The other day, Anna pointed out that my favourite radio station, KPLU, now has a audio stream that is compatible with iTunes. I remember complaining about this the last time I donated to KPLU, back in 2001 or so. And I’m really, really glad they’ve decided to support iTunes. Now this makes it imperative that … A Link to the Past

Madeline and Agustus don’t always fight like brother and sister. Sometimes they’re asleep.

This morning I heard Diana Krall singing Temptation, a Tom Waits song from Frank’s Wild Years. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again now, sooner or later everyone who’s any good will cover a Tom Waits song. It turns out I actually own both albums. That’s even more brilliant.

It seems our move to the wonderful TextDrive wasn’t without incident. Our Movable Type installation is missing a critical perl module which is making the home page misbehave a bit (showing more entries than I want) and the comments system seems to be entirely broken with a 412 error (Precondition failed). I’ve sent in support … Broken Web Site

Believe it or not, I’m delighted that our Moron-In-Chief’s commission on simplifying taxes has considered slashing the Mortgage deduction. This brings me no end of happiness. This is not because I want to see all my home-owning friends suffer, but because the housing market is just out of control. The National Association of Realtors, a … All Praise the Loss of Mortgage Deductions

Maybe you’ve not noticed, but the URL for this Web site has changed to newburyportion.com. We finally had it with the lame ass, losers over at HostExcellence and moved up to TextDrive. Part of the reason for the move is that I’ll be able to run TurboGears on the TextDrive server and I get ssh … We’ve Moved

The other day I was shocked to discover that the interest rate on my Citibank MasterCard was 17.5%. I called Citibank and asked the customer service representative why I had a worse interest rate than some people who never pay their bills and file bankruptcy (probably a slight exaggeration). His response was that my card … I Don’t Feel Like a Valued Customer

Anna wants me to get a cell phone so that she can keep track of my movements contact me in an emergency. Like a good husband, I agree to this request, but I stipulate that I want a phone that will sync with my Mac. Apple lists quite a few phones on their iSync compatibility … No Phone Home

We’re deep in the throws of releasing a new product. And I’m the guy building the user interface. While that’s fun, our rather over-ambitious schedule — delivering frozen code by 11 November — means I’ve had to crank out massive UI goodness in minimal time. This includes a complete framework for building user interfaces in … Delivering the Screens

I received a request from Super 8 Motels to rate our recent stay with them in Kingston. We had a horrible time and I think I did a reasonably decent job of expressing that. The following is what I wrote in the comment box in the survey: We arrived around 8PM after a long drive. … On a Bed of Bricks