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- December 28th, 2009
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Gaining Insight (Part I.5)
I am not sure I'm ready to go all the way to Part II yet, so you get Part I.5. I am not sure that's the proper notation of an interim data point, when one is using Roman numerals. Perhaps I am on to P…
- December 21st, 2009
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Gaining Insight (Part I)
It seems like during the past several months, when I have not been writing at all, I have perhaps been lacking more than just the attention that comes with "publishing" to my tiny readership. I've als…
- September 3rd, 2009
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Latest music purchases
From iTunes:Last two CDs by local Seattle band, ShimBrent Amaker & The RodeoThe single "Bound for the Floor" by Local H (circa 1995)
- August 29th, 2009
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Apple gets too "smart" for this user
In design, there is an ongoing debate as to how "smart" devices should try to be. A smart device is one that predicts (correctly) what the user's intention is, and then adjusts the experience to facil…
- August 27th, 2009
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The waiting is the hardest part
Tom Petty wasn't kidding.I've spent three months waiting for Rachel to get back in town. And now it's down to 3 days. You'd think it would be easy once it gets to this point. It does. But the despair…
- August 19th, 2009
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Silent Italy
The duty I pay to this blog is somewhat of a barometer, but I am not sure what it really measures. I've written much when I've been down. I've written much when I've been happy. I've not written, as w…
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Train wrecks
Why do we always stop to look at train wrecksWhy don't we just look the other wayThere's nothing to see there, reallyNothing you haven't seen beforeBecause, while not all trains are the sameThe respec…
- August 5th, 2009
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Pigheaded assholes who listen to Rush Limbaugh
I will put forth, for your consideration, the following "postulate":1. All who would listen to Rush Limbaugh are pigheaded assholes.2. All who are pigheaded assholes would listen to Rush Limbaugh.Any…
- August 4th, 2009
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New ways that Facebook violates privacy policies
Facebook does not, apparently, need to adhere to the same rules of security or privacy as other online institutions. I have observed three ways that they violate users' privacy, in spite of any privac…
- July 24th, 2009
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Gate S9
It will be nice to fly on a real airplane. International, you expect quality. My trip to Austria was on a 767 and that was like traveling like a veal calf. NW I partnered with KLM so I have high hopes…
- July 21st, 2009
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It's All Good (revisited)
About a year or so ago, I wrote a blog about the phrase "It's All Good". I was not speaking of it favorably. In fact, the phrase is a bit of a pet peeve for me. I cannot remember when I first heard it…
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Scrapping the Scrabbling
This could be called "Pursuing Our Passions: Part 1.5" but I thought that would be boring.I vowed on Facebook the other day that I will stop playing online Scrabble. There are a couple of reasons for…
- July 11th, 2009
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About once a year, I start repeating myself
I was going to write a blog about cleaning. Because my house is a mess. And I currently do not have MaidPro service (which I did pay for last year for about 6 months). I no longer have a roommate arou…
- July 7th, 2009
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Hard Stuff... Easy Stuff...
Here's the way it works.Anything that I can do is, by definition, "easy".Anything that I cannot do is, by definition, "hard".Therefore, the following things are easy:Tuning a guitar without a tunerEst…
- July 1st, 2009
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Neverending roadwork
I am going to jump to "now" for a moment to rant to you about what I perceive to be an absolute travesty. In all of the years I have lived in King County, there has not been one single moment when the…
- June 30th, 2009
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JOSW Day 7-8: Out of Salzburg and into the countryside
I will spare you the detail of how I spent a fourth day vegetating in the Schloss, while Rachel worked. I did not regret this at the time, as it was nice to be close to her, and to not be in the rain.…
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JOSW Day 6: Did I mention it was raining?
Wednesday. I did spend a third day in the Schloss, vegetating. I want to believe it was relaxing, but I think it was partly laziness and not wanting to deal with the rain and strike out on my own. It…
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Did you know there are a lot of really cool cars out there?
Unfortunately, in the United States, you just can't buy them. There are entire manufacturers that are basically absent from the US: Renault, Fiat, Skoda, Alfa Romeo, Citroen, Opel, Peugeot, Seat. And…
- June 23rd, 2009
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JOSW Day 2-3: Crash & Restart in Munich
After our dinner, we managed to have some more bier at a small bierhaus directly across from the hotel. Although it was a Saturday night, and a cool looking venue, it was almost deserted. Not sure why…
- June 7th, 2009
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I love warning signs
Seriously. Signs are so odd and patronizing. And usually more funny than useful. Take, for example, this sign on the side of a transformer cabinet in the parking lot of my gym:I love when they have st…
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Don't vote for Pedro
Tonight, I had the "fortune" of hanging out on the Kirkland waterfront, where the yuppies go to eat overpriced dinners. I went there with a few friends, because we'd just got done playing music. The p…
- June 4th, 2009
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Avoiding swine flu
It is generally assumed that the company where I work is populated by our world's best and brightest developers, business people, researchers, designers, etc. However, apparently, it is not assumed th…
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Choosing your battles
Someone once told me that every opinion and belief that I hold tends to be extreme.And this was a revelation to me. I guess I have always been aware that I am animated, and that I can definitely debat…
- June 3rd, 2009
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Before Facebook friending all those people from high school...
For a long time, I had few Facebook friends. It was 12. Then it was 20. And it stayed around there for quite some time. It would actually be cool, now that I think about it, to be able to review one's…
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Chaos Theory
A butterfly flaps its wings in China...And the cats walk across a Casio WK-401 keyboard in Seattle, causing it to launch into "Demo Mode" at some arbitrary time between 9:30am and 8:05pm, playing enti…
- June 1st, 2009
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You are tomorrow
It is a strange feeling when you are intimately linked to someone on the other side of the planet. It makes one think about things like the size and shape of the Earth. Right now, I am having a late d…
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The most important device
It occurred to me this morning, as I had my first overseas Skype chat, that "devices" play an interesting role in our lives. From time to time, we go through different objects that become the most imp…
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Sick of Goodbyes
This has been a tale of many hellos and many goodbyes.Over five years ago, the first hello and goodbye came in a single day. A fleeting, yet captivating acquaintance, and the expectation that it would…
- May 31st, 2009
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losing control
i promise i won't keep going with this lowercase letter thing forever. but for some reason, right now, it feels like the thing to do.i have always known that a big issue for me is "control". and i don…
- May 30th, 2009
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are there really more important things than writing?
well, yes and no.sometimes life becomes absorbing enough that i cannot bring myself to sit and put anything down here. i cannot decide which topic is the one that i will write about, if it has been da…
- May 14th, 2009
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Fixing a dead external hard drive
Here is the series of unfortunate events:1. My computer gets a mysterious self-replicating virus2. I decide to be a good boy, and wipe my machine, reformat, and start from scratch3. I have an external…
- May 13th, 2009
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Beware Southwest Airlines Standby Policy is HORRIBLE
I wanted to travel on an earlier flight. Turned out my schedule was such that I had earlier availability than when I booked. So I looked online to try to find out what the policies were for standby. I…
- May 11th, 2009
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Day 9: The End
Our tour will be over in about 30 minutes. I am laying in back of van, angry at my iPhone for having a shitty keyboard. We played 5 shows, 4 of which were great. A couple of nights were transcendant.…
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Radio silent, but not gone
The tour journal came to a temporary halt because of the arrival of the girl. She's an amazingly effective cure for the iPhone addiction. Of course, part of the reason I use the phone so much, and con…
- May 8th, 2009
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Day 6: Getting the girl
Take 2... Since AT&T lost my first attempt. SF was the coolest place I've been so far on this trip. I could live here. And for the low price of $3600 a month, I could rent a 2BR 1BA house in Sausalito…
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Day 5: Back in Black
To quote an AC/DC song, today brought better mood, better show, better sights, and an all-around positive shift. We hit a spectacular cafe called "Stir Crazy" in Hollywood - a 1 mile walk from the hot…
- May 4th, 2009
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Bedtime in the van
Ashland first stop. I decided to sleep in van first night. I might decide to do that most nights. We shall see. Dinner was pretty good at The Wild Goose across the street. Ashland is a very nice town…
- May 3rd, 2009
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Seattle Sun gives way to Oregon Clouds
After 6 hours of Jim at the wheel, we stopped in Eugene for lunch at The Glenwood, followed by Craig taking over the driving. An all-important pit stop for Maker's Mark and we are heading back to I-5.…
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Tour California begins
Departing Jason's house at 10:45am The Purrs begin their Spring 2009 tour. The CD is not ready to distribute yet. But we will be playing more than half the songs on the album. The shows take place on…
- April 28th, 2009
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Traveling Man
During the next few months, I am going to be traveling a lot.First trip will be a tour of the West Coast with my band. Actually, it's just a tour of California, with stops in San Diego, Los Angeles,…
- April 24th, 2009
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Nothing to say
I was going to write a blog complaining about a bunch of stuff. The internet, communications corporations, airports, people, traffic, Seattle, office politics, etc. I could complain about any or all o…
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Paranoia
It really sucks being paranoid by nature. I never knew I was. But I guess I always have been. Not sure if it was painfully obvious to everyone but myself. The point in time which I came to believe it…
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How did I manage to miss so much?
How did I manage to spend my teens and twenties listening to Bananarama and Huey Lewis when I could have been listening to The Jam? I want to attribute it to small town America. But I didn’t grow up…
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Honesty
Honesty.What does it get you?How often is it really the best policy?Versus can upon can of wormsThat are ultimately fed to youOn a bed of your own wordsTruth.Subjective and overratedDoes anyone value…
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Trust someone for no good reason
The other day, I was sitting outside at a cafe, and working on some files on my computer. I needed to use the restroom. I didn't want to pack up all my stuff. So, I turned to the woman sitting next to…
- April 14th, 2009
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Obama less fun than Bush
I hate to say it, but I am having less fun now than I was for the past 8 years. I don’t even really know what Obama is doing, because I am too bored to pay attention. Our economy is screwed, and it…
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No black box
If I died right now, there would be no black box for my life. No tape that recorded the final 30 seconds of what was going on in my mind. No way of piecing together the trajectory that my life had tak…
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Dear Alaska Airlines
Dear Alaska Airlines,There are many reasons that are okay to relate to passengers, regarding why you might be delaying boarding of the aircraft. These include, but are not limited to, the following:Th…
