I didn't post about W00tstock here, despite the great time I had that evening.  One of the main reasons I had a great time was the discovery of Kid Beyond, a beat-boxer/live-looper who simply kicks ass live.  This past Saturday, he joined Jonathan Coulton onstage for an impromptu performance.  It was a ton of fun to watch, and Jade got video of the ( Read more... )

Many months ago, I posted about the Fiat 500 Abarth, and my desire for said vehicle.  I just learned that it is indeed scheduled for a 2012 release in the USA.  By then I will have paid off the current car.  That timing can't be simply coincidental, so I think I'll have to embrace what is clearly Fate.

Asking Google "why?" can yield some odd results:


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I recently bought a new car stereo.  In an effort to retain the steering wheel controls, without resorting to an aftermarket adapter that is a bitch to install, difficult to program, and doesn't work very well even when you've done both correctly, I came across an adapter made in the EU by the company that makes my radio.  It's odd and frustrating ( Read more... )

I haven't really mentioned here the thing that has been taking up a lot of our weekends.  A couple months ago, my sister and her husband approached Jade and I about renting out a unit in the lower half of their newly-purchased Victorian in Alameda.  It needs a little work, so they asked us for our input into the design of the 2 bedroom we'd be ( Read more... )

So here we are on LiveJournal.  And some of us are on Facebook.  I also have a Twitter account.  And in each place, there are examples of people who simply link the accounts together, so I come across the same posts multiple times across multiple sites ( Read more... )

Hipster chick to obnoxiously loud guy: "Excuse me.  Could you keep it down a little?  We're trying to hear the numbers for the raffle ( Read more... )

Jade and I thoroughly enjoyed Ümloud last night.  While there were some truly cringe-worthy geek moments (as only drunken gamer-geeks can perpetrate), the vast majority of bands simply rocked the DNA.  The costumes were great, the energy was high, and the overall vibe was supportive and positive.  I wished I'd had a chance to put together a band ( Read more... )

Hell yes.

About once a year, I embark on a hardware upgrade on the PC.  This year, to coincide with the launch of Windows 7 and the need to start from a clean copy of XP on my boot drive in order to install my copy of Win7 Upgrade, I decided to pony up for a Solid State Drive as my boot drive.  I did quite a lot of research as this is a new and expensive ( Read more... )