• Microformats Presentation at AJAX Experience

    I gave a presentation on microformats this morning at “AJAX Experience”http://theajaxexperience.com. Thanks to Molly and Aaron, I didn’t run way under, and I think it went pretty well. The AIM Pages demos went pretty well, but the network hiccuped just when I was trying to publish my page. Oh well.\
    You’re welcome to go check out the presentation, and post questions in the comments on the presentation or here, especially if you were in the audience (all 25 of you)!

  • Reunion fun!

    Hey, remember when I complained in a previous post about Logan H. on Gilmore Girls not having any interesting scenes since he is only shown on the phone? Well, guess what? Complaining works! The actor who plays Logan H. will guest star on Veronica Mars tonight. Wheeeee. The TV Guide and other tv-focused peeps made a big deal a few years ago when the Gilmore Girls introduced Logan H. and Logan from Veronica Mars made a big splash at the same time. There were lots of comparisons and articles about them. I guess TPTB took note, because they finally got the Logans working together. Kinda cool, imo.\
    Laura San Giacome, from Just Shoot Me, will also be on tonight’s Veronica Mars. And HEY! Enrico Colantoni (Keith) also starred on Just Shoot Me. They played friends-turned-lovers. It’ll be neat to see them working together again. I love Enrico.\
    In other TV news, Kevin loved the premiere of Torchwood. I haven’t had a chance to watch it yet.\
    I am currently watching last night’s MNF game. I tivoed it because I knew I wouldn’t be able to stay up late enough. (YAY for tivo.) Even though I accidentally spoiled myself of the outcome this morning, the game is still pretty interesting.

  • Bad Mommy #45

    I am obviously the worst mother ever, since I can’t figure out to play Katamari for my 2 year old. The screen says click “X” for ok, and nothing happens when I do. I click “start” and “select” and nothing freakin’ happens!! Grrr. Oh, except Brian starts crying like I am stabbing a puppy over and over again. He keeps handing me the controller, “Here you go,” very hopefully. But I don’t know how to get it to work! GAH! I give up. Seriously. The smartest decision I ever made was to never play video games with Max. I am re-enacting this policy for Brian. And he can’t make me feel guilty! No, he can’t! I won’t cave. Even if he is the cutest, snotty-nosed, teary-eyed toddler ever.

  • EVDO is OK

    Instead of paying for the hotel’s network connection, I decided to give my brand new EVDO card a shot. I was talking to one of AOL’s VP’s about my presentation and trying to find the time to write demos and she asked what I would do if I had a budget. Of course, I told her I’d get an EVDO card so I wasn’t held hostage to crappy hotel networks. Well, here we are, and I’ve got one, and it works!\
    I checked my mail at the airport, worked on my presentation and fixed a couple bugs in the demos last night in the hotel, am uploading pictures to Flickr and it’s going OK. It’s not as fast as a wired connection, or even a solid wi-fi connection, but it’s fast enough to get things done. E-mail’s no problem, and even uploading photos is going smoothly. Connecting using Verizon’s expresscard modem is pretty seamless as long as you remember that it’s more modem than wi-fi card (and remember to disconnect before you put your machine to sleep.\
    If you can get work to pay for it, I’d do it. If you work for yourself and are on the road all the time, I’d do it. It made the flight delay bearable because I could get work done while sitting in the terminal, and it gave me an option when the hotel network was unacceptable. I would bet that I’ll probably use it to give a presentation here at some point (hopefully not today, my demos are kind of bandwidth intensive).\
    I woke up at 4AM, probably because I didn’t eat dinner last night and I’m hungry. Unfortunately, the restaurant doesn’t open till 6. So, I took some pictures in the bathroom. Enjoy.

  • Highway Jobbery

    Why is it, the more expensive the hotel, the more they rape you on everything? I’m staying at a \$300 a night place, and they want \$5.00 for a bottle of water, \$3.00 for a soda and \$10 for internet for twenty-four hours. Hotel Avante in Mountain View is \$155 a night and they give me free internet and free water. Westin? Not stayin’ with you again.

  • TV Talk

    According to Salon: NBC will also restructure its early prime-time programming to focus on cheaper, unscripted shows like reality series and game shows.\
    Uggg. Really, more reality crap? It’s like we’re in the Dark Ages of TV. Yes, there are bright spots, but waaaay too many reality shows already. It sounds like NBC is throwing in the towel. Which is so much funnier after this week’s Studio 60.\
    Heroes– Everyone, including Kev, keep saying how awesome this show is. All I see is The 4400 without the interesting bits. So much melodrama. The politician and the stripper bore me to tears. As do the painter, the dr’s son, and the cute neighbor. Milo V’s hair is too distracting for me to be bored by him. I am totally into the chubby cop and the Asian guy. More time with them, please! It’s like the writer had a great mini series planned, and then the studio told him to stretch it out to three times its needed length. There is way too much talk, talk, talk, whine, whine, whine, going on.\
    Battlestar Galatica– Not a fan of the premiere, am bored by the Iraq War parallel, and want the peeps back on a spaceship where they belong! Think it is amazingly ballsy of the writers to have that one guy in a fat suit for so long. Not much greatness going on, imo. Still love their use of music though.\
    Veronica Mars– I am not sure what to write. It is an entertaining show. Watching with Kevin is awesome because he laughs at the great one-liners and just enjoys it for what it is. But, it isn’t the same kind of show it was in its first season. And it never will be. I just need to readjust my expectations. I still heart Rob Thomas, so I don’t want to be a Debbie Downer. But, for my street cred to remain intact (HA! Come on, laugh, it’s ok), I must be honest. We’ll always have season one, though, and that is the single best season of television ever!\
    Gilmore Girls– I was a fan of Luke/Lorelai until they butchered them last season. While it is sometimes true that two very different people would have problems being in a relationship together, it doesn’t necessarily make for good or successful TV. I am also a fan of the Chris/Lorelai pairing. (Call me fickle!) I wish the writers had killed off Luke(because I didn’t want to see the relationship fail, but it couldn’t realistically be successful either), and then Lorelai could have eventually gotten with Chris. I’ve heard the actor who plays Luke is a pain in the ass and most of these plot lines are so Lauren Graham doesn’t have to work with him as much. If that is true, they should either fire him or tell them all to grow up and do their job.\
    You know what else isn’t good TV? Logan on the phone in every scene he is in. That got old during the first episode. Please let something interesting happen.\
    I think that is all of the TV shows I watch. What have you been watching lately?

  • Smiles Sheepishly

    Soooooooooo, tonight’s Supernatural wasn’t quite up to the awesomeness that it had been exhibiting. Every show is allowed a down episode or two, right? (Remember “Beer bad?”) Sadly, there wasn’t even a cool ‘previously’ like usual. Poo!\
    But, hey, there were some great one-liners and some awesome moments. A Duckie reference! Hee. “It’s your grief counselors! We’ve come to hug!” Ha! Walking in on your brother watching porn? “Awkward” and priceless. But, that scene has probably happened once a week to those two. Yay for the show being mostly realistic about boys and sex.\
    For those who liked the episode- rock on! Cuz this show is seriously much much better than this one, so it’s like gravy for you. For those who didn’t like the episode- stick around! Cuz this show is seriously much much better than this one.

  • Supernaturally Sound

    A friend of mine wrote this recently, after she mainlined the first season of Supernatural in one week, and it amuses me to no end:

    This show BOWLED me over.\
    You have no idea how much time The Sis and I spent mocking this thing all year. And now I feel like I totally owe an apology to everyone I’ve ever made fun of for watching this show. ‘Cause it’s fuckin’ fabulous.\
    Honestly, before this fall, the only thing I had ever heard anyone say about **Supernatural** was that it was The Pretty Boys Show, leading me to believe that was ALL the show had to offer. I’ve never been to partial to the typical ‘cardboard-cut-out’ pretty boys in my television which is why I never checked it out before. But after finally going through it for myself, I have to say, it’s a crying shame that the series has been marked as such. Because the show is actually great in its own right. THERE IS SO MUCH HERE FOR ME TO LOVE.

    YEA, BABY! I want my apology spelled out in Oreos. Heh. Oh, and hey! Supernatural is on tonight (Thursday), on The CW at 9pm EST. Cool, huh?

  • Contest

    Vote for #8 for a friend of a friend: Flying Spaghetti Monster contest. Yea, I got hella cool friends.

  • WOWee

    Kevin came home at a decent time last night and we ate dinner all together. Later, Kevin and I sat together for over an hour while we watched tv. Baby, life is good.