Travel, stories and ideas.

This site has been rather abandoned for many years. Sorry, internet.
I strongly considered deleting the contents of my ramblings from over 10 years ago.
Or, maybe it is time for a revival. Enjoy!

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The Hidden Costs of a Vanity Domain

Lately, as I’ve been looking at potentially shifting careers from Software Engineering to something more customer facing such as Developer Advocacy, I’ve really been forced to reckon with […]

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    What the Palm Prē is missing

    There have been some annoyances with Palm Pre’s WebOS. I thought it was worth publishing the lacking features and gripes of the Palm Pre so that people who are considering purchasing the phone can decide if it would be a deal breaker, and also I hope that Palm may read this and fix the issues.

  • Cat and Squirrel

    So back in January, I got a cat from Austin Siamese Rescue named Parker. He is rather awesome, and cute, and all of those things that cats generally […]

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    eBay Spam

    Every time I buy something on eBay, I’m frustrated by how much excessive mail fills up my inbox with repetitive garbage. Yesterday I purchased a new keyboard. Here […]

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    Things that BUZZ [and i know why]

    Dear GSM mobile phone carrier, Fix your network. Fix your communication protocol. I am sick and tired of hearing interference from every cell phone which is on your […]

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    Things That BEEP [and i don’t know why]

    The piezo-electric buzzer salesman is one of the most successful businessman of his time. Perhaps not economically, but he certainly got his product into more devices around the […]

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    (Not So) Foreign Accents

    So I’m back in Ohio for the holidays. In a coffee shop. There is a table to my right, with two older women and an Amish man seated. […]

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    Café Tacuba [Chilanga Banda]

    Tonight I went to see Café Tacuba live at La Zona Rosa. They opened for themselves, playing a total of two and a quarter hours with just a […]

  • Mexico [Sinking] City
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    Mexico [Sinking] City

    I realized during what was my fourth trip to Mexico since moving to Texas that I had not written even a word regarding my visits and adventures. That […]