Archive for April, 2008

If Facebook were real

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Caught this little gem from Digg just now and had to repost it here, because well, it’s hilarious. And sadly true.

This video represents the downside of being too connected. Sometimes it can be good (yielding some favorable contact with long-lost friends), sometimes it can be awkward and slightly uncomfortable (being contacted and ‘friended’ by people [...]

Hot Chip, and general update

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Wednesday night Kelly and I went to see the great electro-pop band Hot Chip at the Crystal Ballroom. After work we went to Ringlers Pub for some dinner and drinks before the show, where I had a fantastic brew (which I guess is only being poured at Ringlers), called Liquid Friend. It was a lighter [...]

Backups

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Yesterday I picked up a 500 GB external hard drive, and connected it to my Airport Extreme so both Kelly and I can take advantage of the OS X’s automated, versioned backup goodness that is Time Machine. I got my MacBook Pro all backed up yesterday, and Kelly’s is working at it now. It’s pretty [...]

My brother’s ‘Golf Hunting’ video

Friday, April 25th, 2008

My brother T and a friend of his created a little video (which he wanted me to blog about, so here I am), a little parody mashup about a golfer, Trip Isenhour, who’s fateful golf ball hit an endangered hawk, and landed him in some trouble. Pretty clever mix of a couple different games. A [...]

Summer day, in spring

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

After a couple weeks of dark, cloudy, cold, and rainy weather, Portland was hit with a summer-like day, 76 degrees and clear blue skies. I had a few errands to run (picking up my taxes from the accountant, driving to the Toyota dealership to get some warranty work done) and then finally got home and [...]

Liver reprieve, and Kelly’s Travel Hell

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

After getting a new Keg on Saturday I decided to give my liver a bit of a reprieve. It needed it, even though the liver is evil. However, tonight I’m left on my own (Kelly left for a work trip to Texas for the next 5 nights) and the keg of Terminal Gravity ESG beckoned. [...]

Terminal Gravity, & more Goose

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Today I went and picked up a keg of Terminal Gravity ESG, a very tasty ale. I was going to get Guinness, however there isn’t anywhere open on the weekends that will sell the nitro/co2 mix (known as ‘brewgas’) tanks I need. Apparently I need a 75/25 mixture (75% nitro) to get that perfect creamy [...]

The saddest sound in the world

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Tonight, after spending some quality time with my friends M and T (not to be confused with Mr. T, though if combined, they would surely rival the awesomeness of that infamous bad-ass, foo!) at Shanghai Tunnel, and then heading to my place to sip off my keg, we were witness to the saddest sound in [...]

Goose, work, beer & travel plans

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

OK, it’s been a bit since my last post, here’s what I’ve been up to:

Kelly and I have been to the Goose Hollow Inn a couple weekends in a row, first just Kelly and I, a second time with our friends T & Aymie and Miranda. Good lord I love their reuben sandwich. Mmmmmm….
Had an [...]