Archive for June 2006

My Dog is So Smart

In Fun, Life, Stories on 18 June 2006 with Comments Off

Yesterday Heather and I were walking the pups through Golden Gate Park when we came upon Stow Lake. Heather noticed that, if you rent a proper rowboat (instead of the little paddle boats), dogs are allowed. Why not? Before I knew it, we were in the mucus-colored lake, Heather rowing Bug, Chieka, and I around. [...]

Do What You Suck At

In Design, Life, Writing on 16 June 2006 with Comments Off

In Merlin’s latest 43 Folders podcast, The Perfect Apostrophe, he tells the story of the book he almost wrote. You should go listen to it - Merlin’s a stitch, as always.
For the uninitiated, 43 Folders is a “Getting Things Done” blog about how to be more organized in business and life. When he and a [...]

What’s a nice Viper deckhand like you doing in a Tiki Bar like this?

In Geek, Internet, Scifi, TV, Video on 6 June 2006 with Comments Off

Battlestar Galactica may be in-between seasons after one of the most daring cliffhangers in TV history, but that doesn’t mean the characters are just hanging around waiting for Ron to call.
I may be one of the few people out there who’s a member of both the Battlestar Galactica community of nerddom and the Tiki [...]

Conspicuous Cobrandification

In Amazon, Design, Internet on 4 June 2006 with Comments Off

I went to Amazon today and was greeted by this thing at the top of the homepage. Apparently it’s a “show” hoster by Bill Maher, produced by Amazon, to move product.
Now, I think it’s great that Amazon is keeping Bill Maher behind a camera (just imagine the trouble he could get into in the real [...]