My 2006 Tech Wishlist

I’ve read through quite a few of the 2006 predictions lists. My 2006 list is more of a wish list of the technology trends/innovations that I’d like to see in 2006. Some of these are definitely going to happen. In fact, some might be announced next week at CES.
So here it is [...]

Wild Horses Cover / Iron & Wine + Calexico

Here’s a great cover of Wild Horses by Iron & Wine + Calexico. This is from their 11/30 show at the 9:30 Club in Washington D.C. You can stream the entire show at the NPR web site.
Photo by flickr user gordasm.
Wild Horses – Iron & Wine / Calexico (MP3) temporary link
If you’re [...]

Best Music of 2005

Gotham Gal has posted a great list of albums from 2005. There are many other good best-of-2005 music lists here, here, and here
All of these great year-end music lists got me to thinking that subscription-based music services like Rhapsody are totally worth it if you like to listen to a lot of new [...]

NY Times Slingbox article

The New York times ran a good article today about my beloved Slingbox. The article mentions that there will be an announcement in January about the Slingbox being available on the Mac. It also looks like support for Slingbox on Windows Mobile is coming soon.
Filed under: Slingbox, Placeshifting, Windows Mobile

del.icio.us tagroll

I thought I’d try out the del.icio.us tagroll. I’m using the option where you sort the tags by frequency.

Wayfaring Map: SF – Tiburon Bike Ride

I’ve posted another Wayfaring map. This one maps out the San Francisco – Tiburon bike ride. It’s about 17.5 miles from San Francisco to Tiburon. Grab a few drinks at Sam’s and then hop on the ferry back to SF. The map includes these “waypoints“:

Blazing Saddles Bike Rentals (2715 Hyde Street)
Fort [...]

Reggie Bush wins the Heisman / future 49er?

Here’s a shot of Heisman trophy winner Reggie Bush from last month’s Cal-USC game. The Chronicle breaks down what needs to happen for Reggie Bush to be in a 49er uniform next year.

Filed under: San Francisco 49ers, Reggie Bush, Heisman

Farewell J.T. Snow

It was a sad day today for San Francisco Giants fans.  The Giants did not offer arbitration to Snow, which means that he will be playing baseball somewhere else next year.  And they plan on replacing him with … the 36-year-old Mark Sweeney (?!).
Thanks J.T. for 9 great years. 
12/10/05:
J.T. speaks out (SF Chronicle).
"I’ve [...]

Thursday Challenge – Orange

My submission to Thursday Challenge – Orange. This is from my recent business trip to Amsterdam.

Santa Barbara

I was in Santa Barbara for Thanksgiving. Here’s a photo of the sunset, viewed from the hotel, just south of Stearns Wharf. More photos on Flickr.

Filed under: santa barbara, sunset