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Monthly Archives: May 2006
Hazel Mae Lanphier
Quick note: Hazel Mae Lanphier was born late last night. Mom and baby are fine…gotta run back to hospital, but took a sec to upload a couple of photos: http://photos.robla.net/gallery/v/2006/
Posted in Personal 7 Comments
It’s about that time
As folks who know us may have heard, my lovely wife (pictured) and I are about to become parents. Not that it’s really sunk in or anything, but I imagine it will some time this week, as, well, we’re due and the doctors aren’t too keen on the idea of letting the baby just chill [...]
Posted in Personal 3 Comments
Seattle Parking Tax: Money Has To Come From Somewhere
Apparently, Mayor Nickels plans to propose a parking tax for downtown Seattle to fund transportation. Fantastic! That means that the people who commute to downtown from Issaquah or wherever pay some for Seattle transportation (as they should) whereas those of us who live and work in Seattle aren’t getting disproportionately taxed.
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Apple’s $150 IQ test
I’m not an Apple fanboy by any stretch of the imagination, but I do have to hand it to them with the new laptops. Not points on quality, but on revenue maximizing genius. Specifically, charging $150 more for a black laptop. People will pay for the cachet, and charging $150 is just enough to make [...]
Posted in Tech 3 Comments
Mobiguous company names
A friend recently told me about yet another mobile startup who I won’t name, but suffice to say has yet another one of those generic amalgams of “Mo” or “Mob” with some other word. It got me thinking “hey, I can automate this; maybe save everyone some time”….which I did (at least the first part). [...]
Posted in Tech 8 Comments
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