Don Box!!!

So just as Don Box has something of a rockstar reputation outside of Microsoft, everyone I know inside the company acts in the same way when they’re around him.

I was at the MVP Summit last night representing my team when Don comes by. We immediately start clamoring for a photo op with him.

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(pictured from left to right: Vetri, Me, Deep, Don [w00t!], Sean, Ori, and Megan).

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September 30, 2005

Runs With Scissors

…and bananas, safety razors, and occasionally small children. But only when I’m about to miss the bus.

On a serious note, have you ever tried running for the bus with a latte in one hand and your 20 pound messenger bag stuffed to the gills with books, notebooks, a laptop, iPod, GBA SP, and a digital camera? It’s a fucking pain in the ass. Fortunately, this rarely happens to me. That said, the rainy season is almost upon here in Seattle and the weather will soon turn to shit.

When this occurs the drivers here will get even worse, and I will periodically turn to the bus to provide a much-needed respite from the hell on earth that is the I5-to-SR520 commute.

Two lighter notes:
1. Alias Season 5 starts Thursday night.
2. I received my new digital camera yesterday. It’s a Canon Elph SD200 (3.2MP, Li Ion battery, etc). It’s a sweet little thing and I got it for a steal at $200 with a 1GB memory card.

Oh yes, and my new favorite weblog is There’s Something About Chelsea.

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September 28, 2005

Vegas, Baby!

I’m heading off to Vegas for the weekend on October 7th. I’ve never had the pleasure of visiting, so it should be an interesting time if nothing else. Good change of pace to be certain.

Mr. Rob Fierst was also kind enough to give me an incredible deal today on a leather sofa and loveseat, which I will take receipt of tomorrow evening. I’ll finally be able to retire the $50 couch I’ve had for the past year.

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September 22, 2005

Kanye’s My Homie

Kanye on White People: “Actually, I do not think that (white people) are allowed to use slang until it is at least a year old. If you say a slang word too early, it’s like you’re trying to be black. So as long as the slang is a little played out, you’re all good.”

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September 21, 2005

Raised by Apes

Jan Miksovsky is now blogging: Outlook’s IMAP driver…appears to have been left for dead in the jungle, where it was raised by apes.

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September 11, 2005

and oh, my love, my love

You come from parents wanton
A childhood rough and rotten
I come from wealth and beauty
Untouched by work or duty

Any band that asks their audiences to scream as if they’re being eaten by a giant whale during concerts deserves mad props.

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September 9, 2005

iTunes 5

So, in case you haven’t heard yet, iTunes 5 kills brushed metal dead. Thank. Fucking. God. Of course, this means that I have to go back and figure out how to duplicate this for iRooster, which will be an abolute pain in the ass. Oh well.

My renouncement of brushed metal made a fairly well-known Mac guy happy earlier today. Also, John Gruber of Daring Fireball has a wonderfully funny jab at Apple over this:

[T]he phone rings. Brushed Metal picks it off the passenger seat and looks at the caller ID. It reads: AQUA. Brushed Metal takes the call.

Brushed Metal: What do you want?

(It’s not yet 10 a.m., but Aqua is drunk.)

Aqua: Howdya fuckin’ like it now, bee-yotch? WHOO HOO!

Brushed Metal: Fuck you, Aqua.

Aqua: WHOOO!

Cut to black.

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September 8, 2005