Foothills Park
Today was an almost perfect autumn day (California variety), and we decided that it was the ideal occasion to explore one of the perks of… Read More »Foothills Park
October 2010
The week's twitterings – 2010-10-31
Weird #f1 race: lousy track, poor race control, lots of bad driving, 9 DNFs. It makes for a dramatic finale, but IMHO it's bad for… Read More »The week's twitterings – 2010-10-31
The week's twitterings – 2010-10-24
In retrospect, I've decided Dim Sum is not for me: unpredictable, and real-time decision-making interrupts conversational flow. I like menus # Grey, wet afternoon here… Read More »The week's twitterings – 2010-10-24
iTunes FAIL
One of the nice things about the iPod/iPhone/iPad/iTunes ecosystem is that all my apps and other content is sharable across my devices. I can browse… Read More »iTunes FAIL
The new MacBook Air
It looks gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous. The 11.6 inch model is a worthy successor to the great Apple subnotebooks which culminated in the classic 12 inch… Read More »The new MacBook Air
I'm going to be a bit distracted for the next few days…
I just received my copy of Iain M. Banks’ “Surface Detail” from Amazon. A new Culture novel. 626 pages. Mmmmm!
The iPad project, #1
Today I took delivery of an Otterbox iPad Defender case, and I bought a new iPad (64GB, Wifi + 3G). (But not from Amazon.) I’m… Read More »The iPad project, #1
The week's twitterings – 2010-10-17
Just arrived – early – at SFO for @Unitedairlines Family Day event. Airplane pull, Blue Angels… then dinner with #flyertalk airline geeks # So why… Read More »The week's twitterings – 2010-10-17
It pays to check up on things
My mother‘s 95th birthday is coming up in December, and I’m going to be visiting her in Oxford for a week. This morning I went… Read More »It pays to check up on things
Quote of the day: Kirk on populism
Bloggers of all stripes have been toasting or roasting Andrew Sullivan on the occasion of the (approximate) tenth anniversary of the Daily Dish. There have… Read More »Quote of the day: Kirk on populism