Category Archives: life
The iPhone changed my life.
Linkbait! Monday I ended my relationship with Sprint. I spent a whole 8 hours as a free man then signed my soul away to AT&T. It’s been one of the best purchases I’ve made. I had a BlackBerry Curve 8300, … Continue reading
My AT&T Uverse Installation Experience
I moved to a new apartment last weekend, and as part of the move I switched from Time Warner cable/internet/phone to AT&T Uverse service. I made the change because AT&T advertised higher download speeds for a similar price, and my … Continue reading
Is it right to drill so close inland?
Yesterday I asked this question and left it unanswered because I didn’t want to rush. I’ve spent a little time thinking about it and I know what I want to say. First, a disclosure. The oil industry has been very … Continue reading
The Gulf Oil Spill
What a fine mess. I’m mostly uninformed about the spill because the only source of news I really follow is “people talking on Twitter”. I got a little angry about what some people were saying the other day and @hotgazpacho … Continue reading
The Flaming Lips Part 2: The Prequel
Here’s part 2 of my The Flaming Lips concert post, in which I discuss the pre-show stuff. I’ll talk about Austin Music Hall in general some other time; Yelp’s reviews are pretty accurate for now. Pre-Show This got too big … Continue reading
The Flaming Lips
Oh March 12, 2010, The Flaming Lips played at Austin Music Hall. This show is on my “top 5 events of my life and stuff I’ll probably reflect on when I’m dying” list. It was incredible. I have pages of … Continue reading
What does a software engineer do?
It is not uncommon for me to find myself in a social situation where someone asks me what I do. When I state, “I’m a software engineer,” the conversation dries up pretty quickly. My guess? People ask what you do … Continue reading
On New Year’s Resolutions
So I’ve already missed one of my resolutions multiple times. That resolution was “blog about something once a week.” The biggest problem I have is I wait to blog until I have something epic to talk about; I need to … Continue reading
I have broken my body, and now I must repair it.
Let’s talk about what’s been going on inside my body on an average day for the past few years. I started the day with whatever breakfast I felt like. Sometimes it would be leftovers, but I’ll pick “kolache day” as … Continue reading
Trending Topics Aren’t the Problem
Shel Israel says Twitter’s trending topics aren’t useful. For the most part, I agree. I’ve been watching people game trending topics for months; sometimes to the extent that I expect “trending topic” or “trend” to become a trending topic instead … Continue reading