January 2009
88 posts
Google office is also an excellent babysitting location. Legos, ball pit, juice, espresso maker for daddy
NY Public Library is an awesome place to entertain a toddler. We’ll be in the volcano section for forseeable future.
Hypothesis: All successful software of the past 5 years have had auto-update at their core. ex. iTunes, Firefox, OSX, etc.
Have fully made the transition from olives to a twist.
Dare I have a venti this late in the afternoon? Yes, I dare!
Someone’s calling on my desk line. I would be a fool to pick up. Recruiters, vendors, people up to no good.
I’m an unrepentant capitalist, but I 100% agree with Obama; if you took TARP funds your bonuses should be exactly ZERO.
Why exactly do we need database administrators? It’s like playing Tetris with data.
Pursuing a smaller inbox is my prime professional motivation.
Pile of “Divorce” magazines in my building’s lobby. Wonder who the ads are for?
Ate an enormous amount of spinach for lunch. Not feeling stronger yet.
At an agency meeting in an old mansion in the middle of the Boston suburbs. Flat screens next to suits of armor.
Delta Shuttle is trying to run an “executive” service and failing. Coffee is revolting. Service is union-tastic.
My cab driver is an old jewish man with an old-time cabbie hat.
Off to Boston. Will be watching for geese out the window.
Becoming bearish. Sold everything besides 500 index, large cap value, a couple of others. Asia and small cap gone from portfolio.
190.0 this morning. Goal met (for those keeping score). Thanks for all the support.
Kid to me: “Play the Funky Drummer.” Funk Win!
No one in NY shops at Whole Foods Sunday mornings. Great time to be there!
My lack of xmas tip for newspaper delivery is biting me in ass. No NYTimes for me! Two weeks running!
Teaching kid about funk music. “What is Shaft daddy?”
When I don’t understand something I assume it is nonsense. Probably right 80% of the time.
OK, I give in, Boxee is jaw-droppingly amazing. http://www.boxee.tv/
Suffering a bacon-induced hangover thanks to @biglerism
I like making lists. Don’t really like updating them.
Time to break out the Black-Scholes. $GOOG
Room full of people looking down at their laptops while in front of giant tvs showing inauguration.
Best Obama merch sighting: T-Shirt of Return of the Jedi with Bam as Luke, Michelle as Leah, and Malia as an Ewok
God do I hate religion.
Inauguration themed cookies: Delicious.
“Nonbelievers” got a big hurah with the crowd at work.
Wake up and the London team already has twenty new complaints about the product. Damn you timezones!
Overheard at film shoot: “I want a long tracking shot of a single drop of blood in slow motion.”
Something wrong with my kid, he doesn’t seem to like hot chocolate.
CellarTracker! Home →
Keep track of your wines. Very cool. I especially like the non-Web 2.0 ugly interface.
Unremovable stain on bottom of pot looks like Soviet Union. Coincidence, prophesy, or warning?
Sean John is the new Elvis. Appropriates white culture and sells to blacks. Cristal, Tuxedos, The Police, South of France, etc. Discuss.
Playing “goose and engine” with the kid. Ripped from the headlines!
1 hr later “not enough has downloaded. Wait 1 hour and try again.”
Trying Amazon unbox on TiVo. After typing a username and two passwords using a remote control “an unknown error has occurred.”
Successfully got my TiVo to talk to Amazon. Now have to wait half hour for movie!
Got on the *wrong* line at the supermarket. Two foodstamp customers in a row!
Why are eggs at the Spanish restaurant so much better than home?
Checking email by the window. There is a cold breeze from the window. Next I’m expecting a creek full of beavers in the living room.
I really like Elmo
Do you think bacon cheddar meatloaf is bad for me?