Ken Jennings’ ends his Jeopardy reign after surpassing $2.5M in winnings in 74 episodes. My son and I watched it as a part of our daily tradition. We’re not sure what we’ll do starting tomorrow. The audience gasped in amazement, and I [ . . . ]
Dallas friends from a decade ago
Hangin’ out tonight at a friend’s house, authentic Chinese takeout, and heavy theological discussion after dinner for dessert. 2 of my seminary classmates from way back, and their young families. (I’m here in Dallas for an all-day business meeting tomorrow) Sorta funny [ . . . ]
long holiday weekend
Thanksgiving weekend is here, and we’ve kept it smaller and manageable on this go around. Thursday was dimsumming with my parents and brothers in nearby Rockville, and then Thursday dinner was a small traditional set with turkey breast (no bones!), gravy, stuffing, [ . . . ]
defacing U2?
I got it on the day after, it referring to the new U2 cd, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. Opted for the physical CD instead of an iTunes download. On sale for $13.99 at FYE, with $3 mail-in rebate. My (very [ . . . ]
U2 takes on NYC
Yahoo News has a slideshow of about a dozen pix of U2 in New York City today, who went around Manhattan on a flatbed truck, then a concert at Fulton Ferry Landing Park (set list) + the 2 best U2 websites are [ . . . ]
U2 on SNL
Okay, I stayed up, watched U2 on SNL, best part of that show, rest of it was mostly disappointing. They did Vertigo, Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own (both from new CD), and a 3rd – “I Will Follow” to [ . . . ]
pseudo podcasting
after perusing a buncha blogs and articles about podcasting (the new deal using RSS feeds to distribute audio MP3s), it dawned on me that it currently takes considerable effort to produce a good quality podcast, and that it’s notably more difficult than [ . . . ]
U2’s Love and Peace or Else
Latest find from NPR’s All Songs Considered -> a 2nd song now out in the open from U2′s forthcoming CD, “Love and Peace or Else” Updated @ 11:12pm -> listen to the whole new U2 CD streamed at u2.com [courtesy jordoncooper]
Walmart? Good?
Watching this PBS special titled “Is Walmart Good for America“, while multitasking on multi-computers (have 4 of ‘em setup here at my subterrain command central).. timely Frontline piece, same week when the nytimes.com article talked about how much data Walmart tracks about [ . . . ]
