Today is my dad’s birthday. He’s 70. We are going to have a party for him tomorrow night and I’m really looking forward to that.
My dad has taught me a lot.
We have much in common and in some ways we are quite different.
My dad introduced me to the world of camping, skiing, soccer, computers and photography. And jokes. Those memories go as far back as I can remember.
Happy Birthday Dad. See you tomorrow.
Kamera – Wilco
My friend Fred is putting together his favorite albums of the decade soon. I’m looking forward to that. I think it’s a safe bet that Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
(via @Twitter)
As I look back on 2009, my calendar (and my body) serve as a reminder that I traveled a ton. And I don’t see that changing in 2010.
So I bought a new MacBook Air this weekend. It has a 128gig solid state drive. It’s super light, quiet and smooth. I’m going to use this strictly as my travel computer not as my main computer at the office. (I wouldn’t recommend using this as your primary computer).
In a way it’s my netbook. This is how wikipedia describes a netbook:
Netbooks (sometimes also called mini notebooks or ultraportable) are a branch of subnotebooks, a rapidly evolving category of small, light and inexpensive laptop computers suited for general computing and accessing web-based applications; they are often marketed as “companion devices,” that is, to augment a user’s other computer access
The MacBook Air fits that description except for the inexpensive part. But Moore’s law will win that fight.
Since the local storage is relatively small, I decided to use this machine very differently than my other computers.
-the vast majority of my data stored in the cloud (email, documents, photos, music, etc)
-primarily using only two desktop apps: Chrome and Dropbox
-gmail for personal email and msft outlook web access to for my work stuff
-the web gives me my music fix so I don’t need local storage or apps for that
-photos all goto flickr for archive & backup. my favorite pix goto tumblr
-if i need to do anything creative with my digital work, I’ll take it to Aviary
-any thing that i happen to download goes to dropbox which automagically ends up on my heavy duty Macs. those items get backed up and/or syncd to the iphone.
-I’m not going to install MSFT Office on this computer. I think I’ll be more than fine with Google Docs and Apple iWork as a backup. This will be my first business machine without Office.
Let’s see how this experiment goes. I’m optimistic.
Despair In The Departure Lounge – The Kooks
Fantastic cover, original by the Arctic Monkeys. Couldn’t wait until cover Friday for this one. Enjoy.
Love Vigilantes – New Order
An old song for sure but I’ve got a soft spot for this band.
Still loving the snow even at 12yrs old. Good old Jackson.
We found a great hill today and had a blast.
