Fri, 28 Dec 2007
I'm full
I'm still in SA. I've been eating a lot and hanging out with the folks. I thought I'd link up some flickr pics though.
28 Dec 14:03 | /travel/tx | 0 comment(s)
Sat, 22 Dec 2007
Weekly Wrapup And Some Links
It's a nice morning in San Francisco today. It's still a bit chillier than what I remember for most winters, but hey, that's okay. It's not raining, so I'm happy. And of course, I'll be in San Antonio this week so hopefully I'll stay in the sunshine. I was worried I was getting a cold but (knock on wood) I think I'm okay.
Granted, I'm still feeling the effects of a great laid-back Friday night over at Kenny's (the other Kenneth). He had a bunch of people over for wine and that boy pulls out some good stuff. There was a lot of good champagne and some great wines that I need to keep an eye out for (Sinister Hand, Malm?, Shady Lady, Don David Malbec). Plus they pulled out some nice older wines too. I was one of the few firmly camped out by the cheese and crackers.
Another great Bittman column: 101 Simple Appetizers in 20 mins or Less. I like the way the list is organized- "on bread/crackers", "on toothpicks", "on skewers", "finger foods".
More links:
More deer shooting protesting from people who don't seem like they understand animal population control. I wonder if they'd feel the same if someone planted non-native eucalyptus trees in their backyard right before fire season. My tumblr blog - I'm just saving links and tweets for now. Law and Order:KFC Congrats to the Bivings Report for their award. An odd/interesting article about the history of Kwanzaa. Sysadmin tries to axe Cali power grid (via tris) Boing boing post about an Icelandic "shopping terrorist". 22 Dec 13:45 | /general | 0 comment(s)
Fri, 21 Dec 2007
Ebert's Tops for 07 list is Out
Roger Ebert's 10 Best Films of the Year article is up. I've only seen one of them though.
There's a slight error in his #11 though, he's mixing up Maria Bello and Naomi Watts - Eastern Promises vs A History of Violence, but that's cool.21 Dec 14:15 | /movies | 3 comment(s)
Thu, 20 Dec 2007
3 Chipmunks, 1 Cup
Ummm . . . Scat humor in the latest trailer for Alvin and the Chipmunks?
"Relax Dave, it's just a raisin."20 Dec 12:44 | /movies | 0 comment(s)
28 Weeks Later - **
Yeah, yeah- I know, a cheesy, predictable zombie movie. But you know what? Even though you know how a ride at an amusement park ride ends, you still ride it for fun.
28 Weeks Later is predictable and fun. Even if you don't like fast zombies now and again you need to see a good zombie flick. It's not as good as it's predecessor, 28 Days Later, but it's still fun. One other note- watching a shaky-cam fast-zombie movie on your iPhone on the bus will make you want to hurl during action scenes.20 Dec 11:51 | /movies | 0 comment(s)
Wed, 19 Dec 2007
Rajin Trajin
Bbright Lights Film has a nice lil' vid on Trajan from Goodiebag.tv.
Like he says, "we still have the floating heads".19 Dec 13:24 | /movies | 0 comment(s)
Tue, 18 Dec 2007
Tangerine is yummy
You know what's good? Brunch at Tangerine, that's what!
Zucchini latkes + bacon + poached eggs + hollandaise = mmmm
Brunch menu
18 Dec 19:41 | /food_and_drink | 2 comment(s)
Watch Tiger Team on Dec 25
Set your DVRs to the soon-to-be-rebranded CourtTV for December 25th for Tiger Team. I know someone involved with the show and his peeps could use your feedback for CourtTV if you like the show. 18 Dec 12:09 | /general | 2 comment(s)
Mon, 17 Dec 2007
Misleading URL
Cory almost sent me into a wild rage by sending me this link (http://tinyurl.com/23kjr6). As you'll notice when it opens on the KCBS site, the url has a misleading title: "http://www.kcbs.com/SF-Considers-a-Tax-on-Caffeine/1348719 ", it's actually the HFC they're after. Damn nanny state. 17 Dec 12:17 | /links | 0 comment(s)
Fri, 14 Dec 2007
I'm going to TX
Man, I thought I completely messed up and missed my window for buying a decently priced ticket to SA. But I found one yesterday, so I'll be going to San Antonio on the 24th and will be there until the 31st. Tamale time!
14 Dec 13:41 | /travel | 2 comment(s)
Wed, 12 Dec 2007
More Twits and Tumbles
Jeff and Bart are funny. There's a rock in that tunnel. Anyway . . . I've been playing with Tumblr a bit more. It's a bit cooler than I gave it credit for originally. The sheer time-suckitude potential is huge. You can create channels for your friends, or group site (eg DMWT mail list) and incorporate your feeds from (or to) your own blog, Flickr, Twitter or Google Reader. Go signup, it's fun. Granted, one could just move away from all this and just focus on the functionality of del.icio.us has built in already for sharing links with groups. . . 12 Dec 14:52 | /tech | 2 comment(s)
No Country For Old Men - ****
I was a bit worried about the hype surrounding No Country For Old Men, but it was well deserved.
... there's more to read here ...
12 Dec 00:01 | /movies | 2 comment(s)
Tue, 11 Dec 2007
Drill Bra!
Does this not look like the best movie ever?
Pell- fix the sound on your laptop!11 Dec 17:08 | /movies | 2 comment(s)
Twits?
Other than Todd, Chuck and Sarah, are any of the rest of you using Twitter or setting up a Tumblr blog/feed? Just curious. Now that I'm being a dork with the phone, I may integrate those sites' feeds with my blog more. What about GoodReads? I know Angie and Jodi have, and I kind of like that one more than Shelfari (althought they're practically identical). 11 Dec 14:06 | /tech | 4 comment(s)
Mon, 10 Dec 2007
OpenDNS Installed
Those of you (all 5) who use my tunnel may notice improved DNS resolution as I installed OpenDNS routing on ye olde home tunnel. Hopefully the network traffic won't be as ComcASStic, well, as far as DNS requests go. I'm a bit skeptical this will improve speed as other articles have mentioned. Most of my network woes come from bad packets on the network when I happen to be using a torrent client, which I rarely do during the day (1 2 3) but we'll see. I mostly did the change because I realized on machine on my network was querying speakeasy.net's DNS still (the old and better isp) and was slightly faster. 10 Dec 11:23 | /tech | 2 comment(s)
Sun, 09 Dec 2007
More on the iPhone
Apparently Angie has a higher opinion of my tech influence than I realize (and deserve). As I wrote, I won an iPhone at work and have replaced my old battered beast the Nokia. I've been a Nokia whore for a long time. I've loved the ones I've had and have tricked them out with blinking antennas and clear cases using parts from Japantown (or Ebay) in the past. Since I didn't pay for my iPhone, I didn't mind switching over, although as I said before I'm sure there will be things I would miss. I didn't frame that as "why the iPhone sucks/has problems" though. So here's my two week review--
... there's more to read here ...
09 Dec 18:21 | /tech | 3 comment(s)
Fri, 07 Dec 2007
Spurs Brisket
Mmmm I want some holiday brisket (and tamales) and this video cracks me up 07 Dec 13:57 | /humor | 1 comment(s)
Thu, 06 Dec 2007
Happy Chanukkah!
06 Dec 14:40 | /food_and_drink | 1 comment(s)
Wed, 05 Dec 2007
Good Morning, Your Building is on Fire
Apparently my office building is on fire- well, I should say that the Specialtys Bakery in the lobby is/was on fire. And now the office building stinks like bad scones and plastic. I'll try to go get some pics.
05 Dec 11:37 | /general | 0 comment(s)
The Green Machine Returns.
Cory will be ecstatic about this-
Last week, St. George Spirits of Alameda received the news that, after seven applications, the federal agency had approved its label, the final obstacle before going to market. On Monday, the small artisan distillery sold its token first bottle, becoming the only American company since 1912 to sell absinthe in the United States. Then the staff took a moment to celebrate.I'm not a fan of licorice or anise flavors, so I'll pass. Plus, I prefer the
"We made champagne and absinthe cocktails, which rapidly degenerated into just sipping absinthe out of the bottle with crazy straws," said Lance Winters, a 42-year-old master distiller at the seven-employee company. sfgate.com
"Look, absinthe is bad the way Jack Daniels is bad, the way Skyy Vodka is bad," says Lehrman. "The worst component is the alcohol. If you drink too much, something bad will happen."Or was it this one--
Even Oscar Wilde was quoted as saying "After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally you see things as they really are, which is the most horrible thing in the world."
05 Dec 00:24 | /food_and_drink | 4 comment(s)
Mon, 03 Dec 2007
Two Words
TRAIN WRECK. Or is that one word. Granted, I shouldn't be throwing stones -- unless I got my ass skinny too - but damn homegirl 03 Dec 18:32 | /general | 0 comment(s)
Sun, 02 Dec 2007
Lucky Kenny
Well, I thought I was having a weird week- a bit stressed out and annoyed at the early darkness that SF calls "winter" - hey, at least it's not raining (yet). But Thursday got better- we had a mobile release party (party bus!) I won an iPhone at work!
... there's more to read here ...
02 Dec 13:07 | /tech | 1 comment(s)
