iPod me
Before one can iPod ones
BMW, or VW as the case may be here, one must
have an iPod. Sure I could spend all day reading
iPodLounge but this is the LazyWeb at it's best (or worst?). You are my readers, friends, compadres, creepy weirdos that IM me at 2AM and I trust you - what do I need to know before taking the leap,?
Have you found the 40GB iPod to be overkill? Does a pink iPod enhance the experience that much? Is there an accessory you can't live without? Do I need the docking station, remote and a ruberized iCondom? Comment on!
This is broken (special US Gov edition)
Just in case you were wondering how broken email is:
Unfortunately, due to the volume of mail I receive,
I cannot respond individually to messages sent from third
parties or websites other than my official Senate website.
If you wish to send a personalized message via the
internet, please use the email form on my website:
http://feinstein.senate.gov/email.html.
Please know that my staff will tally your input today...
Senator please.
Update : Maybe the US Government is broken, not just email as previously speculated.
A brief message about why my TiVo and Treo, rule
From: TiVo - Your DVR
Your online request for "60 Minutes" has been received.
This program is now scheduled to record and appears in
the To Do List.
Best regards,
TiVo
http://www.tivo.com/support/
This is the confirmation email I received from TiVo after I:
- Heard that Michael Moore was going to be on 60 Minutes
- Was miles from home and wished I could somehow schedule my TiVo to record this show
- Turned to my trusty Treo 600, and pointed the browser to Tivo Central Online to sign-in and schedule this recording
- Return home to find 60 Minutes recorded perfectly per my request.
I know I live in the future a bit, being an early adopter and all, but the future is grand - and highly recommended.
I know they call it a quiet period but sheesh!
Ok, back on the air. A few things:
- The move went well. We are now in our new home and have a few unpacked boxes here and there but in general things have gone well. We did lose a set of car keys but I haven't been sufficiently convinced that they aren't mixed in with the box of dried flowers and candles. Only time will tell.
- Allie, Drew and I caught a gnarly stomach flu. I'll spare you the details, but we are no worse for wear.
- Pleasanton is 10 degrees hotter on average than our old place. Yow!
- I love a walk-able downtown! I especially enjoy taking my steed of restored cruisers out for a spin down Main Street. My one complaint is that one of my favorite local coffee shops closed the week we moved in! Looks like it didn't survive a recent acquisition. Acquisitions are hard, even in coffee.
- Have I mentioned the new house has ethernet in every room? WiFi is just icing on the cake now.
- I keep adding weird things to shellen.com like Google Groups Beta integration - which allows you to subscribe to shellen.com by email and more recently the Mail-This-Post code and now with Chris Wetherell's help - rotating image headers. I'll describe how to do all this stuff soon.
- I DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE GMAIL INVITES.
- NO SERIOUSLY.
- Being 'Blogger' - capital B puts us in odd company every once in a while when folks mean 'blogger' - little b.
- I'm sorry I missed the Internet Planet panel I was supposed to be on last week. Here's a panel wrap-up anyway.
- Not to be a jerk or anything but... are you about done mourning the Gipper too? Get that flag back up to full staff and let's get back to work already!
If I crane my neck around my cubicle wall I can hear the strains of Yellowcard. They and about 20 other bands are playing the local alt-radio station festival (
BFD) at the
Shoreline Amphitheatre today. I think I'm going to take a longer than normal afternoon coffee break and wander a bit nearer the festival stage to hear the
Von Bondies. Unfortunately, the great bands like the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, The Strokes and the Beastie Boys will be
taking the stage right around the time I'll be back in Pleasanton. At least I'll get to hear the musical stylings of the um, well, the
Silicon Valley Houserockers at the Concert in the Park. Yep. Perhaps P-town can persuade The Strokes or the B-Boys to perform at one of their deals soon.
Getting out of Dodge, er Castro Valley
Have I mentioned that I'm moving? It's not far, but it is 15 minutes closer to the office. Not as the crow flies, but as the car rolls. Traffic is weird. Anyway, we are moving out of our current house in Castro Valley and heading for
downtown Pleasanton. Pleasanton is nice. Parts of Pleasanton are in black and white but I hear there are areas that are
getting color now.
I'm taking a couple of days off of work while we move. We should have internet access again tomorrow, but with a mountain of boxes it might take a few days to get everything all set-up. See you on the other side.
Ten things about Steve Jenson
- Steve Jenson does not eat cookies. It's not that he doesn't like them, he just doesn't eat them.
- Steve's DSL is currently down.
- Your regularly scheduled SaladWithSteve is down too because Steve's DSL is wack.
- Steve uses WD40 instead of suntan lotion. He is a native Oregonian.
- Stacy has been putting up with Steve for as long as I can remember. Even when his DSL outage means her website is down too.
- Steve knows more about Atom than anyone in a 5 mile radius.
- Steve can dance a mean jig.
- In his downtime, Steve programs in Lisp, FOR FUN!!!
- I would like to begin referring to Steve as Redbeard, but fear reprisal.
- Before his father came to visit not long ago, Steve ordered cable with all the sports channels so his Pa would have something to watch. What a good son!
This has been an exercise in expanding Steve's
Googlism. Let's give 'er a few days and check back.
At the Atom Community meeting
Atom Meeting
Originally uploaded by jasonshellen. Lotsa dudes here.
By the way, I reposted this since Stewart Butterfield emailed to let me know there are new 'non-assy' templates for Blog This from Flickr.
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