http://sharding.org/blog Miscellaneous ramblings about vague topics Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:06:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week, Becky and I got to go on a hot air balloon ride from Woodinville. It was amazing. We really lucked out with great weather that day; it had been raining a couple of days prior, and most of the days since have been at least cloudy and cool. Here ... http://sharding.org/blog/2008/08/30/hot-air-balloon-ride/ Many of you have heard at least something about the struggle we've had getting our master bathroom remodeled. I won't recount the whole saga here, but suffice it to say it's been stressful. It is now, at last, done. (Well, 99.9% done -- there are a couple of small things ... http://sharding.org/blog/2008/07/27/its-about-time/ I thought I was famous when the back of my head was on CMT. But now that the CMA Closeup has aired on GAC, I'm even famouser! You can actually see my face (and Becky's too). Several times, in fact. I've yet to receive a paycheck... http://sharding.org/blog/2008/07/23/im-famouser/ Things are looking better for finding iPhones, but they're still not universally available, and there are still lines. Availability was very low over the weekend, but overall it's been trending upward. Chris Barnes put together a tool that surfaces this data in real time. Good stuff. I actually have an interface ... http://sharding.org/blog/2008/07/23/iphone-stock-looking-better/ I finally was able to get my hands on an iPhone 3G (black 16GB, at Bellevue Square). But I've continued to be kind of fascinated by the whole issue of availability. Finding an iPhone is still not easy in many parts of the country! I've been gathering some data from ... http://sharding.org/blog/2008/07/17/more-on-iphone-3g-availability/ You know that nifty "Check iPhone Availability" page on Apple's website? The one that's supposed to help you avoid a trip to an Apple Store that has no iPhones? Yeah, it doesn't work. At all. It claimed that the Bellevue store had all models in stock today. But when I ... http://sharding.org/blog/2008/07/13/iphone-3g-availability-misinformation/ Ok, famous might be a bit of an exaggeration. But I'm on national (err, cable) TV. Well, the back of my head is, at least. For maybe five seconds. See me? I promise, that's really me! This is from CMT Insider's coverage of the Miranda Lambert fan club party. If you want ... http://sharding.org/blog/2008/06/16/im-famous/ I dreamed of going to Nashville, we went, and now we're back. We spent a week in Nashville going to CMA Fest, hanging out with some very cool people and seeing the Tennessee sights. We started the trip out with a visit to the Grand Ole Opry. We didn't even go ... http://sharding.org/blog/2008/06/12/cma-fest-2008/ Ok, this technically isn't something I bought that I love -- it was a gift. But it's a very cool gadget, and I do love it. It's a Mastercool 52224-A Infrared Thermometer. It looks like a little gun. You just point it at something and it instantly tells you the ... http://sharding.org/blog/2008/05/06/tibtil-mastercool-infrared-thermometer/ I have to hand it to MySpace. They really know their demographic. They know that the best way to communicate with their users is to write like them. http://sharding.org/blog/2008/05/05/grammar-is-notnt-easy/