Howdy. I’m sitting in Salem Oregon right now trying to recover from an absurd Thanksgiving meal. I can barely move, and it is safe to assume that the top button of my jeans is not done up (whether I want it to be or not).
So in case you didn’t notice, not only did I not [...]
I was sitting in this training course the other day and felt weird taking out my phone, so I wrote something on the back of my hand. I can’t remember the last time I did that. Now, I email myself, or text myself, or write it in my phone’s notepad.
My friend Jake actually texts me, [...]
When I was back at school, my friend told me about phonemyphone.com. Apparently you just enter a number and it calls for you. The legit use of course is to find your phone, get out of awkward situations, and such benign things. The other use is to call your friends 10 times in a row [...]
I just woke up in my apartment here in Seattle after a trip back to New Haven. I went back for the Princeton vs Yale football game, which, as the last home game of the season this year, has become an alumni tradition. Many of my friends came back for the game, from as far [...]
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Saw this new browser that is aimed at children aged 3-12, which aims to start kids on social networking. In case you just glossed over that,
there is a new browser which teachers your 3-year-old child how to use a social network
Now I consider myself cutting, as far as the internet and technology [...]
I have an enormous day today, starting with 8 hours of a course on Advanced Windows Debugging (day 2). After that I will run home and pack for my weekend trip back east. I fly into NYC, where I will see my mom real quick, and then head to New Haven at night.
I’m gonna leave [...]
I notice that some of my readers have been confused by the difference between commenting and contacting, so let me explain the difference.
If you want to write me a personal, private note, use the contact page. This does not have to be in reference to any specific post, though it can be. It is similar [...]
Today is my sister’s 25th birthday. Last night I took her out for a night on the town so she probably hasn’t woken up yet. Still, just wanted to give here a shout out.
Speaking of 25th, I told a friend that she was turning 25 was surprised when my friend responded “is that a good [...]
It’s Friday, so I thought you might be look for some light reading. I need to introduce the characters quickly. My sister is Julia and Mom is Trisha.
So I get an email from Julia Strasser that is a reply to a thread that my Mom had sent a few weeks ago, and that I had [...]
More grammar issues
I heard the following comment on ESPN:
Expand the list of teams to which he is willing to be traded to.
It made me laugh and cringe all at the same time. The speaker (1) had very clearly had the “to which” construction, and he thought it sounded smart. When properly used, it allows a writer to [...]