barlow_girl is in Atlanta for work until Tuesday, so I'm going solo in surviving the Seattle heat (which barely compares to the heat almost anywhere else, but our near-universal lack of air conditioning exacerbates the situation somewhat).

Somewhere within the last week I've misplaced my iPhone headphones. That sucks. [Found them @ 2000 in a pocket I'd ( Read more... )

Came to the hill early to get a jump on work, only to find that my dear Victrola isn't yet open (though their website and door both say they should be). I'd pretty much already decided last night that I'd be defecting to Caffe Ladro this morning anyway (Victrola doesn't offer wireless on weekends), so no worries-early bird worm getting and all that ( Read more... )

Being sick bites. Think I'm on the upswing, and it never got terrible, but it was enough to make me cancel some plans yesterday and decline another invite. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. Today is a first birthday party for Adam & Erika's son, Zach (need to call and see if they'd rather I skip, since I'm still sick), then a "better ( Read more... )

Anyone know of a good online tool to build a web-accessible catalog of my home media (books, CDs, DVDs, etc.)? I'd love to be able to look up what I have when I'm not home so I can share with friends, etc. Mac compatibility a plus if there's a client, but web-based solutions should wash most of that out (unless there's, dare I hope, an iPhone

I know it's yesterday's news, and I know it's open to critique, but I'm newly infatuated with Google Reader. LiveJournal's syndication is a bug-ridden kludge (to its credit, it doesn't really claim to be anything more), so it's good to leave it behind as I have more external blogs and such to keep up with. Also moving some content from iGoogle to ( Read more... )

I think my gadgets can hear me.

My Sidekick began its death throes on Tuesday and was pretty much a brick by yesterday. nomadn8 had the same kind of trouble a few months back, resulting in hours of frustration, SIM card failures, and even a try at a replacement via eBay. Since mine was already pretty long in the tooth, I just did the end run around the ( Read more... )