Got a Thinkpad X61. It's a 12.1", 3 pound laptop. The specs aren't over the top amazing, but that's the sacrifice I made for weight. Weight is so important when traveling, and the past few years I've traveled a lot. Sure, full 1080p HD resolution and a 250gb hard drive would be nice, but the cost would be 5 more inches and 4-5 pounds, more than ( Read more... )

It's a hard choice democrats face. On the one hand they can vote for Barack Obama, who practically shits charisma. On the other hand, they can choose Hillary Clinton, the voice of experience. For Barack it will be a tough fight. Not only has Hillary been a senator for almost 15 years, but she was the UN ambassador to China for 6 years, chairman ( Read more... )

Bought 2.25 lbs of catfish at Safeway today. Had them put their cajun seasoning in a plastic bag ( Read more... )

Here comes the root canal in the chair now

Back in 2001 I read an article in Time about Vladimir Putin, and how he was the right man to fix Russia up. I was a little skeptical; no doubt a career KGB agent would be well positioned to lead Russia. Secret police are the sort of organizations that create honest, hard working leaders with a keen interest in the well being of the people they ( Read more... )

Tonight I dropped by Blue Bear Music in Fort Mason Center to sign up for the Rock Vocals class. Sheila and Victor had suggested I take something either at Blue Bear or City College or Skyline. I decided I would focus on singing, as I felt I had hit a wall there learning on my own. But the class was cancelled, and they suggested I take another ( Read more... )

Got back on the 10th from Japan. It was good seeing Eron, Matt, and Hiroe there. Rest of the pictures to follow hopefully. I did a good job posting up until Sheila and I both got sick-- I had a bad reaction to the antibiotics the dentist gave me, insane heartburn that limited me to eating bread for a week, Sheila got the flu, then I had a four ( Read more... )

Located at:
http://www.petervieth.com/plogger

Hit the travel section, then Japan.

I'll be updating every few days.

Sheila and I are headed to Japan on the 27th.  We will return on the 10th.  We waited until the last moment to buy tickets because I suspected they might drop in price like they did for me last time.  This assumption was partially correct.  They did indeed drop around two weeks before, but since we started looking half a year ago the price of ( Read more... )

Looking for a place. Interesting experience. Want a garage, no shared walls, place to put a hot tub. Oh yah!