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I heart San Jose!

27. August 2005

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I decided I wanted a burrito for dinner tonight, so I got on Citysearch to find the best burrito place near my house. Turns out there’s some place called “Burrito Factory” a couple miles away, and it’s rated a 9.1/10, so I decide to try it. I walk in and order a burrito to go, [...]

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It's official… I'm taking a vacation!

23. August 2005

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Oh man. I pretty much killed myself at BARCamp last weekend. And by “killed myself” I mean “killed off that pesky immune system.” That’s right; I’m sick. A cold is my body’s way of telling me “SLOW DOWN FOR A MINUTE AND GET SOME SLEEP, WOULDJA?!” I guess sleeping 4 hours Friday night and 6 [...]

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Live from BARCamp 2005!

20. August 2005

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I’m live at BARCamp, which is what I would term an offbeat but fun “meatspace” networking event. Back story: Tim O’Reilly, who is the founder of the O’Reilly publishing house, holds an event called FOO Camp every year in the woods in Sebastopol, CA (read: middle of nowhere) which brings together a bunch of geeks [...]

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Q. How do you fit a bike in a Miata without a bike rack?

4. December 2004

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A. Like this! (click here) I have said before that I can fit just about any item into a Miata. I fit a BBQ grill (I mean a big Weber one!) in it and I fit a 7′x1′x1′ curio cabinet into it. This time, though, I had a real challenge. I IM’ed my friend Zack [...]

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Am I Crazy?

1. December 2004

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I’ve been thinking for a while that I want to take classes in something that would be really different. Now, I have certain life goals I’d like to meet, like learning how to play the piano. But I’d also like to know something very different from anything any of my friends have studied. I started [...]

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