As I write this, I’m back at the Rubicon Brewing Company in Sacramento. This isn’t where I planned to end up today-not here, nor Sacramento at all, but there you go.

I woke up this morning with the idea that I wanted to go somewhere, provided I could do the one time-critical task: make the reservations for tomorrow’s dinner. I haven’t done my ( Read more... )

Work has calmed down, to the degree that the SaaS project I’ve been working on passed its demo milestone and indeed its first demo. This doesn’t mean things stop, not by any stretch, but it does mean that I have a chance to catch my breath.

The first three days of this week were a highwater mark of suck for me, at least for the last 12 months or ( Read more... )

I spent a chunk of the day over at tugrik’s, doing 4th of July BBQ things and re-meeting a bunch of folks I see too sporadically-Frang, smackjackal, tilton, higginsdragon, Baron, smudge_dragon and more. A good thing, overall. I may have a few conversations to follow up on specifically, even-but what I’d mostly like to do is just keep in actual (gasp) face-to-face contact more than I have been in ( Read more... )

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  Work is kicking my ass recently. It’s been an interesting experience, in the oh, yes, I am at a startup, aren’t I? sort of sense. It’s made writing difficult and driven out enthusiasm for personal coding, though, and also rather cut down on my time online.
  
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  On a not entirely unrelated note, I’m about ready to throw in the ( Read more... )

Yes, I’m still here!

Work is going reasonably well; not much to write about it. Things are likely to get busier as the project I’ve been working on starts getting actively beat on by other people. I’ve decided that the web framework I’m using really isn’t particularly testable in its stable version, and when I try to transfer it to its beta ( Read more... )

I'm planning to host a tiki party at FC on Saturday night. This isn't going to be "advertised" except on this journal; when I have room information I'll post it here (probably Thursday night), and I'll probably also send out the information on my Twitter stream. RSVPs here (or via tweet) are appreciated, but not required. (If you plan to bring/tell ( Read more... )

I’m in the Fremont Panera-one of two, but the only one I’ve been to, just off I-880 at Auto Mall Parkway. I think this was the first that opened in the SF Bay Area, just a couple years ago.

This has been another day out, even though I hadn’t intended it to be quite as far-ranging as it has been. I just started driving north toward Pleasanton as I ( Read more... )

I’m currently on the free wifi of the 21st Amendment Brewpub in San Francisco, where MacBreak Weekly was actually being taped at. No, not at the Apple Store. Ha-ha! It was nonetheless a fine show, although as the mezzanine filled up-and kept filling and kept filling-I started to get somewhat claustrophobic. And, as the show ran on for two hours ( Read more... )

So: it’s my birthday.

Birthdays haven’t been big deals to me in years, although as I approach 40 they’re starting to be sources of trepidation. I have no party planned, other than having vague thoughts of seeing if I can get a few people to go to The Melting Pot soon. (Or perhaps the Zuni Café in San Francisco if I’m feeling particularly ambitious ( Read more... )

I’m just finishing a glass of hard cider at the Rubicon Brewing Company here in Sacramento, and taking advantage of their free wifi network. What brings me to Sacramento, you may ask? My car! Ha! Yes, I had a beer before this. Ahem.

Seriously, while I’ve been to the metro area here a few times, I haven’t actually explored much of the place-I’ve ( Read more... )