November 8th, 2009
Where have I been and what have I been doing? Damn good question.
The past few years have been among the most tumultuous of my life. Personal and business challenges have stressed me nearly to the breaking point, and amazing events have rocked my world and the world at large.
I’ve questioned (literally) the mental health of my fellow Americans who re-elected the most corrupt government we’ve ever had. My disgust with the whole thing crushed my spirit and clouded my view of the future. Closer to home, I faced a tremendous crisis of confidence regarding my worth as a person, my ability to provide for myself and my family, and my ability (and desire) to continue writing my book.
The world around me seemed to have gone mad; or maybe it was me? Continued »
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November 7th, 2009
I finally got around to updating the site to the latest WordPress and updated the special iPhone-friendly format as well.
This, in turn, allowed me to install a user verification plug-in, which will make it practical to (finally) reopen the site for new users, while hopefully keeping the spammers to a minimum. Continued »
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February 22nd, 2009
We’re having a little family fundraiser to cover some unexpected expenses. As a result, I decided to part with my rare pre-release first generation iPod and put it up for auction on eBay.
While I was at Apple, I was one of a bunch of internal testers for the iPod. When the testing was done, all the volunteers had a chance to trade in their beta iPods for ‘real’ ones, but I never got around to it. So I still have the pre-release unit.
Somewhat surprisingly, it continues to work, and using it reminds me of how far this little device has come in such a short time.
Damn
Well, that’s interesting. I just got an email from eBay saying they had taken the auction down. Here’s what they said:
The rights owner, Apple, Inc., notified eBay that this listing violates intellectual property rights. When eBay receives a report of this type of violation, we remove the listing to comply with the law.
I don’t know how selling an old iPod can violate their rights, but you can’t fight city hall (or eBay or Apple either, apparently). Continued »
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January 18th, 2009
I snapped this photo of Steve Jobs while he was working on the flow of his keynote demo in 2001. It’s striking to see this and realize how much his appearance has changed. Continued »
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