Noah and Tabblo (Water in Arlington Mass)
As you may have heard, we’ve had torrential (and I mean torrential) downpours here in Massachusetts. I happen to live on a little isthmus ([look it up](http://e...
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May 2006
All you never wanted to know about colonoscopies
Our friend Dave Weinberger shares: “I had my first colonoscopy today. They didn’t find anything, except a piece of fruitcake I ate in 1978. But I figured if Katie Couric can show her colon on national TV to encourage people to get checked, then I should too.” The only surprise is that this is his first colonoscopy. David, what took you so long? (I guess my second surprise is that he didn’t link to Wikipedia’s definition of Colonoscopy.) Technorati Tags: medical
What happens when your GMail fills up? (Part 1 of ?)
Technorati Tags: eHarmony should use their own matching algorithm
This just struck me ironic because I just finished reading an interesting article in The Atlantic about eHarmonyand their scientific techniques for finding your perfect match. In Venture Chronicles, a pointer to Silicon Beat: “eHarmony appoints third CEO this year.”; (And, no Brian, I didn’t independently verify the factualness of this 🙂 Technorati Tags: funny
Amusing: “Where’s George”
Check out this odd little site, “[Where’s George](http://www...
April 2006
Coffee Series, Part 3: Trade offs
First I was an instant coffee guy. Then I got into brewing whole pots, which led to my wasting a lot of coffee. Then, my friend Charlie started working at Keurig, and so I got exposed to that machine and how wonderful it wa...
Read more →Coffee Series part 2: What kind of grind?
This is an interim report on “Life with a Capresso espresso maker“. The topic for today is what kind of grind of coffee to use. Note that my experience is now about 3 or 4 days so you are learning right along with me. Basic lesson, although I ...
Read more →New espresso maker: Capresso Ultima (Model 121)
I’m a big coffee drinker, ok? I’ve been putting my Keurig single serving machine through it’s paces for the last few months and I really like it. I’ve already spent more on little coffee pods from Keurig than the machine ever c...
Read more →If you are interested in Microsoft
A friend of mine who used to work at Microsoft sent me a link to a very interesting posting about what it’s like to work there. If you’re interested in the big MSFT, you might enjoy reading this. Here’s one telling bit: ...
Read more →Why Google is cool, Part 1241
Do a google search for a FedEx tracking number, and Google figures out that this is what it is and sends you directly to Fedex. Cool. Technorati Tags: fedex
Fun movie and TV fonts
This just proves that you can get just about anything on the web. Here’s a site that provides custom font sets immitating the type face used in a whole bunch of TV Shows and Movies. Amusing. Technorati Tags: funny
Great “State of the Blogosphere” Post from Dave Sifry
Dave Sifry, of Technorati, periodically reports interesting statistics about how the world of blogging is growing and changing. He’s in a unique position to do this, because Technorati is one of the leading crawlers and indexers of the blogosphere, so Dave has g...
Read more →Blogging is “essential” to a good career
Boy, blogs sure are hot, aren’t they? I’ve been noticing the New York Times regularly quoting bloggers as legitimate sources side by side with witnesses, experts, politicians. And now the [Boston Globe has a bit](http://bostonworks.boston.com/news/articles/2006/04/16/blogs_essential_to_a_good_ca...
Read more →Cool map of undersea cables
This is just a really cool map. > “The vast bulk of international telephone and Internet traffic travels through underwater cables. This map shows the cables that were in use as of the end of 2004 and gives an indication of where traffic is heaviest.” (from [News.Com](http://news.com.com/2300-1...
Read more →Agenda for OPML Camp coming together
Adam’s been busy moving the plans for OPML Camp forward. Looks like it’s going to be interesting! If you haven’t checked it out yet, you might consider taking a look at the site. And actually, this is pretty cool: the proposed agenda is actually represented as an OPML link, displayed in the right margin using Grazr a nice, embedable OPML “widget” Technorati Tags: OPML, opmlcamp
BostonPHP Meeting: Thursday May 4, 2006 – Check it out!
I met Mark Mark Withington at the last Geek Dinner. He runs the Boston PHP Group. They meet every month. This month’s meeting is about the ZEND Framework. Looks interesting. If...
Read more →An easy target…. funny
So, what happened to Alfred E. Newman? 
Technorati Tags: funny
Booting MS Windows on Intel Macs: Interesting bit of analysis
To be honest, hardly followed the pages and pages of blog analysis of Apple’s recent release of “Boot Camp” a utility allowing users to boot WIndows XP on Macintosh Intel-based computers. Didn’t seem like that big a deal to me. Today in the Ne...
Read more →Amazing pictures of an old Russian Submarine Base
Check out some really amazing pictures of a decommissioned Russian Submarine base, in Ukraine. It has been turned into a free museum. Interesting pictures, and the photography itself is excellent.Thanks Aleksey! Technorati Tags: amazing
My Strange Nation? Check out Susan Werner
One of my favorite singer songwriters, Susan Werner, somehow has gotten herself into ...