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There are a number of things that drive me crazy about technology and gadgets, but one of the biggest is the lack of standards On the expensive and annoying end of this is how device manufacturers (e.g. cell-phone, music player, etc.) all seem to have...

For those of you not in the Seattle area and who don't watch the news may not have heard that we’ve gotten a decent amount of snow (loads for by our standard). For those of you in the Seattle area, I apologize for one more thing that you’re seeing...

Over the last few years it seems like holiday decorations have gone up earlier and earlier. And it's seemed a bit ridiculous. At least most people have waited until just after Thanksgiving though. What do you do if you're in a country that doesn't...

I was feeling a bit off earlier today because of the cold medicine I was taking (stupid cold ), and so was home early when the election coverage started... Bouncing around the networks I stumbled across Current TV ( wikipedia ). They were hosting the...

Now that we live in the single digits of minutes away from work, I've discovered an unexpected change in my work habits. No, not that I'm running into the office at random times just because its easy to do and I have work to do (why do that when...

A few random items strung together for my convenience's sake... The site is still acting strange. At times perf is snappy and no complaints, other times it's dog slow. Unfortunately it seems to be mostly in the latter category and seldom in the...

Just a heads up that the photos link is broken, though if you go directly to a given gallery/album/photo via tags on the main home page or some other mechanism then that works fine. I'm looking into how to fix it (it's seems to be a site/SQL problem...

Random updates for a Sunday night... We went to see the live version of A Prarie Home Companion on Friday at Marymoor... I must say I was a bit suprised at how many of the jokes were sex related. Apparently once they're not on radio you don't...

Small things have gone inexplicably wrong over the last few days and the only thing I can think of causing it is that I must have angered the bbq gods by ruining a perfectly good brisket. I know, I know, you're sitting there thinking "Greg, how...

Yep, the sale of the condo has gone through and everything is closed - we're now down to being proud to only own one property instead of two... I'll have to admit that as things were coming down to the wire and I kept reading the steady stream...

Well, not quite the last hurrah, but Friday was the last Fourth of July fireworks that we'll be able to watch from our condo on Eastlake. There's a lot about living in town, and Eastlake specifically, that we'll miss over the coming months...

I meant to post this last week, but ended up being a bit out of it this last week and weekend both because work continues to be crazy, and because I got some sort of a bug bite while weeding over the long weekend. And then that bite got infected :(. Suffice...

I wasn't sure how long it would take, but I think the reality of house ownership has hit me. Not home ownership - that hit me that first full summer of the condo when multiple large kitchen appliances had to be replaced within the span of a month...

Yep, after years of derision directed at east side dwellers, Clodagh and I have packed our bags and headed to Redmond where we're now the proud owners of a house with yard and all. And now a lawn mower. And, I suspect, soon to be other yard-related...

You can always trust the news right? They'll give you the straight dope and you don't need to apply a critical filter questioning the source. No? Funny thing happened today. I was on my way home this morning (ironically from the doctor) when I...