After a whirlwind week in which both Wednesday night and Thursday night into early Friday mornings were long days, I have been relaxing for most of the weekend. Yesterday was spent with friends at an evening barbecue, and the ribs (extemporized about here) were quite tasty. Alas, I had to leave earlier than I wanted [...]
Tagged Baltimore, PersonalAs I finally finished The Andromeda Strain,* I can now turn my attention to one of the great reasons for this time of year. Yes, indeed, it is time to immerse myself in barbecue. Specifically, thanks to the largesse of NPR Junky, I am now reading through The Barbecue! Bible by Steven Raichlen.
In the words [...]
In my recent rash of book reading, I finished 24 and Philosophy. One of the essays–”How the Cell Phone Changed the World and Made 24″–details the effect that modern technology has in our harried lives.
One of the more interesting quotes from the essay was:
“We understand the necessity of schizophrenia, quadrophenia, or
whatever it takes to get [...]
I have coined a catch phrase of sorts at the office. In some discussions when we are talking about an issue or some interesting process, I have taken to uttering “Well, that’s a steaming pile of awesome.” After really getting some traction with it, I decided to see if the domain name was available.
Alas, steamingpileofawesome.com [...]
Fortunately, I was busy at work today. Thus, I was unable to revel in the Apple-phoria that descended on the various tech sites around the Internet. Allow me to summarize:
OMGWTFBBQ!!!!11!! iPhone 3G!!! Faster!!! Cheaper!!!! It works with Exchange!!! It has GPS!!!!! It’s faster!!!! Apps and the App Store are awesome!!!! We also have a [...]
