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Text to email
Overheard a woman on her cellphone at the Duane Reade on Delancey Street this morning: “I’ll text you when I email you so you’ll know that it’s urgent.” I’m going to start texting people to let them know when I’ve emailed them about setting up a phone call. Can’t be any worse than when PR…
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Me on HGTV
I’ve been insanely busy since I got back from Europe, which is why it’s taken me a few days to get around to mentioning that I landed a small contributing role on HGTV’s new gadget show, I Want That! Tech Toys, which airs Wednesdays at 9pm EST/PST. (Trust me, I had nothing to do with…
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Back. Sort of.
There’s nothing like coming home from a two week vacation offline to discover that your cable internet connection is down. Not sure what’d I’d do without EV-DO… P.S. – That’s Jill in front of the Church of the Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg.
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A former member of the youth brigade
It’s cool that Chris Anderson is the editor-in-chief of Wired mag and the author of The Long Tail and all that, but he completely blew me away when he told me at last night’s Long Tail launch party that he was in not one, but two obscure early-80’s DC bands that I love: Egoslavia (a…
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Summer kicks
Chamillionaire – Ridin – Every summer needs a jam. JPod – Picked this up yesterday evening, so far it’s entertaining, but I think I should probably read a book that isn’t an endless regurgitation of pop culture references. I get enough of that online already. Call of Duty 2 – I didn’t think I’d ever…
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Imagining the 10th dimension
I’ve been waiting 15 years for someone to come up with a clear, succinct overview of all this stuff, I just have no idea whether this guy’s explanations of dimensions five through ten are in any way accurate.
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Headed to Amsterdam
In case you didn’t spot it over at Engadget, we’re having an Engadget Reader Meetup in Amsterdam on the evening of July 20th (location and exact time to be announced shortly). Incidentally, it’ll be my first chance to hang out with Thomas Ricker, Engadget’s European correspondent — it’s funny how long you can work closely…
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Escaping Wikipedia
Apparently someone who reads this blog thought it’d be funny to create a new Wikipedia entry for me. I wasn’t kidding about not caring about being in Wikipedia, I think it’s totally fine that the earlier entry about me was deleted. Could someone out there propose the entry for deletion? It’s not like I’ve suddenly…
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Why I don’t mind not being in Wikipedia
Fred Wilson’s talking this week about how a Wikipedia entry about him was deleted for “non-notability”. Well, Fred, join the club — I was deleted from Wikipedia too, and to be honest, I don’t mind. Sure, I was a little perplexed when I was voted out by a group of random Wikipedia users, but on…
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Merced meetup
Wow, I was totally surprised by the turnout for Saturday’s Engadget reader meetup in my hometown of Merced, CA. I figured maybe 5 people would go, but a full 30 people showed up, including some people who drove from as far away as San Luis Obispo and Cupertino to be there. Thanks to everyone who…