly don’t deserve them. They weren’t quite so awful maybe; but they were pretty … Continue reading
Category Archives: Distractions
Here Be Zombies: World War Z
I read World War Z while in Glendale for work and after a few days to reflect on it, I think it may be the best book I’ve read all year.
Driven: Prius… or Why I Miss My Beetle
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?
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
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
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)
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
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