Archive for December, 2005

Back to Tivo

Tuesday, December 27th, 2005

We were the first people on our block to have a Tivo, and we were instant converts. Even Amy, who thought I was being a gadget fetishist when I originally bought it. Actually, I’d say Amy became even more a believer than I. But those first generation Tivos were prone to breaking– our drive died [...]

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Saturday, December 24th, 2005

21st Amendment
Food style/ethnicity: American
Price: 8 - 18 (USD)
Location:
San Francisco, CA 94117
USA

Food rating: 3 out of 5

Decor rating: 4 out of 5

Service rating: 4 out of 5

I’ve been here several times, but wrote it off as your average brewery– good for a lark, [...]

My favorite thing for 2005

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

I suppose I was late for the party, but this year I made the conversion back into a Mac user after a five year drift to the PC. My prodigal return has changed my work habits and improved my life beyond measure. Definitely the product purchase of the year for me (with the cloud blanket [...]

Great online service with the worst web site

Saturday, December 10th, 2005

Audible has always had huge utility for those of us with a larger appetite for books than time to read. Overall, their subscription service has served me well over the years. However, their site has always been slow, hard to navigate and contains one of the worst search functions I’ve seen. There latest redesign, with [...]

Using technology to hurt people’s ears

Thursday, December 1st, 2005

Us optimists are so used to looking at technology through utopian-tinted glasses that we ignore the disheartening (or evil) purposes it’s often put to. Dana Boyd over at zephoria pointed out this piece in the NYTimes.
First off, doesn’t this guy, Howard Stapleton–the founder of this company–look like a villain straight out of a silent film?
His [...]

In defense of irrational exuberance