Week ending Sunday 2008/02/03

Wednesday 15:24 · Just passed a guy unicycling in the slush & snow. He didn't look happy. [Original.]

Wednesday 17:13 · Sigma DP1 seems slightly less vaporous. Was getting ready to pull the trigger on a Ricoh... [Original.]

Wednesday 17:14 · Oops, omitted the link: www.dpreview.com/news/0801/08013108sigmadp1.asp [Original.]

Wednesday 21:25 · Lost my travel mouse and impulse-bought a wireless Mighty Mouse. I gotta say, it's pretty slick. [Original.]

Thursday 0:00 · Except for the thumping of the print blocks, their work can be as quiet as prayer. blogs.sun.com/MortazaviBlog/entry/art_or_work [Original.]

Thursday 8:45 · Blow up BC Place! (See op-ed in today's Sun.) [Original.]

Thursday 11:21 · The digicam industry's strategy going forward, shorter version: Ya shoot with a full-frame sensor or yer a weenie. [Original.]

Thursday 12:07 · Wow, check it out: www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008 [Original.]

Thursday 13:22 · @zeldman - only Canada I think [Original, responding to @zeldman.]

Thursday 14:26 · Hmm... underwater Google options. What a concept. [Original.]

Thursday 14:53 · Gosh, isn't it nice that all of Twitter's problems have evaporated as a result of the move? [Original.]

Thursday 22:32 · Wildstrom: "you’re not going to be using the Air for video editing or software development." - www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2008/01/further_reflect.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat [Original.]

Friday 9:54 · I wonder how many different Yahoo userid's there are across all their properties? I wonder what that number divided by 4.4 * 10^10 is? [Original.]

Friday 11:55 · Russ: "Anyone who stays after a MS purchase won't be working there for the love of the company, that's for sure." www.russellbeattie.com/blog/ahh-that-explains-this-email [Original.]

Friday 13:33 · I gotta say, the Y/M coverage is mostly colossally boring. Probably because, at the end of the day, so is the deal. [Original.]

Friday 15:50 · My brain feels like wet kleenex. [Original.]

Friday 16:15 · Hearing for maybe the thousandth time, the mixtape I made for the store downstairs from my office. Just at the edge of hearing, thankfully. [Original.]

Friday 18:43 · Let's suppose the M/Y deal is strategically sound. Even so, they'll be paralyzed for a year merging. A year at best. [Original.]

Friday 20:31 · @mattblodgett - But I *like* local variables. [Original, responding to @mattblodgett.]

Friday 22:35 · Scanning slides from 1962-1967. I was one great-looking little boy; what went wrong? [Original.]

Saturday 19:10 · Just got an email wanting a quote from a guy whose signature says "Personal Branding Gen-Y Expert". Hmmm. [Original.]

Saturday 21:51 · @brentsimmons - it's about the nachos and beer and commercials. Who cares who's playing? [Original, responding to @brentsimmons.]

Saturday 21:55 · Anyhow it's just Tom Petty at half-time. Yawn. [Original.]

Sunday 0:34 · Wow, Libération has a NY blogger (the Super Bowl, en Français): libenewyork.blogs.liberation.fr/stephane/ [Original.]

Sunday 0:38 · Ce dimanche soir, 18 heures, c’est donc la finale du championnat de foot américain. [Original.]

Sunday 12:04 · Ooh, first Sigman DP1 samples: www.dpreview.com/news/0802/08020301sigmadp1gallery.asp [Original.]

Sunday 23:20 · I kinda like Tom Petty, but that performance was pretty lame. Give Prince a 5-year contract for the gig. [Original.]


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