Apple announced a new iPod Shuffle.  Gut reaction:  Voice Over is cool and all, but why not voice recognition, too?  The Shuffle telling me it is playing Bach is pretty cool.  Telling the Shuffle to “Play Bach” (or “Play ‘My Playlist’) would be a whole lot better.  I suppose that will be next year.

Dear Grant,
If you ever, in the future, consider selling a home, building a home and joining a startup all at the same time, don’t!
Sincerely,
Grant

Of course, it’s only a few data points, but I saw two “sold” signs up on houses that I know have been on the market for a good long time.  I’ve got my fingers crossed that mine will be sold soon, too!  If you know anyone moving to Cary, NC, send ‘em my way!
Seems like [...]

Just got this about my Lucene blog:

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I recently broke my driver’s side mirror on my Honda and was in need of a fix.  So, I brought the car to Cary Car Care, whom I’ve used a number of times in the past for odds and ends with my ‘99 Accord.  In order to fix the mirror, they had to order a [...]

Argh! We are in the process of a move and now split between two houses. I packed up and moved a bunch of stuff that I thought I didn’t need because I haven’t used them in a while (like my book on JQuery). As you might guess, I now need them. [...]