Category: Life
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It’s Two Two Two Pumpkins in One!
We finished carving our Halloween pumpkins just in the nick of time this year, and I doubled my efforts over last year with this cannibalistic monstrosity: I may be sleeping with the lights on tonight.
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My next big project
I’d like to formally announce my next big project. It is an as-of-yet unnamed collaboration between me and my wife, and it is due to be released in beta this March. Here’s a screenshot of the alpha version, which is not yet feature-complete.
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What was your first program?
The first computer program I ever wrote was written in GW-BASIC. I was 8 or 9, and my dad had gotten me a book from the library that included the BASIC code for simple text-based games; after typing them into our IBM and playing around with them for a few hours, I decided to use…
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Our Closing Nightmare
Note: This post has been edited to redact the name of Title Company A. My wife and I just finished selling our house and buying a new one, and the day on which we closed on our houses unfolded in such a way that it had to be documented for the ages. This is our…
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Does Mahalo crash your Firefox?
We at Mahalo have had quite a few reports of Firefox 3 crashing when visiting Mahalo.com. (Here’s a video of it happening.) We’d love to get this fixed, but we are unable to duplicate the problem on our own machines. If this happens to you, here is some information that you could send us to…
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Decade-old drawings: Part I
I was rifling through one of my old sketch books, and I found this editorial cartoon I drew sometime in the late ’90s. Based on the “Do not succeed” tagline, I think I had a weaker grasp of the entire situation (and a more pro-Microsoft position) then than I do now. Little did I know…
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Today’s photo tip: Cropping
Click to view the full version of this picture of C.K. to see why cropping can be a very handy tool.
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My pets
Sancho teaches Pedro not to disrespect his space.
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Hi Leah!
Can you name this location?
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Gizmodo blogger banned from CES
Richard Blakely, a blogger for Gizmodo, has been banned from CES for life after for videotaping himself turning off TV sets at the convention with a TV-B-Gone remote.
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Christmas cookies
We finished baking our Christmas cookies last night, and two new ones that we tried turned out especially well: Snowballs (as seen on Ooh you tasty little things…), and marshmallow fudge. Snowballs: White-chocolate coated buttercreams Marshmallow fudge
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Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Some of may already know this, but I am no longer with Netscape (voluntarily, no hard feelings there). I felt that it was the right time to move on to something else, and in late November, I did so. I’m now working for Mahalo, mainly on Mahalo Follow/Social. If you’re up for it, you can…
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Observations on Rome
Ciao is not pronounced see-ah-oh. The handrails on the escalators move slightly faster than the stairs, stretching you out like a life-size Stretch Armstrong doll. An Italian optometrist cannot fix your camera, but he will lend you his tiny screwdriver (cacciavite) so that you can try to do it yourself. If you take too long…
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Rainy Day iPhone #12 & 35
I had always heard that it rained a lot in Seattle, but I assumed that it was at least partly a cliche. I guess I was wrong.
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Maybe that’s where they got the idea
Considering that the local Pizza Ranch caught fire earlier this year when their broiler malfunctioned, I found their latest advertising campaign (for the new Smokehouse Chicken Pizzas) amusing: Something’s Smokin’ at the New Prague Pizza Ranch!
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At least it’s easy to remember…
My wife just used the “Forgot my password” form on the MNCPA’s website. The automated response was, how you say, not very helpful: This is definitely a candidate for WorseThanFailure.
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Ok, now store it in the mouse…
The other day, I overheard an older relative refer to the act of copying and pasting something as “storing it in the mouse.” I had never thought of it that way before, but that is probably how it appears to new computer users. I know that when I press Ctrl+C, I automatically hold my hands…
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Indications of another bubble
The guy next to me in the coffee shop is very loudly planning a photo-sharing site that is going to turn him and his phone buddy into millionaires. Their business plan includes surfing around SmugMug and saying “Yeah, I like this feature. We should have it.” So far, their site will include “tagging” and “sharing.”…
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One year at AOL
Today is the one-year anniversary of my first day at AOL/Netscape. More importantly, I’ve also been blogging for a little over a year. This means that I can start taking the lazy way out and post
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Owning my name
A couple of weeks ago, I was shopping for a domain name for a little project I’m working on (more on that at a later date), and I noticed that chrisfinke.com was not registered. Long story short, it is now.