Archive for April, 2006

A day in Baltimore

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

I had a doctor’s appointment thursday; nothing serious just an initial check-in with my new permanent physician. Normally, I’m not a big fan of going to the doctor, but the new docs are just two blocks from Baltimore’s Lexington Market. Lexington Market is a cornucopia of food stalls – most selling prepared food, but many [...]

Windows compatibility in Mac OS X

Saturday, April 22nd, 2006

While, I usually find myself agreeing with Robert X. Cringely (aka. Mark Stephens) more often than not, his current article get so much wrong that I begin to even wonder if he’s got a clue or not. First, the idea that Apple should switch from a microkernel to a monolithic kernel for the performance increase [...]

Perplex City

Thursday, April 20th, 2006

Alternate reality game, $200,000 prize, puzzle maven’s delight, and currently sucking up my life. Check out Perplex City, and my in-game profile.

Love Monkey

Thursday, April 20th, 2006

So, I missed Love Monkey‘s short 3-show stint on CBS. The show, starring former Ed leading man Tom Cavanagh, seemed to be part of the huge, mid-season roll-out that led to several shows being cancelled after only a couple (or fewer) episodes. Based on a novel of the same title, I think the show suffered [...]