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I recently upgraded to a
Blackberry 8700g.
Email, cellphone, web
access, and PDA all-in-one.
I love Canon digicams.
I had an S330, then an S230,
now an SD400. They're solidly
made, they take great pictures,
and they're ultra-portable.
I've gone back to the dark
side. I once again have an iPod.
This time it's a 60gb iPod Photo.
The Dell Latitude D620
is my current work laptop.
It's a cleanly designed
Centrino Duo machine with
amazing battery
life and a nice screen.
My home laptop is a
15" Apple MacBook Pro
dual-booting both Mac OS X
and Windows XP. Hooray for
Boot Camp!
I recently upgraded to a 20"
Dell 2001fp LCD. It has great
image quality, and convenient
USB ports on the side.
My current PC is
a P4 system based on an Intel
D915GAG motherboard in an Antec
Sonata II case. 200gb Seagate
SATA hard drive, nVidia GeForce
6600GT video card, SB Live 5.1,
and NEC DVD-RW drive.
Just like with digicams,
I like Canon inkjet printers. My
i860 is quiet, fast, and produces
first-class color prints.
Not much to say here.
If you're an aviation enthusiast
and you have a fast PC,
go buy FS2004 now.
If you get hooked on
flight sims like I did, you'll want
a good flight controller. The
CH Products Flight Sim Yoke USB
is probably the best all-around
flight controller out there.
It ain't cheap, though....
My Current Reading List
Eastward to Tartary:
Travels in the Balkans,
the Middle East, and
the Caucasus
by Robert D. Kaplan
Falling Off the Map
by Pico Iyer
Great Bridge: The Epic
Story of the Building of
the Brooklyn Bridge
by David McCullough
The Polish Way: A Thousand
Year History of the Poles and
Their Culture
by Adam Zamoyski
Best of Europe 2006
by Rick Steves
2008
October (2 entries)August (1 entry)
June (1 entry)
May (2 entries)
February (2 entries)
2007
July (1 entry)June (7 entries)
April (5 entries)
February (4 entries)
January (11 entries)
2006
December (5 entries)November (3 entries)
October (10 entries)
September (6 entries)
August (4 entries)
July (7 entries)
June (5 entries)
May (7 entries)
April (15 entries)
March (9 entries)
February (7 entries)
January (15 entries)
2005
December (4 entries)November (6 entries)
October (15 entries)
September (4 entries)
August (9 entries)
July (18 entries)
June (10 entries)
May (12 entries)
April (19 entries)
March (18 entries)
February (10 entries)
January (20 entries)
2004
December (9 entries)November (21 entries)
October (9 entries)
September (15 entries)
August (7 entries)
July (7 entries)
June (8 entries)
May (10 entries)
April (5 entries)
March (12 entries)
February (18 entries)
January (9 entries)
| 03/31/2005 17:05 |
| If you thought that the days of crazy/irresponsible dotcom companies were behind us, I've got a story for you. I found a coupon code to get 50 free digital prints from WinkFlash.com. Sweet, I thought, since I just got back from two weeks of vacation, during which I took a crapload of pictures. I uploaded 50 pix, applied the code, and placed an order that only cost me $.99 (for the shipping). When the order arrived, it was clear from the postage on the envelope that WinkFlash paid more than $.99 to send the pictures to me. Below is the photographic evidence. To recap: I paid them $.99 for something that cost $2.21. Nice... I think I'll order again....
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| 03/29/2005 09:22 |
| I was rummaging in my backpack for something this morning, and I began to wonder how many gadgets I was carrying around at the moment. This picture will illustrate what I found.
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| 03/28/2005 15:12 |
| Talk about smug. Or ballsy. Or something. Check out this snapshot from British Airways' website, regarding what is included in the price of a particular ticket:
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| 03/27/2005 13:31 |
| We're finally getting rid of the old beige couch that was given to us by previous homeowners in Joplin. It's on our front porch right now, with a big "F R E E" sign on it. Along with the couch, we're giving away our drinks fridge--a little apartment-sized fridge that we kept full of Coke, Mt. Dew, and Dr. Pepper. We decided that we could live very well without it. So, if you're interested, come on over to 703 Decatur St. SW.... |
| 03/27/2005 07:31 |
| It's surprising how something as simple as a brewery tour can improve travellers' spirits...
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| 03/27/2005 07:29 |
| One thing I noticed about TV in Europe: well over half of the commercials shown at night are for ringtones or wallpapers you can buy for your cell phone. |
| 03/19/2005 12:27 |
| Now we're in Belgium. Brugge specifically, where they speak Dutch, not French. Waffles and french fries for everyone! Ketchup with my fries--no mayonnaise, please. We're awaiting our Flemish stew for dinner, and there are two pretty college-age girls at the next table. I was commenting how mature they seemed, when one of them pulled out a kids' word puzzle book and started working through the puzzles. Oookay.... Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile. |
| 03/18/2005 10:08 |
| I've fallen behind in the blogging over the last couple days, and there's no reason for it, since our hotel has wireless internet access. So, where are we then... Paris has been surprisingly great. We've found a couple great restaurants--a little Italian place for lunch, and a friendly neighborhood place for dinner. I don't usually have good luck with food in Paris, so this is a welcome change. We've been to the Eiffel Tower, taken a boat ride on the Seine, walked down the Champs Elysees, visited the Arc de Triomphe, Place de Concorde, Notre Dame, the Louvre, Sainte Chapelle, and a few minor things. The weather has been outstanding the whole time we've been here. To top it all off, I had a nice chocolate and banana crepe last night. It's hard to complain.... Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile.
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| 03/17/2005 02:53 |
| This entry should get there really quickly, since I'm atop the Eiffel Tower. This whole thing is a big cell tower.... Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile.
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| 03/14/2005 15:58 |
| Tonight we're at a farmhouse within sight of Hadrian's Wall in Northumbria. We drove up from London yesterday, because this morning we had an appointment to visit the nearby castle where some of krw's ancestors once lived. It has been windy, but not too cold, so we've managed to walk up to the wall and check it out. The terrain is hilly and picturesque, with low stone walls around the fields and big stone farmhouses every half mile or so. After touring the castle, we drove to Durham to see the cathedral, with its impressive site on a high hill in a river bend. Tomorrow it's back to London, with the Eurostar, Paris, and Bruges to follow. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile. |
| 03/12/2005 07:57 |
| If I had to guess, I'd say we're past any jet lag. I slept from 10pm to 6am, which is pretty normal. This morning we went to the British Museum. After a couple of hours there, we went in search of lunch, and ended up at the West End Kitchen, a good, cheap entree/peas/carrots/chips sort of place. Vegetable moussaka for me... I'm currently cooling my heels on a bench at the Museum of London, waiting for the rest of the group to catch up. Nothing particularly weird or funny so far today, but the day isn't over yet, so I'll keep my eyes peeled. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile. |
| 03/11/2005 12:51 |
| Today's highlights included the Imperial War Museum, lunch at the Stockpot (peas, anyone?), and a trip out to Greenwich to straddle the Prime Meridian. We had never visited the museums at Greenwich, and it turns out they are very interesting. The Royal Observatory had cool old telescopes, clocks, and a state-of-the-art Japanese umbrella shrink-wrapping contraption. And there I was, sans umbrella. Oh well... This message was brought to you via the fine folks at the Starbucks (I know, shut up.) on Kensington Church Street in London. No, the other one on Kensington Church Street. No, not that one, the other, other one on Kensington Church street.
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| 03/11/2005 00:13 |
| Just kill me now. There is a Krispy Kreme donut shop inside Harrod's. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile. |
| 03/10/2005 19:41 |
| Day one is behind us, or days one and two technically. We all arrived at Heathrow more or less on time, then rode the Tube into London. After checking in at the Abbey House, we jumped on the No. 9 bus for Trafalgar Square, where we had lunch at St. Martin in the Fields. After vegetable soup and apple crumble, we walked down through Whitehall to Parliament, then over Westminster Bridge to the London Eye. Then it was on to Harrod's to gawk at stuff, and back to High Street Ken for a snack before we turned in. Even when we don't try to do much, we still do a lot. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile. |
| 03/08/2005 14:41 |
| Pretty cool story about Audi recreating a famous commercial where they drove a car up a ski jump..... http://www.germancarfans.com/news.cfm/newsid/2050308.004
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| 03/07/2005 14:04 |
| Coming soon to a home office near you.... although probably not that color.
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| 03/04/2005 22:37 |
| GT4 arrived today, and krw and I spent the evening laying around playing it. The downtown Seattle course is awesome--there's a bunch of stuff I recognize, and a bunch of stuff I don't. Nice to see little details like the highway signs, pointing you towards I-5. krw was giving me a run for my money in every race. I only beat her by 10-15 seconds in the 2-lap race in Seattle, by about 20 in the 2-lap at Infineon Raceway, and only about 20 seconds in 2 laps of the Nurburgring. That's pretty impressive, really. |
| 03/02/2005 13:24 |
| "Okay, Queen Elizabeth, I've got you down for 100 licenses of Windows XP Pro, 10 copies of Microsoft Windows 2003 Server with 100 CALs, and 100 licenses of Microsoft Office 2003 Professional. Do you want to pay in pounds or dollars?"
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