My New Zune 8

January 10, 2008

I was hesitant to try and squeeze my collection down into an 8GB "best of" set of music, but the advantages are totally worth it. The load time switching multiple tracks in a random playlist seems faster here than on the hard drive based models. The battery lasts MUCH longer than my 30 GB model.  [...]

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Switch #2: From PSP to DS

December 27, 2007

When I got my PSP the DS was the ugly step-child with a limited selection of games and sub-par graphics.  The PSP was sexy, played videos, had better graphics, and a gorgeous screen. A lot has changed in the last couple of years. The Wii was sort of like a gateway drug into the world [...]

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The New AT&T Lives up to the Name

July 26, 2007
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After all of our troubles with phone companies I didn't have a good look on my face when I checked my cell phone minutes Wednesday night.  Having just started a new job with a completely remote team and lots of phone conferences in June I knew it was going to be bad.  I was 468 [...]

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2nd Opinion on the Bike is Better

May 20, 2007

After being told by one bike shop that it was totaled I went to a different one to go new bike shopping.  I dropped my bike off in the meantime so they could swap components off of it. I was expecting them to call and give me a price for the new bike I speced [...]

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Yesterday I was hit by a car while biking to work

May 4, 2007

Somehow a car hit me while I was going full speed on my bike and I’m OK. In fact, I made our daily team scrum meeting. I’ve been riding my bike north on East Lake Sammamish the 7.5 miles to work 2-3 times a week for the last year. It seems like a fairly safe activity [...]

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Next round of public service announcements

April 23, 2007

Don't torment animals… especially ones that can eat you…  A schoolboy who climbed over a fence into a crocodile enclosure and taunted the animals with sticks and a catapult was dragged into the water and eaten. Source: Catapult boy is eaten after taunting crocodile in pen-News-World-Asia-China-TimesOnline

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At least I can enjoy my Red Sox games till 2009

March 22, 2007

Hopefully they will resolve this dispute by then and people with comcast will enjoy uninterupted access to MLB games.  Cable television said it offered to match DirecTV's deal for the "Extra Innings" package of out-of-market games, but Major League Baseball claimed the proposal fell short. Source: Cable, MLB argue over out-of-town games – Boston.com

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