Changelog » Life http://zeppox.net/weblog Doing the things a web geek does Fri, 28 Jul 2006 02:08:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 NYC Day 3 http://zeppox.net/weblog/2006/03/nyc-day-3 http://zeppox.net/weblog/2006/03/nyc-day-3#comments Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:26:36 +0000 jackson http://zeppox.net/weblog/2006/03/nyc-day-3 Here’s the rundown:

Bagel egg sandwich for breakfast from one of the 45 delis within sight of the hotel More conference! Met someone who knew about Lulu! Walked over to Central Park Taxi to the airport Went home

]]> Central Park in the evening

Here’s the rundown:

  • Bagel egg sandwich for breakfast from one of the 45 delis within sight of the hotel
  • More conference!
  • Met someone who knew about Lulu!
  • Walked over to Central Park
  • Taxi to the airport
  • Went home
]]> http://zeppox.net/weblog/2006/03/nyc-day-3/feed 0 Some of the high points from my day in New York City http://zeppox.net/weblog/2006/02/some-of-the-high-points-from-my-day-in-new-york-city http://zeppox.net/weblog/2006/02/some-of-the-high-points-from-my-day-in-new-york-city#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2006 03:39:44 +0000 jackson http://zeppox.net/weblog/2006/02/some-of-the-high-points-from-my-day-in-new-york-city So, I’m in NYC for the Search Engine Strategies conference, and we (myself and co-workers) took the oppurtunity afforded us by our early flight to do some touristy stuff. The first thing we did was hit the MOMA (it was only two blocks from our hotel) to see all the famous pretty pictures. Afterwards we [...]

]]> So, I’m in NYC for the Search Engine Strategies conference, and we (myself and co-workers) took the oppurtunity afforded us by our early flight to do some touristy stuff. The first thing we did was hit the MOMA (it was only two blocks from our hotel) to see all the famous pretty pictures. Afterwards we braved the subway and went up to the top of the Empire State Building (where it was bone-chillingly cold). Now frozen solid, we went back to hotel to get some ideas for dinner. On the recommendation of the concierge at our hotel, we had a fantastic dinner at Thalia.

I’m posting photos of the trip on Flickr (I left the camera at home, so I’m using my phone).

]]> http://zeppox.net/weblog/2006/02/some-of-the-high-points-from-my-day-in-new-york-city/feed 0 My brother is famous (not really) http://zeppox.net/weblog/2006/02/my-brother-is-famous-not-really http://zeppox.net/weblog/2006/02/my-brother-is-famous-not-really#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:21:08 +0000 jackson http://zeppox.net/weblog/2006/02/my-brother-is-famous-not-really Love in the time of TiVo:

Mitch, a 23-year-old tech consultant whose favorites were “Lost,” “West Wing” and “Natalie Portman,” was desperately silly to find at least one of the women on his list by the end of the night. After winning a free TiVo box and lifetime service in a raffle, he yelled [...]

]]> Love in the time of TiVo:

Mitch, a 23-year-old tech consultant whose favorites were “Lost,” “West Wing” and “Natalie Portman,” was desperately silly to find at least one of the women on his list by the end of the night. After winning a free TiVo box and lifetime service in a raffle, he yelled into the mike, “Is anyone Alison, Stephanie or Samantha?”

]]> http://zeppox.net/weblog/2006/02/my-brother-is-famous-not-really/feed 0 Blog Party 2k5 http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/10/blog-party-2k5 http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/10/blog-party-2k5#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2005 13:18:11 +0000 jackson http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/10/blog-party-2k5 Hey Triangle bloggers, Anton Zuiker is planning a local blogger party for next month!

]]> Hey Triangle bloggers, Anton Zuiker is planning a local blogger party for next month!

]]> http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/10/blog-party-2k5/feed 0 Bill the Blogger http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/10/bill-the-blogger http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/10/bill-the-blogger#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2005 17:25:17 +0000 jackson http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/10/bill-the-blogger Well what do you know, my friend (and former roommate) Bill Woessner has just started a blog called Out of the Box Politics. His first post is on a topic near and dear to my heart — taxes.

]]> Well what do you know, my friend (and former roommate) Bill Woessner has just started a blog called Out of the Box Politics. His first post is on a topic near and dear to my heart — taxes.

]]> http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/10/bill-the-blogger/feed 0 Can I try that again? http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/07/can-i-try-that-again http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/07/can-i-try-that-again#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:20:39 +0000 jackson http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/07/can-i-try-that-again In recent days I’ve found myself feeling stupid with alarming frequency. I’ve been asking questions I should have known the answers to, gotten frustrated by problems with simple solutions, and generally felt foolish on too many occasions. On one occasion I discovered that downloading a directory with about 5000 small text files (most around 4k [...]

]]> In recent days I’ve found myself feeling stupid with alarming frequency. I’ve been asking questions I should have known the answers to, gotten frustrated by problems with simple solutions, and generally felt foolish on too many occasions. On one occasion I discovered that downloading a directory with about 5000 small text files (most around 4k in size) via FTP is a bad idea. After 45 minutes only about half the directory had been downloaded (and yes, I had plenty of bandwidth to play with), so I killed the connection and gave up. That’s when I realized I could have compressed the folder and downloaded the whole thing in about a minute.

]]> http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/07/can-i-try-that-again/feed 4 My new non-computer-related toy http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/06/new-bike http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/06/new-bike#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2005 09:01:00 +0000 jackson http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/06/new-bike My new toy — I finally admitted that I needed a road bike when Erica kicked my ass on every hill during our last ride together.

I rode a closeout 2004 Cannondale T800, the Trek 1000, the Allez Sport, and the Allez Elite. I was also interested in the Felt F80 but didn’t get a chance [...]

]]> Specialized Allez Sport

My new toy — I finally admitted that I needed a road bike when Erica kicked my ass on every hill during our last ride together.

I rode a closeout 2004 Cannondale T800, the Trek 1000, the Allez Sport, and the Allez Elite. I was also interested in the Felt F80 but didn’t get a chance to ride it. I really liked the Ultegra components on the T800 and the Allez Elite, but couldn’t bring myself to pay that much for my first road bike. Now I have to quick get some rides in before the Triathlon. We drove the course this past weekend and the hills like they’re going to be hell.

]]> http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/06/new-bike/feed 0 Sunday swim suprise http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/06/sunday-swim-suprise http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/06/sunday-swim-suprise#comments Sun, 26 Jun 2005 11:23:31 +0000 jackson http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/06/sunday-swim-suprise We went out to Lake Crabtree County Park and did a practice swim for the Triangle Triathlon next month. To my surprise I swam the 1/2 mile course in 13:20 and 14:20 (we did the course twice). I was expecting about 15:00 to 16:00 so I’m really psyched that I might actually be able to [...]

]]> We went out to Lake Crabtree County Park and did a practice swim for the Triangle Triathlon next month. To my surprise I swam the 1/2 mile course in 13:20 and 14:20 (we did the course twice). I was expecting about 15:00 to 16:00 so I’m really psyched that I might actually be able to finish after all!

]]> http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/06/sunday-swim-suprise/feed 0 The JCDL Tour http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/06/the-jcdl-tour http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/06/the-jcdl-tour#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2005 08:41:50 +0000 jackson http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/06/the-jcdl-tour In an interesting twist of fate, the JCDL conference has been (or will be) hosted in the three cities (or at least right next to them) that I’ve lived in since my family left California when I was 5. Tucson (ages 5-15). Denver (Boulder, ages 15-24). Chapel Hill (Durham, age 24-present).

]]> In an interesting twist of fate, the JCDL conference has been (or will be) hosted in the three cities (or at least right next to them) that I’ve lived in since my family left California when I was 5. Tucson (ages 5-15). Denver (Boulder, ages 15-24). Chapel Hill (Durham, age 24-present).

]]> http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/06/the-jcdl-tour/feed 0 303 http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/06/303 http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/06/303#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2005 08:37:24 +0000 jackson http://zeppox.net/weblog/2005/06/303 I think it’s a testament to how much I miss living in the west and in Colorado in particular that everytime someone I know travels there, I get all excited and grill them on where they spent their time, where they ate, even where they drove. I like living in North Carolina and Durham, I [...]

]]> I think it’s a testament to how much I miss living in the west and in Colorado in particular that everytime someone I know travels there, I get all excited and grill them on where they spent their time, where they ate, even where they drove. I like living in North Carolina and Durham, I like going to school in Chapel Hill, so we’ll see if I’m writing a post titled “919″ a few years from now.

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