Personal entries
Week Two in Victoria
I say “Victoria,” not Melbourne, because we’re currently staying in Forest Hill, courtesy of Roger and Marg, who are on holiday. The good news is that today we signed...
published on Wednesday, January 3 2007 ( 1 comment )
Week One in Melbourne
It’s Christmas Eve, and Charlie and I have been on the ground in Melbourne for a week. So far, we’ve got a new mobile phone (sweet), checked in with...
published on Sunday, December 24 2006
Seven Year Itch
In a nutshell: After a lot of angst, back-and-forth, and false starts, we’re moving back to Melbourne next month, seven years and a few days after we arrived in...
published on Wednesday, November 15 2006 ( 16 comments )
This Site Powered By...
A while back, I mentioned that I was considering changing my hosting setup. In the end, I decided to outsource, for a few reasons; Administration — There’s always an...
published on Sunday, September 3 2006 ( 2 comments )
Three Months at Yahoo!
I’m quickly coming up on three months as a Yahoo, and a bunch of people have been asking me how things are going, as well as what I’m doing....
published on Tuesday, April 18 2006 ( 3 comments )
And Now for Something Completely Different
For the past three and a half years, I’ve learned a lot, had a tremendous amount of fun, and made some really good friends working at BEA Systems in...
published on Friday, January 27 2006 ( 10 comments )
How to Throw a Holiday Party
One thing I detest about many technology companies is their tendency to treat employees like overgrown 15-year-olds with no social skills. This was most evident at Java One’s “Social...
published on Thursday, December 22 2005 ( 1 comment )
Bennet Murray Nottingham
published on Wednesday, September 14 2005 ( 22 comments )
Site Updates
After a deeply wounding comment about this site’s design from SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHO THEY ARE last week, I’ve refreshed the mnot.net stylesheets and front page design. OK, truth...
published on Friday, March 25 2005
Back
If you're wondering where the promised travel stories from Melbourne got to, you'll have to wait a bit longer. Right after I got there, Anitra was bit by a spider (a supreme irony, really) and had to go to the emergency room, because all sorts of unpleasant things were happening.
published on Sunday, September 19 2004 ( 5 comments )
And now for something completely different: Roadblog!
I'm typing this from the Red Carpet Club in San Francisco International Airport, about to disembark on a snap vacation to Australia. By 'snap vacation,' I mean that I didn't have a gleam in my eye about this trip two weeks ago, but thanks to generous fares from United ($650 round trip!)... Anitra and Charlie are staying behind for this one; she couldn't get away from work, and will be going to Australia to hear some wedding bells (shhh, big secret) in January.
published on Wednesday, September 8 2004 ( 1 comment )
A Monkey’s Lunch is…
Baileys Irish Cream Kahlúa Macadamia nut liquor, or dark rum (e.g., Myer’s) Coconut Juice Cream Banana Ice The labs will be working on the exact proportions; stay tuned....
published on Sunday, July 25 2004 ( 1 comment )
For those who've had kids recently.
Anitra turned me on to what happened to Steve from Blue’s Clues. As he would say, “Cool!”...
published on Saturday, December 13 2003
housekeeping
I've done some adjustment to this Web log; you may or may not notice the differences. Most of is is cosmetic and tightening up of the templates, but I've also...
published on Sunday, November 9 2003 ( 1 comment )
Humboldt Fog
Saute Wednesday has exposed one of our vices... ashed goat's cheese is like nothing else on earth. These days it's Humboldt Fog (from the Mollie Stone's around the corner; hell,...
published on Tuesday, October 7 2003
now available - Photoblog!
OK, here's the deal. As previously reported, we got the nifty Ericsson phones that come with free cameras. They're Internet-capable. The next obvious step is to hook it up to...
published on Thursday, April 24 2003 ( 5 comments )