Tag: life
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2026-08-01
Three Barleycorns
I discover the origin of American shoe sizing, buy a pair of running shoes, and find a new shoe brand to become loyal to after 15 years -
2025-06-16
Five-Seven
I've started to add a half-inch to my height -
2023-06-12
Markdown Musings
I come back to web development after a decade and find that Markdown had taken over -
2021-04-18
Cocoon
A poem about waiting -
2011-08-26
I hate centipedes
Centipedes invade my home and terrorize me -
2011-08-19
23%
I visit a genetic counselor to learn about my lifetime risk of developing breast cancer, which killed my mother at 38 -
2010-07-05
T-Mobile says defective battery is an accessory
T-Mobile considers a cellphone's battery to be an accessory, rather than an integral part of an electronic device -
2010-06-17
Ten years
I reflect on ten years of writing online -
2009-10-14
Rumor: Danger Servers Were Sabotaged
The Sidekick outage gets juicer: Microsoft claims the Danger servers were sabotaged -
2009-10-13
T-Mobile data loss allegedly due to outsourcing to Hitachi
Microsoft blames Sidekick outage/data loss on Hitachi outsourcing and T-Mobile won't refund me because I had a prepaid phone plan -
2009-10-11
T-Mobile: Microsoft Lost Your Data
During the Sidekick outage, I buy an Android phone and Microsoft/Danger announce my cloud data is actually gone forever -
2008-05-24
Death of the Ghettoputer
My crappy computer finally dies