Not sure where I ran across the link to this set of postings, but it’s an interesting look into the ins and outs of Sushi Eating. This series of articles could use a bit more detail, but it’s a good introduction to how North America is changing sushi. “You probably do not know that many [...]
Read more →Testing out a couple OSX tools for posting to this place, including ecto (which is so much better looking and behaving on OS X that it makes the Windows nothing but a pale imitation) and MarsEdit. I did try out the Dashboard Widget “WordPressDash” which just doesn’t appeal to me. It’s a nice enough little [...]
Read more →There’s a little tiny feature in the newest PowerBooks where the trackpad detects a single or double fingered touch, and behaves accordingly. It’s the smallest of changes from your typical trackpad behaviour, and it sounded rather inconsequential when I read about it. The beauty of this little feature is in the using; it makes scrolling [...]
Read more →Now Yahoo will play to that constituency and challenge Google’s pricing power in one of the fastest-growing online mediums: blogging. Like Google’s service, Yahoo’s self-serve product will display text ads deemed relevant to the content of specific Web pages. Advertisers pay only when a reader clicks on their ads. Yahoo and publishers will split the [...]
Read more →Score one for the crew of this Air France flight; No fatalities in Toronto airplane fire CBC News All 309 people aboard a jet that overshot a runway and burst into flames at Pearson International Airport Tuesday survived the ordeal, according to fire officials on the scene. There were 14 minor injuries, however. Interesting bit [...]
Read more →I’m using Rojo to read news this week, and it’s taking a bit of getting used to. I’ve managed to tag many of the feeds, though I tend to prefer the way I had them in Bloglines or in Sage; one massive long list. With one big list I can see immediately which feeds I’m [...]
Read more →Looks like our neighbours have signed for Precious Package One of Two from Apple. Sadly, it’s the package that contains the warranty enrollment information for the Apple Protection Plan, and that’s just no fun without the technology to go with. Package Two of Two shows as “in transit” from Richmond, though it’s been like that [...]
Read more →FedEx has it in their dirty little hands as of 1:18 this afternoon. Location: RANCHO CORDOVA, CA Tracking number: 646292XXXXX Ship date: Aug 1, 2005 Estimated delivery: Aug 3, 2005 12:00 PM At this rate, I’m going to have to name the thing Precious.
Read more →Just got an email from Apple; my PowerBook has a FedEx tracking number now. Service type FedEx 2 Day Service Aug 1, 2005 — 9:27 AM — Package data transmitted to FedEx Doesn’t appear to have been picked up yet, but it should be ready for pickup if FedEx knows about it. I just noticed [...]
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