Archive for July, 2004

Wifi
Saturday, July 17th, 2004

One thing that is officially cool about San Francisco is the number of open Wifi spots. Someone with a 802.11 card wouldn’t even need a DSL or cable modem in half the neighborhoods around here. I’m sitting in a coffee shop just below my new apartment and there are three open wireless networks in range. [...]

On Quitting Smoking, Part 2
Saturday, July 17th, 2004

Not that anyone cares or would find it relevant to their own life, but I’m now on day seven of quitting smoking. I’ve probably put on about ten pounds (tough to say because I don’t have a scale and actually have no idea what I weighed before anyway), but I’d almost be willing to attribute [...]

Abu Ghraib
Friday, July 16th, 2004

As news is beginning to break worldwide (though not registering at all domestically, funny that) about how the United States has been not only torturing prisoners in Iraq, but torturing children in Iraq, I am trying to find the words to describe the situation. Wait, I know this… They are on the tip of my [...]

George Bush and Marriage
Thursday, July 15th, 2004

Did you see what George Bush said after his pet project of getting an amendment to the US Constitution to ban gay marriage was shot down by the Senate? Quote, “I am deeply disappointed that the effort to pass a constitutional amendment affirming the sanctity of marriage as being between a man and a woman [...]

Buying a Car
Thursday, July 15th, 2004

One of downsides about moving out to California is the commute. Or more specifically, it is the need for a car. If I had found a place in another neighborhood then I’d be able to take Caltrain from San Francisco to Palo Alto. But as it is, I would have to spend about 35 minutes [...]