Archive for March, 2005

Paul Rusesabagina at Town Hall

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2005

Last night I had the privilege of seeing Paul Rusesabagina speak at Town Hall here in Seattle. Any evening is well spent when you find yourself at a loss for words in the hours afterwards. Only with time do you find yourself making sense of all that was said and felt. For [...]

Some Airport Express Feature Requests

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2005

I love my Airport Express and use it to extend my WiFi network, easily play music from anywhere in the apartment, add my vonage phone to the network and send print jobs to my Brother Laser Printer. It’s great buying a multifaceted device like this and finding that you make use of every advertised [...]

Favorite February Search Term

Tuesday, March 1st, 2005

People found their way to this site in a number of ways, but one person in particular performed the following search to get here.
i want my computer to make sounds like a yeti
I’m sorry I wasn’t able to help them.

Delivering a Stove for the View

Tuesday, March 1st, 2005

I recently spent a few hours driving down my parents old I Dream of Jeannie stove to it’s new owners south of Seattle. It gave me a chance to see the mountains and forests of Washington. On the amazingly winding road I took back, I could have stopped a hundred times to take [...]

Visa Wastes Both Time and Money

Tuesday, March 1st, 2005

Looks like Visa is trying to replace the current magnetic strip based credit cards with cards that only need to be in the vicinity of a reader. They are also adding another feature that allows purchases under $25 US to not require a signature. This is a terrible idea.
What Visa doesn’t seem to [...]