John and I are going to Phoenix, Arizona this weekend, and may be stopping in Pasadena, CA on the way home. Anyone want to meet up? Drop me a comment, let me know! We don’t have a lot of time, but we can meet up for coffee or something.
Remote Buddy: Nifty!
With my MacBook Pro, I got an Apple Remote. I didn’t order it separately– it came with it, but it’s very handy to have, because I do a lot of presentations and public speaking gigs, and having a remote is good to have. Unfortunately, Front Row, the Apple software that talks to the remote, doesn’t […]
MacBook has arrived
The new MacBook Pro arrived this morning. I immediately tried to restore everything I used to have on Trinity…. and failed. Badly. Tip: Don’t restore from a backup from a corrupted system. I’m now doing a complete wipe/restore, and will be a little more judicious in adding back all my stuff. In unrelated news, the […]
Plan USA/Childreach Sponsorship
For almost fifteen years, I’ve sponsored children in developing nations through Childreach/Plan USA. This is not the most personally meaningful thing I’ve done in my life, but it’s significant in many ways. For example, fifteen years is a long time to do anything. It’s almost half of my life, after all, and I’ve done nothing […]
February 2007: Book Reviews
This is an archive of my shorter book reviews and notes, which historically have been posted over at the 50 Book Challenge on LiveJournal, but which I’m starting to move over here. I’m posting them with altered date-stamps, but they might show up in my LiveJournal cross-post anyway. Bear with me, please. Note: Many of […]