Library is boxed up. Books. Man do they take up a lot of room.
Last day in San Rafael
It frosted this morning in my neighborhood. Something I’m unlikely to experience again at home after today. Isn’t frost front page news or something in Los Angeles?
Eileen flew back to LA last night and almost everything is in boxes now. Having people pack for you is nice, but I’m such a completionist, the loose ends are bugging me. There’s stuff they won’t take that I’m trying to fit in my car full of stuff I need to drive down. Plus I have to leave room for the dogs. And so all these little things lying around drive me crazy. Will they pack the soap dispenser empty or willt hey be all TSA like?
They’ll probably pack it. The guy last night was pretty good about being understanding that I don’t have infinite room in the car. But I don’t want to get them in trouble with their bosses or anything else. Yes, I’m stressing over a soap dispenser. Welcome to my head. I’d much rather be stressing over whether R2 is really valuable as an acquisition for Microsoft or just a rebrander for existing home automation tech as one of our listeners suggested. But instead, for today, I’m stressing about soap dispensers. And candles. And the electrical plug for the small lamp that was inexplicably not packed in a box. Is it considered a battery? Is it considered a soap dispenser?!?!?
I bought 8 donuts for the crew coming to load up the truck this morning. Do they hate donuts? Do they hate soap dispensers? Will Apple buy Waze? When should I disconnect the router? Probably now.
Odd note. I have Comcast Business Class at home, and they handily make you drive their stupid unmodifiable router that I never wanted anyway, to one of their offices to turn it in before they resolve your contract. I suppose I could have mailed it, but the office is on the way out of town. So my car full of soap dispensers and dogs will drop by on the way down to LA later today to give them back their precious router/manacle.
Tonight I will dine in Santa Monica. Then (hopefully) the truck arrives in LA tomorrow or Saturday. Verizon arrives Friday for Internets. DirecTV on Saturday for our HGTV machine. (also good for authorizing my HBO Go account). Possibly, just possibly, by Sunday I’ll be in our new house, in our new hood, with only boxes to unpack. And soap dispensers.
Tech History Today – Jan. 3
In 1957 – Hamilton Electric held a press conference to announce the World’s First Electronic Watch, the Hamilton Electric 500, a watch that never needed winding. Just batteries.
In 1977 – Apple Computer Co. was incorporated by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Ron Wayne famously backed out selling his shares back for $800. Ouch.
In 1999 – The U.S. Mars Polar Lander was launched. It would spend most of the year wending its way towards Mars before it lost communication with Earth in December, presumably after crashing.
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Jango getting the blue carpet treatment.
Jango getting the blue carpet treatment.
Tech News Today 660: Sitting in the Tweet Seats
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Intel wants to win at TV, Avis tries harder to buy Zipcar, circumvent Apple DRM without a jailbreak, and more.
Guest: David Spark
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Running time:: 0:44:02
Last TNT in studio before the move. (I’ll be back of…
Last TNT in studio before the move. (I’ll be back of course but I’ll be an Angeleno then)
Tech History Today – Jan. 2
In 1959 – Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the Moon, was launched by the U.S.S.R.
In 1979 – Software Arts was incorporated by founders Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston for the purpose of developing VisiCalc, the world’s first spreadsheet program.
In 2004 – NASA’s Stardust spacecraft successfully flew past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples it brought back to Earth 2 years later.
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Tech News Today 659: Predictions for 2013
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
We gaze into our crystal ball to see how the world of technology will fare in 2013.
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Running time:: 0:29:45
Jango guarding the Doghouse Systems PC. on Flickr.
Jango guarding the Doghouse Systems PC. on Flickr.
Autopilot S2E08 – The Newsroom
The Newsroom is an American drama television series created and principally written by Aaron Sorkin that premiered on HBO on June 24, 2012. The series chronicles the behind-the-scenes events at the fictional Atlantis Cable News (ACN) channel. It features an ensemble cast including Jeff Daniels as anchor Will McAvoy, who, together with his staff set out to put on a news show “in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles and their own personal entanglements.”