I made a mental note to myself that the first regular tech post I was going to make after I got back from my trip was about Twitter. Of course the irony in this is that this very same day Penny Arcade decided to post a comic about Twitter. The reason that I was planning…
Trip – Day 4
This shall be the last Trip post — since at the time of this writing — I’m home. Finally. Day #4 of our trip was Monday the 21st. The morning started off fairly quiet. John and I got ready and all packed up. We went hunting for somewhere that had Oregon monogrammed shot glasses —…
Trip – Day 3
Day 3 was Sunday 4/20 — still posting a day behind. We had a fairly sedate day. We got started today a little after noon since it was Church morning (not for me — but for everyone else). Somehow we managed to waste a lot of time and get not a lot done. The major…
Trip – Day 2
The directory at Powells Day 2 of our trip was Saturday (4/19) — I’m posting everything a day behind — I’m a slug. This was our big event day. We went to Portland. I’ve driven through Portland a few times — but never actually stopped and spent time. We didn’t get to do a lot…
Trip – Day 1
First off, apologies for the lack of posting. Been at the office this last week. So on Thursday night, we (John and myself) launched ourselves into our short vacation to Oregon. We left Reno at about 11pm Thursday for an expected 9-10 hour drive. I drove the first half of the trip until we got…
Food Review: “Skates on the Bay” in Berkeley
I normally don’t do food reviews (on the blog that is, on the wiki I’ve done some). But I figured I’d share this time…. I went out to Skates on the Bay (100 Seawall Dr, Berkeley, CA 94710) last night. Its a fairly fancy place and it does live up to its name. It sits…