Archive for August, 2006

So I Said to Myself…

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

Ever have one of those hectic days when you need to sit back and work a few things out with yourself? A little reflection, some strategic planning and some Jack Johnson tunes make things go better. "So, what do you think?" ... "Yeah, your idea was pretty good."

Yippee! … Oh Damn!

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

The newest issue of Wine News magazine has a long story about Oregon wineries. They used one of my photos (the wine house), which is pretty cool. What's very uncool, however, is the fact that they failed to give me photo credit even though I asked in writing ...

Comcast + SB5101 + Mac = Poo

Saturday, August 19th, 2006

Mac users on Comcast highspeed connections may want to consider upgrading to Motorola SB5120 modems if their SB5100 or SB5101 modems aren't performing at full speeds. My Comcast service level is 8mbps, however with the SB5101 providing Internet connection to my G5 iMac and MacBook, I was getting no ...

Happy Birthday!

Friday, August 18th, 2006

My brother Ryan turns 25 today!! Happy birthday, Ryan! Ryan, circa 1992

Veni. Vidi. Codi?

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

This week was Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. Apparently one of the attendee-only gifts given by Apple is a t-shirt with the words Veni Vidi Codi. I was hoping to buy one of the shirts for Codi, but unfortunately they're not for sale... yet. I'll ...

Russian Chocolates and Pelmeni

Wednesday, August 9th, 2006

Codi found a great little Russian/Ukrainian cafe in downtown Portland. We had some awesome pelmeni and Russian chocolates. I bought 100 pelmeni to cook at home! They are soooo good!

MacBook Shipping Route

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

I got Codi a brand new MacBook for her birthday; an upgrade from her Powerbook. (Am I good or what?!) The MacBook hasn't arrived yet, though - mainly due to the crazy route the FedEx has lined out for the shipment. It started out in China, went to ...