Presents are open and the boy is bouncing from present to present playing with each in turn. Amazingly focused on each one, actually. I remember that my younger brother, the youngest of six of us, would always be the last one opening his presents because he — unlike the rest of us — would play…

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The boy got up early this morning (what would you expect?), but I was able to get him to lie down for another 40 minutes before the fun began. He ripped through his stocking, noting quickly that Santa did indeed eat his three cookies and drink his milk (tasty!). Combination of stickers, trains, and two…

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Just returned from a late-morning matinee showing of Return of the King, the third in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I enjoyed it, and the seige of Minas Tirith is the spectacle it was cracked up to be. The postscript, which in the book feels important, drags on a bit in the movie. I…

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Over two weeks ago, I got out to The Last Samurai, with Tom Cruise as post-Civil War mercenary in rapidly industrializing Japan. I liked it. Only one truly regrettable cliche, where Cruise’s character lives through a suicidal charge that brings down all those around him, sparing him so that he can deliver the moral message…

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I’ve been using NetNewsWire for several months now. I just moved from v1.03 to v1.07, since I haven’t been sure I needed any of the steps in between. I can see that I should have moved earlier, for WebKit among other things, but the part that is the most fun, even though it’s a small…

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Hope to find time to review this report on China at some point in the future. Only problem is that the link is in the graphic at top right, which my eye skipped over at first. Say it with me… text links work. Don’t depend on graphics only.

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So I’m watching the kids, and the boy decides to pull out the truck basket and dump it on the floor. He then proceeds to retrieve the footrest from under the desk, and begins to assemble the following (click thumbnail for full size image) without any prodding. I think San Francisco has made its mark……

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Welcome Natalie (yesterday), hello blackout (yesterday and this morning), miserable AV equipment (all day today), reasonable 5K time (Golden Gate Park this morning), and an ever-growing excitement in the boy about the coming of Christmas. Got to head to bed, since he’ll be up before 6am as always tomorrow.

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Clearing out a few from the Safari bookmarks bar… Bray on time Interview with Feedster’s Scott Johnson David Galbraith on ontology (and why they help) WiFi usage at Carnegie Mellon [via WiFiNetNews] Contradictory comments on Simson Garfinkel’s article The Myth of Doomed Data from the MIT Tech Review. Managing time from HBS Working Knowledge [via…

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Very few Macs at work, and little need to try the collaborative writing/editing process at home, but I’m curious about SubEthaEdit (formerly known as Hydra). I’ve installed it, but haven’t used it with someone. Someone documented what happened with an open shared blank document. Sounds like the usual stages of a mailing list: quiet discussion,…

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