We where sitting back, watching an archived Simpsons episode last night when I heard what sounded like gunfire down the street. While we live in a relatively nice neighborhood, we’re only a couple of blocks away from the lovely Aurora Ave (hwy 99) which is well known for it’s seedy and tumultuous past. I […]

One of the highlights of the recent weather is that my companies corporate Sonics tickets went unused. Apparently our clients didn’t want to brave the “ice” and freezing temperatures. Fortunately for us, the overnight freeze never materialized and we where able to drive home from the game on bare and wet pavement, with temps […]

This is awesome. My winter driving skills really need some work if I’m ever to drive like these guys:

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Upon further examination, I realized that most of the fealing of horror that I’m experiencing comes not from the huge number itself, but from the fact that I’m not at all surprised by this finding.People across the rest of the country are coming to this same conclusion. Find your own Starbucks density here.For some comparison, there are 99 stores within a 5 mile radius of my old apartment on Capitol Hill. Even this figure pales in comparison to some of the major urban areas.While I’m generally in favor of capitalism and agree with most of the tenants of a free market economy, this is just beyond crazy.

Despite the back-pain I’ve been experiencing since throwing it out (following a snowboard incident) I hauled myself out side to snap some quick photos before the temperatures warmed…. This is one of those things that happen to you as you age that makes you realize you aren’t as young as you’d like to thing…. a fate which, now that the Seahawks are out, has been disappointing.I’ll stop my complaining now though since I’ve had plenty of time to read and catchup on the tv shows recorded on the DVR.

Seattle has been hit with a mild dose of winter weather and as expected, everyone is freaking out.
I‘m personally quite happy to frolic in the snow with my dog, stay in my sweat pants and work from home today, but really people.. it’s not that bad.
Enjoy the white stuff while it lasts. […]

Steve Jobs announced the apple iPhone this morning during the macworld keynote address in California. While many other vendors have attempted to create a truly screen based interface (without any “hard” buttons), apple is implementing a new type of device interaction which may just make these devices successful. I can’t claim to like or dislike […]

Youtube amazes me. This summer while we where in Moscow I used our digital camera to capture a short ~40 second clip of a humorous traffic scene (which we actually saw many of.) I didn’t think to much of it until after giving our slide show to a few folks - the video was […]