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Posts from ‘June, 2008’

The end is near

Time for a doomsday post, but first, a funny cartoon that’s been around for a while:
<a href=”http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/end”>The End of the World</a> from <a href=”http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/”>Albino Blacksheep</a>
When you consider all of the things we worry about these days, it can really be quite depressing. Take the following for example:

global warming
the economy and possible recession
the housing market and [...]

Taking a break

I’ll be taking a sabbatical from work July 1st through August 15th. I’m looking forward to decompressing and taking some time off. Some things I’ve got planned so far:

A trip to Puerto Vallarta with Melissa
A trip to Las Vegas with Chris
A half-marathon in Los Gatos

I’d like to get some improvements done to the condo as [...]

Why is department store technology so old?

I was shopping at Macy’s with my wife recently when, during a long wait at the register in which I consequently got bored and started snooping around, I noticed how incredibly old their computers were:

And this is the case with most of the department stores I’ve been to. I worked at Mervyn’s for a few [...]

Map My Run

I recently signed up for an account at MapMyRun to keep track of my running activities. Seems pretty cool so far. They’ve got a Google Maps mash-up for mapping out runs and saving your routes. You can also look at other runner’s routes which they’ve made public. Here’s a map I just made tonight, which [...]