Archive for May, 2008

Possibly My Most Favorite Desktop Wallpaper Ever

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

I have to swap my desktop wallpaper frequently just to keep things exciting. I think my current one is going to stick around for a while…

I wouldn’t mind seeing Phish again

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

We haven’t talked about Phish around here for years, but it appears that Rolling Stone might give us a reason to…

“When Phish broke up, I made some comment about how I’m not gonna go around playing ‘You Enjoy Myself’ for the rest of my life,” Anastasio said with a laugh. “And it’s so funny because [...]

How Mac OS X’s “Internet Sharing” Saved My Vacation

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

So I am on vacation right now and the unthinkable happened after we checked into our place: there was NO wifi available. The hotel didn’t have wifi available at all (welcome to 1990). No coffee shops or residences in the area where I could see their network. Not a thing.

Luckily my dad has a Sprint [...]

Cory Doctorow Book Signing for Little Brother in Naperville

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Last week while perusing the web (no doubt wasting time and/or avoiding something important), I decided to checkout the website of a great little indie bookstore named Anderson’s Bookshop which is located in our town.

They tend to have a good rotation of authors come in for readings and book signings. I was very surprised [...]