Busy, busy weekend

With Linda out of town, I was looking forward to a laid-back weekend, but it just didn’t work out that way. I’d been hoping to noodle on the newly-reconfigured World HQ computers, and learn more about podcasting and making audio recordings.
The arrival of the new desk chairs put one dent in the game plan - […]

The Mirra chairs arrive

The final upgrade to gulker.com’s World HQ is a pair of Herman Miller Mirra chairs. Not cheap (but cheaper than Aerons), they’re very comfortable (I’m sitting on one as I write). For the last 17 years I’ve been sitting on (and complaining about) the chair that was part of a set we bought John […]

Adios NewsForge

NewsForge, of which I was once Senior West Coast Editor, is being merged into Linux.com. At some point, Editor Robin ‘Roblimo’ Miller asked “In cyberspace, why do we have a ‘West Coast’ editor?’ ” I then became Senior Editor, period…

Dinner with Mike and Cathy

Good friends Mike and Cathy Podell came over last night and took me out to dinner at the Village Pub, our favorite Bay Area restaurant. Good friends that they are, they first wrestled 2 huge boxes that had arrived on our porch - somehow without me noticing - into the house.
I think these are the […]

Blogging in the garden

Linda’s in Chicago this weekend, visiting friend Cindy Engdahl, and I’m baching it (or, actually, Cassie and I are). Thursday, I managed to move our WiFi router to a spot atop a tall armoir. It’s the kind of thing that used to be easy, but takes a little planning and care when you’re dealing […]

The first mile

So, I started yesterday by walking Cassie a half a mile: it was the first day since i began managing the steroids 2 weeks ago (and ramping them slowly down) that I wasn’t too weak to walk.
In the afternoon, I walked between appointments in downtown Menlo (blood work, Dr. appt., pharmacy run), getting in another […]

Google to buy Apple?

This rumor is popping up everywhere lately. Hmmmmm… I don’t know. Apple just bought a huge parcel of land in Cupertino, and I think Steve is going to want to shape that…

New graffitum friend

We’ve been noticing this rather striking grafittum on our Adobe commutes lately. On one wall, the legend ‘Long Neck’ appears nearby, which I presume is his/her name.
Long Neck appears in a number of places, all quite well drawn, IMHO: this is the only snap I’ve been able to get from the speeding ‘baby bullet’ I […]

Getting things done

So, there’s a new item on my ‘Get Things Done‘ to-do list: re-start Get Things Done. Yes, I hate to admit it, but I have been a back-slider, and a new stack of ignored papers et al. has quietly grown on the desk.
This morning I updated my Ghost Action to-do list, and actually got through […]

‘Duals’

Woo hoo… gulker.com World HQ now sports dual 20-inch displays, thanks to my Father’s day gift. This morning I had all the ‘ My’ resources (My NY Times, My WSJ, My Yahooo, iGoogle) up in a row for a fast scan…. very cool. I think I’ll see if I can automate the AM ‘news/ process […]

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