Category: Ablog

Originally posted 2007-08-21 18:05:02 I just released version 0.2 of Safe, the command-line password management program I’ve been using. This is the first public release, and it’s still alpha, but I’d love feedback. I’m...

Originally posted 2008-04-28 01:28:26 People are always careful when typing emails. People are now always careful when typing emails. People are not always careful when typing emails. Emailers often both read and write the...

Originally posted 2010-07-06 08:06:58 Everytime my 16 year-old son sees the screen of my iPhone 3GS, he mocks me as if I were carrying a dog turd. He claims that the jagged pixelation tears...

Originally posted 2004-05-05 12:29:51 After some contemplation and waffling, I finally ventured out of x86-land and got a Mac–one of the new iBook G4 1.25 GHz machines. I think I was swayed less by...

Originally posted 2005-04-30 06:03:11 Posted Saturday, April 30, 2005 Yesterday evening, I hustled my children into our mini-van to run errands. Since my wife had already left for the weekend, I reasoned that I’d...

Originally posted 2005-10-14 14:10:23 A few weeks ago, I bought a Logitech io2 Digital Writing System. Now that I’m in management, I attend numerous meetings, I take copious notes, I jot down multiple to-dos,...

Originally posted 2006-05-25 10:33:28 After noticing an online buzz surrounding the book Getting Things Done, I decided to purchase and read the book. The practices it espouses are winning me over–I feel more organized...

Originally posted 2007-08-25 02:23:12 From the what-will-they-think-of-next department, here’s an external hard drive designed to house your deleted files. It’s shaped like a trash can and sports the recycling logo, so it attempts to...

Originally posted 2008-05-07 11:56:22 I walked past our office plotter the other day and noticed this message on the console: This picture is blurry but says, \”Cartridges will expire in days: 8.\” Are you...

Originally posted 2005-03-15 18:01:55 You’ve done it before: you’ve picked up the telephone and dialed the wrong number. Sometimes, you’ve realized immediately, and hung up. Other times, you haven’t realized your mistake until the...