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{ Monthly Archives } December 2008

Vocabulary

Jo and I have been using What to Expect the Toddler Years as the instruction manual for The Toddler. It’s a pretty good book, and it has milestones for each month so you can tell how your kid is tracking against expectations.

Still Another Million Dollar Idea

(I’ve got a million of these.)

This is something I’ve already posted on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc (Thanks Ping.fm!), but I thought I’d post it here as well.

It’s a book called Ikea Furniture for Dummies.

How I Think when I’m Sick

I’m at home sick today, so I figured that I’d document how my brain works when I’m not feeling well. I still have a headache as I’m writing this (and at time also have The Toddler on my lap) so it may be a bit incoherent. Please accept my apologies in advance.

Superhero Saturday

You think you’ve screwed up? You should see this guy.

Mr. Incompetent

Slow Day at Work

This is an actual email thread from today, slightly edited for clarity and to protect the innocent. I should note that Steve is from New York.

From: Steve To: All Subject: Junior’s Cheesecake in the kitchen …courtesy of XXXXXXXX, who helped us XXXXXXXXXXXX. We paid them thousands of $$ [...]

Seattle iPhone Development Group

Derek Del Conte has started a Seattle iPhone Developer Group at Google Groups.

Derek is one of the two founders of Innerfence, whom I met at the Seattle iPhone Tech Talk. (Technically, we met at the gathering the night before.) He’s a smart and insightful guy who knows many of the ins and outs of developing [...]

Yet Another Million Dollar Idea

In 140 characters or less.

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Sometimes I make videos

I’m really just testing embedding a YouTube video.

Funny Scene that is 100% Made Up

THE SCENE: INT KITCHEN.

HUSBAND, age 37, is doing chores. WIFE, beautiful as always, is watching from the LIVING ROOM.

WIFE You look like one of the guys in that porn for women book.