Archive for September, 2003

God I miss broadband

Since I’m selling my condo I put all my things into storage and moved into the Extended Stay America across the street. Unfortunately the hotel does not have a broadband connection to the rooms so I have to dial in thru my AOL account. And boy is it tedious.
I had completely forgotten what […]

Peach-colored money?

Oh great, the Treasury has re-designed the $20 bill yet again. This time the big feature is a lovely gradient peach background. Clearly the people at Treasure have no sense of style–I don’t think peach and green go together very well.
I wonder if this is gonna cause BART problems? Last time they […]

Hello, goodbye

This Friday is my last day as a software engineer, though I’m not actually leaving my current employer. Rather, I’m switching back to the editorial world, I’m going to be a Senior Editor at a web site aimed at people who build Web sites. I actually worked at the original incarnation of Builder.com […]

CD prices drop

So it looks like the price of a pre-recorded music CD is gonna drop soon. Universal is the first, but other labels are bound to follow their lead and reduce prices by up to a third.
Big f***ing deal. What this means is what we’ve all known–that the labels have been gouging consumers with […]

Bay Bridge woes

Grrr, I got stuck last night on the Bay Bridge, due to an accident where a car fell of the truck that was carrying it to a dealership. Two-and-a-half friggin’ hours crawling across the bridge. This is when having a stick-shift really really sucks–my left leg was numb by the time I made […]

The joy of craigslist

Boy, craigslist is such a wonderful resource. I’m moving out of California soon and I had some furniture I needed to sell. Posted them on craigslist and within a week they were all taken. So much simpler than the bad old days of dealing with newspaper classifieds. How did the world […]