I have tentatively scheduled a departure date of October 8th. Anybody that would like to have a beer with me before I leave has all of next week to do so. I could leave after my last day of work and be in Portland in time to catch Datarock live, but I’m not. So you [...]

Who would have thought that the “Get your shit from point A to point B” industry was such a racket? My last day of work is Wednesday, and I won’t last long without an income. I’ll need to get out to Portland and employed as soon as possible so that I don’t completely drain my [...]

I don’t understand how it happens, but I can’t stand when an incorrect term becomes so widespread it becomes “correct”. Sometimes this stems from simple confusion with a more familiar word (antidote/anecdote being one that particularly drives me nuts), but most of the time it seems these mixups persist out of plain ignorance (the continued [...]

9:51PM From: Tim Eric! 9:53PM To: Tim Bill! 9:54PM From: Tim What? 9:54PM To: Tim Why did you text me eric! 9:56PM From: Tim Wrong eric! SORRY! apology accepted They say that 90% of a message’s meaning is communicated and understood through body language, but I really don’t think much was lost in translation here; [...]

Well, I put in my two weeks’ notice at my job today. I’ll be moving to Portland within a month at most.

(8:03:20 PM) Bill: nice, i just went through and labelled all my torrents according to the site theyre from (8:04:01 PM) Bill: wow i lead a very dull existence (8:04:06 PM) Nick: Haha

Came across this in my Lightroom database, taken way back in May. Edited the colors a bit but no other alteration. Like all of my photos, I will probably hate this tomorrow, but for now I like it.

So I have this container of Sara Lee thin-sliced roast beef in really inefficient packaging, and I was making myself a sandwich when I glanced at the label which reads, cryptically: “Contains up to 10% of a Solution” …what? Anyway, I am happy to report that whatever this mystery solution is, when combined with 90% [...]