Last night Katie took me to Chez Panise. The downstairs restaurant, not the cafe! She also got me a ukulele! It’s hard to tune, but I think I am getting used to it. Its pretty easy to play and the kids like it. Right now, my fingers hurt and my…

I started reading From Beirut to Jerusalem, by Thomas Friedman. It starts off in similar fashion to The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang and At the Hands of Persons Unknown by Philip Dray. My jaw continually drops when I read about the sheer brutality that people can perform. Hobbes’…

I finally finished the book. I don’t even know where to start. First of all, this book is a perfect example of why I love non-fiction. The author conducted 522 interviews. A bibliography that goes on forever. 100 pages of abbreviated notes. 1100 page opus. It was magnificent. It was…

A week or two ago Ethan and Jared were getting ready for bath, both naked. Jared jumps up and lands in Tai Kwon Do ready position and says, “HIyyyaaaa”. Ethan kicks him right in the nuts. Now, I won’t bore you with my yelling at Ethan, but the interesting thing…

So many choices of anti-virus. All of them have issues. I can’t purchase each one and try them all out. The cost is really getting silly for virus definitions. Norton Antivirus screws up every machine I put it on. Panda Platinum is pretty good, but expensive. Any advice for me?…

I took a Waliten (Its like Clariten but cheaper), but I am still sniffling and exhausted. I am so tired. I need to go get a jamba juice or something. I have been making diagrams lately for work. A guy here is asking me to adhere to BPMN (Business Process…

I am home sick today. Yuck. But on the bright side, I found this cool program called JAlbum. It creates web photo galleries from your original Jpegs. I am creating my album now, which is taking a while because I have 15 gigs worth of pictures since 2000. I love…

I hate sniffling. I feel like an idiot. My nose is like a faucet. My head is like a water balloon. I can’t concentrate. W need to go home. Katie is sick too and has an itchy thing. Jared, Matt and Ethan have had runny noses since the day they…

It used to happen in NY in May. I would start sneezing around May 1, and keep sneezing and sniffling until around my birthday. In the Bay Area, apparently, pollen season starts in March. I need to go to the store and pick up some clariten or something. Ugh. Sniffle.…

Man, Dell is ridiculously cheap. HP doesn’t even try to compete. They told me on the phone, “We can’t beat them on price.” And I don’t even think HP boxes are anything better than Dell. Gateway has servers too, but they are just as expensive as HP and they are…

Last night, Jared woke up about 7 times. I kept bringing him into his room. I said, “Don’t come back until it’s light out”. Next thing I know he is tapping me on the head, “Daddy, is it light out?” (Of course, it was pitch black). Then this morning at…

Here is the improved SuperGrid. Notice how you can hold the ALT key down and select a large group in the Checkbox grid. I really need to break this all out. This supergrid has an enormous amount of features. I need to get detailed and show each feature one page…

This is a list of the Top 100 Gadgets of All Time. I think a list like this shows how inspired design can change the world, or at least change pop culture. Design is such an important part of civilization. It is so hard to design with real craftsmanship. And…

Hunter Thompson commited suicide yesterday. I don’t know why. Here is a nice rememberance by John Dvorak. I like him. It’s a long weekend. President’s Day. I am getting alot done. Cleaning, Burning CD’s for people. Im going to go bike riding with Jared shortly. Today is a nice day.