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Posts from August 2008

Becoming an old (blogging) man

Today I realized that I’m part of the “old guard” of blogging because I remember a time when blogging was so new that very few sites had comments (it seems like MetaFilter was one of the first few?) and after a few years when they started to become commonplace, people were generally decent to each [...]


Posted
26 August 2008 @ 11am

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cars

New Prius or old Lexus?

The new Prius mules are looking a heck of a lot like the Lexus small-SUV hybrid rx330/350/400h series.


New iPhone car adapter worth having

I got a 3G iPhone as an impulse buy the other day (they’re plentiful in Oregon it seems, no lines, got one in ten minutes at 2pm on a Friday) but the big downside aside from the higher monthly cost was that my trusty old Belkin car adapter with pre-amp line out sound no longer [...]


The first 24 hours of Fuelly

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The first 24 hours of Fuelly, in statistics, originally uploaded by mathowie.

Holy cow. 24 hours ago, I took the stage at the START conference and explained some of the thinking and process behind me and [...]


Apple’s lame DRM

Not to turn this entire site into an “apple sucks for the following reasons…” blog, but I expect more from them and feel that pointing out their faults and design decisions that go against their typical fine work is worth mentioning.
Today, I’m pissed at their iTunes Store DRM. I have two computers I use daily, [...]


July cycling/diet

July was a good month for riding and I rode over 250 miles in the first couple weeks of the month. Unfortunately, I spent the following two weeks mostly on family vacation down in San Diego. I did get a few rides in, but I forgot how slow city riding can be with all [...]