# Friday, June 01, 2007

Grillin' and Lunchin'


Grillin' & Lunchin', originally uploaded by cafechimp.

Summer's here, and the time is right, for... Grillin' and Lunchin'

3 days straight! Love that home office.

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# Thursday, May 31, 2007

They're just around the corner

It's incredible. And I know many of you have the same question I did; when am I going to have one of these in my house?

[ First Look: Microsoft Surfacing Computing! | Larry Larsen | Channel 10 ]

I've been forecasting this type of computing for a while, I expect it will drive the office of the future, so your desk is your computer.

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# Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Impressive mash up

Moving to the Washington, D.C., area, or just interested in different Washington, Maryland and Virginia communities? Try Local Explorer.

[ Crime, Home Sales and Schools in DC, Maryland and Virginia - Local Explorer (washingtonpost.com) ]

Every time I've moved this information would have been handy. Now that my 5 year plan includes home ownership, the recent home prices is information I've been looking for. All round a good job, thanks Washington Post!

Props to R&R

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# Sunday, May 20, 2007

PC Gaming...

I don't really do any PC gaming. I did once upon a time, but when you work on a PC all day, and are constantly checking email, or even just tinkering, it seems like you may be going overboard to play games on your PC as well. Not to mention owning a gaming PC and a work PC seems expensive, or trying to get an all-in-one can double the price of that machine. All very logical reasons for me to avoid PC gaming at all costs.

What could drag me back? Friggin' Blizzard:

[ StarCraft II ]

Well, maybe I can restrict my PC gaming to just one game, that shouldn't be too hard...

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# Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Do we really need another social site?

Yahoo! 360 - Kearns's Profile

I think I have profiles on 1/2 a dozen social sites, Friendster, Orkut, Mutiply, who-know-what-else-that-I-forgot-about. Yaty's got even more. Kinda stupid if you need to belong to a dozen, but I have a warm spot in my heart for Yahoo! since I wouldn't have met my wife without them, so I filled out a profile and spammed invited some IM contacts to "join me in the tempest" or what have you.

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# Thursday, May 10, 2007

Ex-Docean Lurker?

Alex Santantonio has started an effort to organize a gathering of all employees that ever worked for Doceus.

You should have received an email or invitation to the BackPackIT page, if not (because we have the wrong email or you are a super-lurker) please email me, or contact me through this page so I can get you in on the effort.

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# Tuesday, May 08, 2007

A day in the life...

I've got ants in the house. The house is old, and a bit porous. And I'm not a fan of poisons, especially around the baby. I've taken to some homeopathic remedies, some of which are working, others not so much. Next up I should try the "boric acid sugar solution cotton ball trick" that I've read about, and I expect it will turn out kind of like this:

Props: rants and ramblings

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# Monday, May 07, 2007

I've been saying this for years

Treehugger often says that cities are the most sustainable way to live. The converse is that suburban sprawl is probably the worst.

[ Ten Things Wrong With Sprawl (TreeHugger) ]

Who knew my mad ravings were good arguments?

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# Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Freakin' Awesome SQL Log Tool

SQL Log Rescue is an award-winning log analysis tool, allowing you to explore your logs to view information on database transactions. Additionally, SQL Log Rescue should be kept on hand in case of a potential disaster – if you have accidentally deleted, inserted or modified your database, SQL Log Rescue will help you get the data back.

[ SQL Log Rescue - Undo for SQL Server ]

And now free!

Why blog about this now? Nate says I should have blogged about it when I first discovered it, so if you didn't know of it's existance, now you do.

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# Saturday, April 28, 2007

My new favorite snack bars

KIND Fruit + Nut is available in ten flavors: Nut Delight, Macadamia & Apricot, Fruits & Nuts in Yogurt, Almond & Coconut, Sesame & Peanuts, Almond & Apricot, Almonds & Apricots in Yogurt, Walnut & Date, Banana & Oatbran, Fruit & Nut Delight.

Peace Works ]

I get mine at the Whole Foods. They're right by the checkout. I first picked up a couple for the birthing of Zahra, because it was a tip from the hospital that many new fathers forget to eat, and faint. I figured that a quick snack bar would put and end to that, and these looked yummy. And they are. However the package mentions that they have some social agenda. Just to make sure it wasn't some crazy social agenda, I finally did the research, so I could enjoy my new favorite snack bar without worrying that I was causing ill in the world.

5% of the profits from KIND go to OneVoice, a Peaceworks Foundation initiative, that fosters moderate consensus.

[ KIND Fruit & Nut Bars ]

OneVoice? Never heard of them. But it appears that they may actually be a good organization. Here's the little video they put together to explain their mission:

So PeaceWorks makes products to raise money for their foundation whose primary beneficiary is the OneVoice movement that hopes to change the Israeli/Palestinian conflict from a Jew v. Muslim or Israel v. Palestine or Left v. Right or Them v. Us to a Everyone v. The Crazy Extremists conflict. Good luck there, if it works it will be a great example for the other hotspots of the world to follow.

And that certainly sounds like a good cause. So I get to enjoy my snack bars and perhaps even help the world in a tiny tiny fashion.

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