June 2009
58 posts
Checking out Firefox 3.5’s built in video tag. I wonder if YouTube will switch any time soon.
It’s a tasty 30 degrees (86F) in Paris right now. I’m missing air conditioners even more than I was last week :)
The newspaper stands are stuffed with papers all saying MICHAEL JACKSON EST MORT.
gotta pay estimated MA taxes (a few days late…)
Hooked up my new Brother HL2140 laser printer to the Airport Express. Works like a charm.
Picked up tickets to Parc Disneyland for only €26 through Jen’s workplace. Hooray!
“Successfully installed rmagick-1.15.17” - Installing RMagick on CentOS 5 in Ruby Enterprise Edition is difficult.
RT @film_girl: Holy shit http://www.tmz.com — Michael Jackson is DEAD. Whoa. Like. WHOA.
I like that it doesn’t get dark until around 10:30pm here.
Trying out instantwatcher (http://instantwatcher.com/) to sort through Netflix Instant.
Jeff Atwood @codinghorror predicts iPhone will be a more influential product than original Mac (http://bit.ly/19H3x2). I think I agree.
A new neighbor smokes A LOT. 2 hours with the door closed = smoke smelling bedroom. Old cigarettes on the staircase too. Any suggestions?
Really loving EngineYard Solo. Easiest setup ever + great/evolving dashboard.
Called adobe for support on my #Lightroom order. The mechanical lady said the wait would be approximately 7minutes. It has now been 25 :( :(
#Adobe says the problem is with my bank. Bank of America says my account is fine and has the available funds. WTF?
They cancelled my first order. So I did the second #Adobe #Lightroom order on PayPal. Guess what? “We are currently reviewing your order!”
Abandoned Places In The World - http://bit.ly/c0MPS
. Via #metafilter
Music from La Fête de la Musique (http://bit.ly/9a0CL) coming from all directions outside our apartment.
RT @lifo: http://www.railsrescuebook.com from @MikeG1 looks great — I might get this
Setting up a bunch of CentOS systems with rails stacks.
The Story So Far of Twitter, via @MrTweet @seanpercival http://bit.ly/XLULL
Carrefour visit a success. We now have fans to cool the ever-increasing heat in the apartment. Man, I am a wimp. I miss A/C.
Having Sunday brunch at Les Deux Magots (http://bit.ly/XdsBG) and then to Le jardin du Luxembourg (http://bit.ly/wM31L).
Overreaction on a pre-iPhone release TUAW news report? Why on earth would they need to apologize? http://bit.ly/iV5wv
My girlfriend’s sister in the beluga tank at SeaWorld SanAntonio last week (flicker vid) http://bit.ly/splashybeluga
Headed to the Café Faubourg Saint-Antoine and then our first Carrefour visit.
RubyMine is actually kind of impressing me. Started working on a version of the TextMate Twilight theme for it. Will github it when ready.
Wow. Two typos in as many tweets.
Just used jeweler from @techpickles (http://bit.ly/2hHj6l) to create my first gem. Super easy.
I did end up getting my bag back, the delivery people showed up yesterday around 8pm. The delivery guy looked seriously upset.
checking out tickets for Christmas. Multi-leg tickets are expensive. CDG->IAH->BOS->CDG over two weeks!
arrived back in Paris on Saturday. Continental lost my bag, it never got on the airplane at IAH. Awaiting its arrival eagerly.
