http://blog.xinu.org A husband, geek, podcaster, and fitness enthusiast. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:25:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I heard tonight that a close friend of mine has cancer. It hasn’t sunk in entirely yet, but I’m thinking good thoughts for her. http://blog.xinu.org/2008/08/27/thinking-good-thoughts/ Last Sunday was our 6th anniversary. I rolled out of bed around 9am and Ivy was still sleeping. The first thing that occured to me was “hey, it’s our anniversary” followed by “uh, I didn’t get a card.” I don’t know how your mate is, but mine wants a card. She ... http://blog.xinu.org/2008/08/25/anniversary/ In the last few days I’ve gotten follow requests on twitter: one from a local coffee shop - their one and only update advertising their soup of the day, and the other from some random person with 26 mostly-personal updates and a few interacting with other users I don’t know. ... http://blog.xinu.org/2008/08/10/soliciters-unwelcome/ I’ve been telling myself that this blog needs a fresh post and just haven’t been able to get around to it until now. That doesn’t mean I don’t care about my loyal readers (both of you), just that when put up against other activities the blog fell short of the ... http://blog.xinu.org/2008/08/08/random-thoughts/ Testing blogging on the iPhone. The app was easy to configure and the interface is pretty intuitive. I'm up in Fairfield this week. Working out has been a constant draw but only tonight did I actually go down and knock out 45 minutes. Sleep now. 6am comes early. http://blog.xinu.org/2008/07/29/iphone-blogging/ Born and raised in southern California, I started my geek addiction early. It all started with an Apple IIc that my parents had bought for a business. Ironically they didn't use it for work much, but I cut my teeth on BASIC programming there. I took my first typing class ... http://blog.xinu.org/2008/07/23/bio-post-for-knol-dot-google-dot-com/ This morning TechCrunch released an article about Provigil (modafinil). I remember talking to Jason Tucker about this a few years ago when they were doing the first trials of the drug. Basically it allows the person taking it to stay awake and alert for up to 88 hours. They had tested ... http://blog.xinu.org/2008/07/15/modafinil/ Coming home after traveling for work involves a lot more work than one would think. I certainly didn’t have this monster laundry list in mind when I got on the plane last night. The routine that takes me through the first 4 hours of the day: grabbing a shower, shaving, and ... http://blog.xinu.org/2008/07/12/jet-lag/ My flight leaves at 8pm on Friday evening. I figure I’ll be able to grab a table a restaurant, work up my expense report, and reflect on the last 3 weeks. Maybe I’ll even have something insightful to write in this blog. http://blog.xinu.org/2008/07/09/leaving-chicago/ The weekend was busy but I got to spend time with Ivy, my brother Dave, and his wife Lauren. Starting with a 5am trip to O’Hare, here were the highlights: Ivy and I got back to the hotel and she immediately crashed out until my brother and his wife showed up 5 ... http://blog.xinu.org/2008/07/06/chicago/