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Monthly Archive for July, 2007

I found all those missing bees

I don’t know why the experts are saying there are over 1 billion bees missing. I know exactly where they are. I found them all over my yard this weekend. I have a ton under a holly bush in my front yard. I have wasps that try to build nests on [...]

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Spider Pig, Spider Pig

I just got back from the Simpsons Movie and it was awesome. If you have ever been a fan of the Simpsons at all you’ll really like this movie. Now if I could only get the song “Spider Pig” out of my head.

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I’m going to tell you something that your family and friends aren’t - you look like a complete tool when you walk in to the restaurant with that bluetooth headset on your ear.  Look, I know it’s a great technology, but if you’re still using the phone, stay outside until you’re done.  If you’re not [...]

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I forced myself to go back to Safari when the beta for version 3 came out.  I now run the nightly builds of Webkit as well.  Overall version 3 is much nicer than version 2, but there is still one thing about Safari that is just driving me crazy -  Wordpress.  I host this blog [...]

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I now understand why cats purr

Tonight a neighbor showed up at the door with a plate full of chocolate chip pancakes.  They were awesome.  If I was a cat I’d be purring right about now.  Does it get much better than that?

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My car has an Aux port in the glove compartment that lets you plug an iPod in and listen to it through the stereo.  It’s easy to find a cable to go from the headphone jack of the iPod to the Aux port, but what has always driven me crazy about this solution is that [...]

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Feel it in your hand.  Run your finger across it.  Flick left.  Now right.  Try up and down as well.  Bring your fingers together, now apart and watch the size change.  Feels amazing, doesn’t it?  Is it heavier than you expected?  A little more substantial?
That’s the way I felt when I touched an iPhone for [...]

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UPDATE - added a few pictures of the new car, just click on the picture to the left.
Shopping for a new car is one of my least favorite things to do. It was time to let my 2003 Passat go so it was time to start the process.
My search started with a new Mini [...]

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