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Re: Kid concert

adamhouston — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:20:21 -0000

So which kid group was it? It doesn't look like Roofi 'cause there is no riot in progress and no adults contemplating whether to end it all now rather than listen to one more bar of either "One, Two, Tie Your Shoe" or "Helpful Bear on the 28th Floor."

Re: tina fey

adamhouston — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:14:49 -0000

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26725961/

So what I really want to see is Fey playing Palin dressed up as Fey for Halloween.

Wait... now my head hurts.

Re: Delays on the M5

adamhouston — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:51:57 -0000

You know, John, it is funny because about the time you posted this blog (before we had gotten back in touch at all) I was working a lot of late nights and had started listening to 8 hour ahead time shifted Virgin Radio quite a bit. Interesting parallels in our disconnected lives.

Anyway, thought I should comment on this while I still could as Virgin Radio will be no more on Monday. They are turning into Absolute Radio. Probably still full of good stuff, but it somehow seems to be the end of something.

But like you said, there is much to look ahead toward. So come Monday I am going to try to tune in over the net and check out what they are turning into.

Re: web site on blocks for a while

adamhouston — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:56:22 -0000

It's good to narrate the semi-obvious or those of us who primarily drive by via RSS might not have noticed the cinder blocks.

Re: drowning

adamhouston — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 10:53:44 -0000

I only vaguely remember the Before Time when what you describe was not the norm for me. Hmmmm, don't suppose it could have anything to do with your brain being full from being COO, the International travel and, oh yeah, how old is your boy now :)

Re: might be over-caffeinated

adamhouston — Tue, 22 May 2007 01:53:03 -0000

John,

I think you are fairly safe. But from one caffeeined to another: just to be sure you could always check the Death by Caffeine calculator at http://www.energyfiend.com/death-by-caffeine/

The thing I am waiting for is caffeine to be added to the Lucky Charms. That would simplify things greatly in the morning.

Adam

Re: fast.

adamhouston — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:33:21 -0000

It’s all changed. I marvel at how I was able to move through college, let alone exist, without a cell phone, a laptop with wifi and wireless broadband that never leaves my side, the ability to email someone outside of my immediate classes, being able to look anything up at any time or having the ability to even locate someone whose phone number you no longer had. I work in a college now where the students have all of these things by default. The web was available on campus in a few places my last year at UCSD but it wasn’t really commonly available until later. One of the roommates I had during the early 90s just went back and completed his degree at UCSD last year so I got to compare notes. The changes really are astounding.

Re: not exactly the Kaos Computer Club

adamhouston — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:00:34 -0000

Well, I know the answer, but obviously I'm not telling. Yeah, the external dual floppy disk drive was pretty cool. But playing the character-mode adventure game on the Commodore PET was even cooler. Cooler yet was discovering that if you used the Caps Lock key you could walk through the walls...