March 2005 Archives
Posted by Chiara | Category main_page
For my party a few weeks ago E got me a special cable so I could plug my PowerBook directly into my ancient stereo. This way we could use the larger speakers rather than the PowerBook's dinky speakers. It worked just fine, and sounded as good as those speakers can. Well, I just tried plugging my iPod into the stereo with the same cable, and lo and behold, it worked! Yay! I'm sure this is probably obvious to folks (that they would work), but for me it's a big thing. I've been using my PowerBook as a home stereo for,
Posted by Chiara | Category main_page
I just learned about TerraPass. TerraPass invests its members' money in renewable energy projects that result in a decrease of carbon dioxide emissions. We guarantee that the money from your membership will result in a reduction of carbon dioxide that counterbalances the pollution from your car. Your membership amount varies with the type of car you drive, and the amount you drive in a year. So SUVs and trucks pay more than hybrids. I think this is a wonderful idea. It certainly doesn't excuse Hummers and other polluting vehicles or make them okay. But it's a step in the right
Posted by Chiara | Category main_page
The picture to the right is not a pile of crap. It's a mound of sand from a beach in Maui that a little sand crab made. Yes, there really is a crab there. I swear. And yes, that means that I finally uploaded my photos from the Maui trip to Flickr. Everything is titled and described and tagged now. (Well, except for a few whale shots that I decided to recrop so you can see them better. Flickr got /.ed last night and hence was VERY slow, so I stopped cleaning up the dups. But I'll do that soon.)
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I've been hit a lot lately with track-back ping spam. So I'm going to turn track-back pings off. If you want them turned back on (you know who you are) let me know and we can talk. *grumble*grumble*stupid spammers ruin it for the rest of us*grumble*grumble*
Posted by Chiara | Category main_page
Life is settling down again. This weekend was my party. My It's-My-Birthday-and-House-Cooling-and-New-Job-and-Unwedding-Party. It was a blast. It's the first party I've had in over 1.5 years (at least). First time I've had folks over to that apartment. I went way overboard with the cake, and food, and flowers, and dress, but that's okay. It was fun. Lots of fun. I'm so glad everyone came. Brett was kind enough to take these photos of the cake cutting and post them on Flickr. I spent Sunday sleeping until noon and then cleaning up the aftermath. Which really wasn't that bad at all.
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Adaptive Path Fourth Anniversary and Office Warming Party In honor of Adaptive Path's fourth anniversary, and as an office warming for our new space, we're having a party! We're inviting our clients and friends, colleagues and neighbors. Stop by to have a drink with us and meet the team. It'll be a great time. Adaptive Path Offices 363 Brannan Street (between 2nd and 3rd Streets) Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:30 p.m. to whenever
Posted by Chiara | Category netflix
Sleepers
Posted by Chiara | Category netflix
Six Feet Under: Season 1: Disc 2
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I'm moving to Berkeley. *giggle* I can't believe it. I get a goofy grin and giggle each time I say it. I went and looked at places this afternoon. Or rather, looked at a place this afternoon. Part of me says it was wrong to take the first place I saw. But the location is perfect (less than 5 minute walk to the Bark station). I really like the neighborhood. I wandered around some and it has a good, safe feel. The price is completely doable. The landlord is really nice. They take cats. There is a patio and I
Posted by Chiara | Category main_page
Today is my first full day home in I don't know how long. Literally weeks. I've spent the last few hours watching the first 3 episodes plus the pilot for Six Feet Under. I really enjoyed them. I get another disc from Netflix soon and I can't wait. It's felt really good to just hang around the house with the cats this afternoon. I didn't sleep-in all that much - was up around 8ish. I ran a bunch of errands around lunchtime and finished vacuuming the house and laundry. So I have been productive. I feel like I should (there's
Posted by Chiara | Category main_page
From Jen: If you have read the whole book, bold it. If you have read part of the book, italicize it. If you own it but haven't gotten around to reading it yet, ** it. 1 The Bible 2 Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 3 Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes 4 The Koran 5 Arabian Nights ** 6 Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 7 Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift 8 Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer 9 Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 10 Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman 11 The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli 12 Uncle Tom's Cabin by
Posted by Chiara | Category main_page
Much posting needs to be done. For now, know that I had a most wonderful time in Maui. We saw so many beautiful and wonderful things; met so many incredable people. I will post more later (both stories of the trip and photos). For know, here's a brief list of highlights/things to know: 1. We scuba dived with sea turtles. Four of them. It was so amazing. 2. Scuba diving in warm water is so much better than cold water. Though I kept looking for sea otters and wondering where all the kelp was. 3. E and I will be
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At the IA Summit in Montreal this weekend, Donna asked me to add an RSS feed to my website so she could keep up with my blog. There ya go chica. (At least, I think that's all I have to do. Lemme know if it doesn't work.)
