Archive for October 2007
Your life’s work
I was struck today by several confluenced events whose central theme is someone’s life’s work. It’s not always a giant benefit to the planet, but it seems that there are lots of stories, big and small, that show how doing something you love ends up having a huge impact on others. First, there was the…
Read MoreNo earthquake damage
This one is for my non-SF friends who may be concerned about the quake we just experienced. Everyone is fine, no damage, no injuries. The earthquake hit last night, and Sarah, Moishe, the dogs and I were all mostly sitting in my home office when it happened. I grabbed Moishe and stood in a doorway…
Read MoreMy new poker table
I picked up a poker table and tournament chipset off Craigslist for $200 plus the cost of a Zipcar Tacoma pickup truck. I’m looking forward to assembling a home study game.
Read MoreMy new frugality
This weekend I knocked out a bunch of things I’d been trying to accomplish for a while now. First, I fixed our leaky kitchen sink. Depending on how you closed the cold water tap it would drip or outright stream water despite being "off". For you home improvement nuts it’s a cartridge style handle. For…
Read MoreWhy I exist.
Moishe had a doctor’s appointment yesterday, and for some reason I was very nervous about it. Partly because I couldn’t be there, and partly because the experience of Moishe spending 24 hours in the hospital for tests was still fresh in my mind. (Notice the bandage on the arm in the photo at left.) Ahead…
Read MoreDeath Valley
My comic book vendor, Frank at Amazing Fantasy here in SF, has a standing order for anything zombie related for me. If he sees it, he buys it for me. The new find is called "Death Valley". If you want to borrow mine to read, ask Steve. That’s where all my comics go when I’m…
Read MoreConvio Summit, Austin TX 2007
Convio, one of the leading online nonprofit marketing product companies, had their annual confab this past week. Here’s my take: APIs, Datasync tools, and extensions New channel conflicts for API publishers The next two years Additional reading APIs, DataSync tools, and extensions One of the non profit bloggers I read but often don’t agree with…
Read MoreA moment of introspection (at least the stuff I’m willing to tell you)
Here’s what I learned about myself while I was in Austin on business travel. 1. Leaving my son breaks my heartI didn’t get a chance to say goodbye to Moishe before I left, and he doesn’t seem to understand what the phone is. I think he thinks it’s some sort of toy that records people’s…
Read MoreHow to save more money for retirement, without actually putting one more dime into your IRA
Since we moved to California I’ve pitched in to take my turn at steering the family finances. I’ve setup Quicken, combined our money, put us on a strict budget and examined all our retirement finances. One of the things I became obsessed with is our retirement funds. One thing I focused on was a Simple…
Read MoreMy existential poker dilemna.
Last night I went to my favorite cardroom and ran smack into a horseshoe. After sitting down, I played three big hands. In the first two I simply had a better hand and decided to push a football bettor who was on tilt really hard and he just consistently called my all ins. In the…
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