Tue, 31 Jul 2007
The Express New Website Sucks Donkey Balls
This won't be a pretty post. I was tempted to post this in "tech" but I think I'll just do a free-form rant. I try to keep up with my hometown news any way I can- chatting on IM with friends and family do so only so much, so in turn I check the San Antonio Express-News site a few times a week. But, and I hate to say it, their site sucks donkey balls.
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31 Jul 18:24 | /rants_and_raves | 0 comment(s)
Burned Out?
Burned Out? I didn't think I was, but I just scored pretty highly on this burnout test. 31 Jul 13:10 | /links | 1 comment(s)
Mon, 30 Jul 2007
Walken Roast Chicken
Wow, this vid combines two things I love- cooking and Walken!
30 Jul 13:32 | /food_and_drink | 1 comment(s)
In the News
You know when you've been reading fark for too long when you look at "real" news headlines and automatically think of a fark-esque headline (or is it farkian?). So when I saw this story on my yahoo.com homepage: "Congressman requests meeting with Stern (AP)", my first thought was War in Iraq Over, Cancer Cured, Congressman requests meeting with Stern. Bobby Rush is our timewaster of the week (for last week I think). story here 30 Jul 11:20 | /links | 0 comment(s)
Fri, 27 Jul 2007
General Roundup
I've been busy at work after the folks took off, so I don't have a full blog update- just random thoughts. . . Great seeing the parentals- I'm glad some of you got to meet them at the new apartment. My mom sent me some pics, I'll try to upload them to this site or to flickr.com later this weekend. The second my folks left, it got cold and
Wed, 25 Jul 2007
Power Outage Yesterday
I ran home early yesterday - to work remotely. Seriously. There was a big power outage in SF that was in the news. A *big* colo/hosting facility in SF was affected, which is where we keep our servers and get our "tube" access (it's all a bunch of pipes and tubes, right?). Anyway, for those of you not in SF, I thought you might like to see some of the links to other stories. As I told my team yesterday:
in case you're interested various sites affected by the power at 365main:I'm about to head into work, I hear the door access card readers for a lot of buildings are broken, so I might have a breeze today with a propped-open door. Oh, and before you ask, yes 365main is supposed to be able to handle catastrophic power outages. 25 Jul 09:22 | /tech | 0 comment(s)
Craigslist, Technorati, Yelp, AdBrite, all the SixApart sites, Typepad, Livejournal etc, and supposeldy Netflix
story links:
o'reilly radar
scobelizer
laugingsquid
valleywag
Fri, 20 Jul 2007
Adios Señor Chapa
Damn, I just wrote about Teka and today Jeff sends me this: (via Express News - Bonnie Walker)
Family-run Teka Molino closes after 70 yearsMy Dad went to school with Arthur Chapa at Jefferson I think. RIP Beancups! The article does say that the San Pedro location (different owners) will continue on.
At 11 a.m. on June 29, Arthur Chapa began telling Teka Molino customers who'd come in for lunch that he was closing down his restaurant. Not next month, not next week, but at the end of that day.
"Some of the customers came back three times before we closed," Chapa said. "I had one lady come in and buy everything that was freezable -- $200 worth," he said. "A good customer."
The closure of Teka Molino at 2403 N. St. Mary's St. marks the end of a 70-year history in the restaurant business for the Chapa family.
Although asked by the Express-News, Arthur Chapa declined to share any of Teka Molino's recipes.
20 Jul 01:50 | /food_and_drink | 1 comment(s)
Thu, 19 Jul 2007
Thought of the Day
How is it that no one has ever just beat the crap out of Chris Daly? He seems like he's cruisin' for a bruisin'. more . . . not that I condone violence, I'm just wondering out loud 19 Jul 13:11 | /news | 1 comment(s)
Parentals in Town
My folks arrived- family bonding to ensue. 19 Jul 12:47 | /general | 0 comment(s)
Mon, 16 Jul 2007
Thought of the Day
Thought of the day- "Why didn't the Geefles just drop the nectarines in their own mouths?" 2nd thought- what exactly is going on here? 16 Jul 16:30 | /links | 0 comment(s)
Fri, 13 Jul 2007
Good Crack
The past week or so has been really nice. "Good crack", as one of my foreign friends says, has been prevalent.
Dinner w/ Angie last Thurs, Dinner w/ The Southbay Gang ™ on Sunday (mmm corn), and drinks & dinner last night w/ Kevin and Lisa. Doesn't get better than that. I hope the good weather holds and the crack continues.(ps- yes I know some people spell it as 'craic')
I wish I had taken more pics though- I could've used a pic of the "I can't believe it's not a compound butter" ™ for the corn.
13 Jul 16:49 | /food_and_drink | 2 comment(s)
Thu, 12 Jul 2007
Mmmm
Is it wrong that I think this is kinda hot? mmmmm I feel dirty now. Just as dirty as I felt the first 100 times I listened to that clip. 12 Jul 14:47 | /humor | 6 comment(s)
Wed, 11 Jul 2007
RIP Ladybird
Ladybird passed away. She was always nice to me when I served Amy's Ice Cream to her at the Wildflower Center Events back in the day. :(
NYT story
11 Jul 17:37 | /news | 2 comment(s)
Mon, 09 Jul 2007
Como Mejorar Su Encuesta en Zoomerang
Alguien me mando un correo electronico para preguntarme si había problemas con su encuesta que hizo en zoomerang.com. Casi nunca tenemos problemas entonces dije a mi amigo que podría yo investigar. Encontre la encuesta y vi que mi amigo hizo casi la misma cosa que
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09 Jul 21:45 | /tech | 0 comment(s)
Mandy?
Marc just told me that Mandy Moore-- America's Sweetheart-- is coming to San Jose in August. We're so there. 09 Jul 11:49 | /news | 2 comment(s)
Fri, 06 Jul 2007
Butcher
Be the butcher! link
06 Jul 13:03 | /food_and_drink | 0 comment(s)
Thu, 05 Jul 2007
JMob
Slow news day, so here's your video Via TokyoMango 05 Jul 16:49 | /humor | 1 comment(s)
Mon, 02 Jul 2007
Red Cross
Maybe I'm missing a fact or something- but doesn't this seem odd?
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02 Jul 16:33 | /tech | 2 comment(s)
I'm eating those pillows
I love how the Ben Weber vid below makes fun of documentaries yet there's a new video game movie out that cracks me up as the trailer looks kinda similar in a way. Especially the music at the end of both trailers.
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02 Jul 15:31 | /movies | 0 comment(s)
Plane Horror Vids
Perhaps "horror" isn't the right word, but I find all of the recent postings of videos people have made about their plane delays recently very interesting.
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02 Jul 14:47 | /travel | 0 comment(s)
Not My Sign
Note, that's not my sign- I just saw it with Kevin after lunch on Friday and thought it was humorous.
02 Jul 12:19 | /humor | 0 comment(s)
Ooops
I did something bad on Friday- I became what I hate. I was getting off the elevator after lunch and my cell was ringing. It was the new old landlord calling me back after 50 of my calls to him. So I picked up, started talking and went to our lobby and sat down and went over plans to meet up over the weekend to turn in keys. As I was talking I looked up and saw that the receptionist had a look on her face and I knew I did a boo boo. After the call she told me, "You know what's ironic- the fact that you of all people became the loud-cell-lobby-talker after we've both made fun of them or have been annoyed by them in the past." I apologized but I was still in shock too. It was all so unconcious . . . What's next? I start looking at Volvos and stop drinking caffeine for a bit? Omg, that's just a few steps away from vegetarianism (according to Cory). 02 Jul 12:11 | /rants_and_raves | 3 comment(s)
