August 08, 2011
No Drama Papa
Good morning! Michelle is off to teach her Step and Abs class in Merrimack. I head into the Boxborough office. Since there are only nine days left until Michelle's excision surgery, I kicked off a novena for her and her doctors with the Joyful Mysteries. The rest of the commute I listened to Ubik.
My coworker, and former supervisor, is back from his three week vacation in Israel and France. There'll be lots of stories at lunch today. I forgot to mention that Qualcomm changed my supervisor while he was away.
One month with Google+: why this social network has legs. Excerpt: "After one month with Google+, it's clear to me that this—sending updates to certain groups of people and not to others—is the main appeal of the service. [...] you can do the same thing on Facebook, but so few people know this that it's basically a nonexistent feature; that's the problem with Facebook. With Google+, sending out certain updates to some people and other updates to other people is right at the forefront of the experience."
Skype just expanded Android video calling support, including my HTC EVO 4G. Will have to try it out later and see if I can kill my battery.
Written by Mark Cuban: My Suggestion on Patent Law.
Via andylevy: “BREAKING: Nigerians announce they will no longer ask Americans to help them recover their money.”
Funniest government logo I've seen in ages. I only wish it was a parody. (If you don't get it, try picturing the gears moving together...)
Via Lileks: “I wish the fellow in the car up the street had a better radio equalizer; the loud bass makes it hard to hear the witty, trenchant lyrics.”
Left work a smidge early to head north. Caught up with my dad on the first portion of the commute and then listened to Ubik the rest of the drive. Went straight to Golds Gym for tonight's Step Circuit class. Sweat up a storm. Now eating reheated leftovers and catching up on today's highlights with Michelle.
In order to not annoy Michelle and the girls, I left the living room while they watched another episode of “Doctor Quinn”. I can't help it but sometimes I snicker or chuckle when I watch it because of the excessive drama and sentimentality. Tim and I tinkered on our laptops for a while. Eventually I tucked the boys in bed with their prayers. Soon I need to follow in their footsteps. Good night all!