Perhaps due to the influence of having lived in Texas for ten years, I was overcome about five years ago by the need to buy some cool-looking cowboy boots. Unfortunately, they weren’t the pair you see on this page. While I had thought my boots were pretty cool, my next door neighbor has since tipped… Read More »
I just noticed an article on Ars Technica about a $750 discount on Dell Inspiron laptops priced at $1500 or more. Fortunately, I saw a notice about the sale in the RSS feed for More Stuff 4 Less Bargain Blog Monday. I also spotted it at TechBargains.com. The sale started at 4 a.m. Pacific Tuesday… Read More »
Whatever you thought this post would be about, given the title, you’re probably wrong. When I’m out on my bike, I always wonder about the spray-painted words and lines on the street. One of the most common, and yet most mysterious, scrawlings was “USA”. Often, I see “USA” painted on the street next to an… Read More »
John Eisenhower | Why I Will Vote for John Kerry for President John Eisenhower is the son of the late Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower. John served on the White House staff and had been a lifelong Republican until the last few years. In addition to his disapproval of the way the current leadership initiated… Read More »
The company I work for had an offsite meeting today, followed by an afternoon of fun at Sunol Paintball, and I use the word fun loosely. Actually, it was fun at times. But, now, I have bruises on my right arm and left leg from paintball impacts, a swollen knuckle on my right pinkie finger… Read More »
About a week ago, I decided I would finally abandon Earthlink as my ISP. When I got DSL many years ago through an ISP that Earthlink later acquired, I was getting about 500 kbps per second for $50/month. As of last week, I was still getting about 500 kbps per second for $50/month. After reading… Read More »
A couple years ago I decided I wanted to learn how to program in Python while building a couple web-based speech applications, e.g., SoccerPhone. Since I decided to build the dynamic part of the applications as CGI scripts, I needed to find a webhost. After a long search, I lucked upon DreamHost. Over the last… Read More »
After nearly eleven years at Avaya/Lucent/Mosaix/ViewStar (strung together by two acquisitions and a spin-off), I’ve decided to move on to Voxify, a speech applications startup in Alameda. My last day at Avaya was May 7th. The killer blow for me was that this month Avaya is moving the R&D team from the Dublin office to… Read More »
Okay, so maybe it’s not as interesting or as flamboyant as a torn rotator cuff, but it appears that the popping sounds (accompanied at different times by no pain, slight pain, or severe pain) in my shoulder are due to bicipital tendinitis (which is also, but less commonly, spelled tendonitis), or possibly even bursitis. If… Read More »
It’s been nearly three weeks since I damaged, and very possibly tore, the rotator cuff in my right shoulder. One or more of the tendons still produce a disturbing pop a couple times a day. Usually there is no pain, but sometimes it can be relatively painful. Overall, though, I think it is getting better.… Read More »