The winner of this game goes on to the championship match. We “tied” it up in the 5th (last) inning after a controversial play…
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This one’s for all of you UCSD’ers.
First, the smoking gun: La Jolla Village Theatres
Notice the show dates for the upcoming Saturday Night Movie Madness shows:
Mar 31 - Donnie Darko
Apr 7 - Star Trek IV
Apr 14 - Army of Darkness
It is likely this image was captured during the last week of March: tinyurl.com/yswydb
Additionally, those familiar with the area know that students are always waiting at UCSD shuttle stops. However, all of the stops (I’ve checked so far) are empty. This yields two conclusions:
- These were taken during the weekend
- These were taken during spring break.
I opt for the latter.
Finally, a couple fun things…
Rebecca, I found your car: http://tinyurl.com/2cohxv
I’m really bummed my car didn’t make the cut! I was usually working from home during this time. My guess is I was at ETech. Otherwise, I might have just been out.
Cool or creepy, you gotta love Google Maps. 
Attention iPhone owners: Does the following still happen to you?
“Is that an iPhone?”
“Yes it is.”
“How do you like it?”
“I love it!”
“Really?”
“Yes.”
This happens to me all the time, particularly in places where I’m “forced” to stay and talk: gym, waiting in line, plane, etc. Not that there’s a problem with this, but sometimes it would be nice to just the damn thing without being a unwilling PR rep.
It’s amazing for Apple to have a created a product so appealing that strangers flock to you like magnets, which then puts me on spot to give a brief personal review. I explain all reasons why I love the phone, and also list the few shortcomings it has (e.g., lack of contextual menus, copy/paste, etc.) and elaborate on how those are fixed with software updates. I have yet to find one person who walks away unimpressed.
Even my 65-year old cousin (definitely not an Apple guy) was impressed with the device after playing with it for a few min. That alone must mean Apple did something right.
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I officially switched to AT&T yesterday, after 5 long years on T-Mobile. For this I will eat a hefty $200 early termination fee since I’m breaking my 2-yr contract with T-Mobile (expires Sept 2008).
For a few days I had overlapping services from both providers. This is because when I first activated my iPhone, I chose not to transfer my existing number. Instead, I received a new number from AT&T while leaving my T-Mobile plan unaffected.
However, after playing around with the iPhone for a few days, I realized I needed to make the official plunge. Fortunately, I was able to port my existing number to AT&T with no major hangups, despite having already activated the service.
I’ve documented this process in greater detail on iphonehints.com.
Haven’t posted in a while, but to put it bluntly, I’ve had a shitload of life changes over the last month.
Anyway, just a quick update, I was at Facebook’s F8 Platform launch today. Somehow, a photo of me landed in this New York Times article.
That’s pretty sweet.
I just finished reading a couple of great books.
- Freakonomics is an insightful look inside the social trends in America, involving crime rates, drug trafficking, and racial discrimination. Steven D. Lewitt thinks of provocative questions (e.g. why did crime rates drop in the ’90s?) and comes up with answers generally ignored and dismissed by the media. It’s a fascinating read, offering a different slant from conventional economics (which I know very little about).
- Ultramarathon Man is a collection of memoirs from Dean Karnazes. This guy is a beast, making a 26.2 mile marathon look like child’s play. He runs in excess of 100 miles at a time, including the Western States Endurance Run, Badwater Ultramarathon (Death Valley), and even a marathon at the South Pole. Yet he’s humble and passionate, an ordinary family man with a day job… an incredible inspiration. I usually average about 5 miles per run, but I know I can go much longer.
Finally! Flickr has introduced a way to organize sets. They’re calling their new feature “collections”. You can read more on the Flickr blog:
What are collections, you ask? A collection is a container into which you can place either sets or other collections, allowing you to create a hierarchy as deep as 5 collections. You can place as many of your sets into a collection as you like, and a set can be in as many different collections as you like.
This feature has been long overdue. It is a big help for pro account members who have many sets and until now had no way to organize them.
I am using collections to do the following:
- Create a collection for each year: 2007, 2006, etc. to provide chronological ordering of sets.
- Create a misc collection: a place to store random sets with no chronological meaning.
My usage of this is pretty basic, but the payoff in usability is huge. Compare my “sets” page with my “collections” page:
- Sets - Unflattened and cluttered, hard to visually scan.
- Collections - Logical ordering, much easier on the eye and brain.
This is definitely an exciting addition and something I’ve been hoping they would implement for a long time. I remember requesting this feature on a survey they provided last year in addition to the multitudes of people requesting this on their forums.
Thanks, Flickr, for listening and following through!
I was up in San Francisco a few weeks ago visiting Mitra. The weather was gorgeous, so we decided to take a leisurely “hike” through the city.
Later that night, I sketched out our path on Gmaps Pedometer. It wasn’t surprising at all to learn we had tracked over 7 miles.
There were some beautiful photo ops along the way, some of which I posted to Flickr. My favorite of the bunch is of the small building by the Cliff House, with the rocks and sea in the background. I really love how it looks.
Regardless, I should probably upgrade my camera soon.
I haven’t posted in a while and my blog has grown quite stale. I’m going to try to change my habits.
I think a good goal to start is: one post per day, no more, no less.
This would help me from feeling overwhelmed by the constant need to write, but would also help me stay focused enough to keep my blog up-to-date.
Whenever I have an idea for something I’d like to write about, I can queue it in a system until it’s ready to publish. I’m sure this is probably how most bloggers function anyway.
I want this! I have the Forerunner 101, and it’s very nice. The 305 would make for a very nice upgrade…
Shaun Haber
