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- Disturbing circumstances: One of the cats figured out that he can sit in my office chair when I'm not around. Or if I am, my lap works too. about 8 hours ago from Tweetie
- Watched Moon last night. Totally not what I expected, but still a very good movie. I enjoyed it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twuScTcDP_Q about 11 hours ago from web
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- Looking forward to heading Austin this weekend for SXSW! If you're around, stop by our @gdgt meetup on Monday: http://is.gd/aftsX about 18 hours ago from Tweetie
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2009 – The Year in Review (Photos)
A new year, and a new decade are upon us! Here is my annual photographic review of the year. More travels, moving, a new job. So sit down and come along for the ride.
You can also see my past year in reviews for 2008 and 2007.
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Where do I go in San Francisco?
Where Do You Go is an interesting mashup that shows the areas you most frequent in a city, using a heat map layed on top of Google Maps. The data is derived from your Foursquare checkins.
The above image represents the areas of San Francisco I most frequent, based on nearly 400 checkins with Foursquare [...]
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Two things you never talk about in an Irish pub
(Photo via Wikipedia)
“There are two things you never talk about in an Irish pub: religion and politics…”
Last summer, we traveled to Europe. The campaign to elect the next U.S. President was starting to ramp up and at that point, Barack Obama was a household name. This lead to an interesting conversation with a fellow in [...]
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The dark side of Dubai
Source: Mohamed Somji, via flickr (2007).
Just read this fascinating article about the dark side of Dubai, posted by the Independent in April of this year. The article is quite long, but it’s a pretty gripping exposé on the seedy, behind-the-scenes underworld of Dubai and the blind eye that rich tourists, ex-patriots, and locals take to [...]
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New York City bound!
Off to New York City this week to help out with gdgt’s east coast launch party on Thursday. It’s been awhile since I’ve been to NYC (last visit was in 2007) and I’m looking forward to it. Unfortunately, there will be little time to play this time.
Weather is supposed to be good though!
And apparently, I [...]
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The Longest Way
The Longest Way 1.0 – one year walk/beard grow time lapse from Christoph Rehage on Vimeo.
I posted this on Laughing Squid last month but apparently forgot to post it here.
In November 2007, Christoph Rehage set foot from Beijing, China with a goal of walking to Berlin, Germany, a distance of over 4,500 miles. He created [...]
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Travels through the U.S. and Canada
Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
Last weekend, I returned to San Francisco after a two week road trip across the western United States and Canada.
Some of the places we visited included:
Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho
Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
City of Vancouver and City of Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Seattle, Washington
Mt. [...]
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I wonder if Canada’s socialized system includes haircuts?
We’re getting to crazy-mad-scientist lengths here.
(Dinner at St. James Olde Irish Pub in Banff)
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Perfect way to start (and end) any trip