August 2010
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Jasper Lake
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July 2010
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iPad, iPod, iPhone Killers
joshtheoak:
Developing a Windows-based alternative to the iPad is a “job one urgency” at Microsoft, company chief Steve Ballmer said today during the annual Financial Analysts Meeting.
—from electronista
The problem with trying to develop a [Product] Killer is that you’ve already chosen to race your competition’s taillights.
This is particularly difficult if those taillights belong to Apple...
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South Dakota: Day 4, Part I
I got home late last night and spent a lot of time prepping for this weekend. Thus I haven’t made my way through all my photos from Tuesday. I have decided to share them as I finish.
These are from Badlands National Park, specifically the Yellow Mounds Overlook, which is Holly’s favorite place in the park.
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Pudgy Red Sox Fan
I noticed a man in Minneapolis who was on our flight and wore slacks with a matching Red Sox hat and jersey. He also had a very pronounced belly.
This morning I saw a cyclist approaching me on 18th. I could only see a matching hat and baseball jersey at first. I immediately thought of the pudgy Red Sox fan. As the car between us moved, I confirmed my hunch. Hello small world.
Simple Desktops →
Simple Desktops is a collection of desktop wallpapers curated by Tom Watson designed to make your computer beautiful without distraction.
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Nuggets
I am now amongst Nashville’s glorious humidity.
I’m excited to catch up on work for two days.
Beth & I have taken Monday off for an extended weekend in Effingham.
I am close to having photos wrangled from Badlands National Park.
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The flight out of MSP is overbooked. We would have stuck around till 7 but that flight only has one seat open. Goodbye free flight. :(
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South Dakota: Day 3
Yesterday we spent the middle of the day at Custer State Park. The hike up to Lovers Leap started with a steep trail through the woods and ended by crossing over a creek many times. The woods here are green from top to bottom, unlike Illinois or Tennessee where deciduous trees create a canopy, limiting light from above, and cover the group with their leaves. The experience has the honor of being...
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South Dakota: Day 2
Yesterday started slowly with a little driving tour of downtown, a visit to the Rapid City Journal, lunch at Firehouse Brewing Co.. Then we drove up to Dinosaur Park for unbeatable views of Rapid City and quality time with friends of our past.
State buddies!
I am particularly proud of this photo. I walked down into the amphitheater and started aiming my camera up to exclude the...
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South Dakota: Day 1
I realized yesterday that our evening departure and chillaxed attitude about leaving was approaching the bad dreams that Beth & I occasionally have about travel going bad. Air travel in the past had involved early mornings and long drives until we moved to Nashville. But yesterday we left our loft at 4:00 pm and was at our gate 40 minutes later. 40 MINUTES! At least we have a baseline...
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There was a moment of panic when we thought we had less than 30 minutes before our second flight. Our time zone boundary knowledge was wrong; we have over an hour.
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“In the Midwest, where I grew up, the milestones of life — 40th birthday parties,...”
– A Pig Roast or Bust - NYTimes.com
I have never heard of anyone back home home roasting a pig in the ground. I suspect that there would be many worries during the first attempt and that it would become the preferred pig preparation process. Who has the guts to try this with me?
There is a wonderful...
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I will no longer tolerate written communication that isn’t in the form of complete sentences. The following nuggets are today’s examples.
Adding New and Editing links refresh immediately the issue is when a link is Deleted - link displays in menu bar until logout and back in.
Links: User defined User ID associated with link Manage Resources: Administrative defined (No user id...
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“Bunt this, bitches!”
– We assumed our opponent was going to bunt last night but instead kicked the ball hard and yelled this. It was a funny moment.
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Irony?
A fireman is smoking in a fire truck.
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jamesnord:
i once met a man who told me that he could not give up smoking, not because of the physical addiction, but because it was how he meditated every day. he claimed that by getting outside of the office and focusing on his breathing he opened his mind and got some of his best ideas.
sometimes it is not the smoking, but the smoke break that is impossible to live without.
I used to be...
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As Beth & I walked past the deli counter Sunday night, she asked if I wanted to grab some sliced roast beef for myself. I felt warm and tingly when I realized she understands how happy bloody meat makes me.
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Germantown Gateway Design Winner
The Nashville Civic Design Center (NCDC) is excited to announce that the Historic Germantown Neighborhood Inc. has selected the “Germantown Gateway Design Competition” winner. The competition was announced in May as collaboration between the Nashville Civic Design Center and the Historic Germantown Neighborhood.
The winning entry was submitted by HollerDesign; comprised of husband and wife...
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Nashville is My Home : Nashville Farmer’s Market... →
Support the merchants by dropping some coin and nomming.
If you are parked crookedly next to me then I may be a little reckless opening my door.
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penorpencil:
I can’t wait for them to fly in, should be way fun. At least I hope so. I’m not sure what we will be doing, but Custer State Park, Badlands National Park, Perhaps Wind Cave or Jewel Cave parks. A bike ride, some tasty noms and a rockin game night with Rapid City friends.
I’m packing my safari hat. This will be epic.
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“1987 - Larry Wall falls asleep and hits Larry Wall’s forehead on the...”
– One Div Zero: A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages
An Illustrated Guide To The 5 Levels Of Inception →
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I shouldn’t feel as discouraged as I do with a vacation so close.
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Squeal
A Panda Express is being built at 100 Oaks. Beth saw the sign as we pulled up to the theatre and squealed. I haven’t seen a location outside of a mall or amusement park. Have you?
Inception
Ever since it has been released I have seen friends praise Inception on the interwebs and now I’m doing the same. Go watch it.
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Pesto!
Beth brought home a metic shit ton of basil that her chitlins planted at school. I’m going to freeze some pesto. Maybe I’ll make a pesto popsicle. Mmm!
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