Pittsburgh Geek Night- (Found July 23, 2008 ) I attended Pittsburgh Geek Night 44 last Thursday at The Church Brew Works. I spent most of my time talking to a guy about my age that works for Giant Eagle. He told me about their multi-terabyte database tables of transaction data, and what happens behind the scenes when I buy groceries and then immediately go to GetGo to buy gas with the discount I earned. It was an enjoyable way to spend an hour after work, so I'll probably go to Geek Night 45 on February 2.Commenthttp://www.uncledirtae.com/blog/archives/2005/12/05/pittsburgh_geek_night.php Cleveland Trip- (Found July 23, 2008 ) I went up to Cleveland on Thursday to hang out with some friends from Case. Josh and I had lunch at Phnom Penh, then we drove over to Case and checked out the new dorms and the "binary walkway" that replaced Baker. We also visited Dave at his lab in Wickenden, where he showed me a mouse slicing machine. After that I bummed around Cleveland Heights for awhile, then met Dave, Angie, Tim, Chris, Dana, and Phil for dinner at Tommy's. I had my standard "Big M" meat pie and Power Smoothie. After...http://www.uncledirtae.com/blog/archives/2005/12/31/cleveland_trip.php Macworld Picture- (Found July 23, 2008 ) My picture was in the San Francisco Examiner on Tuesday. The picture was taken on Monday, while I was picking up my Macworld badge at the Moscone Center. I don't know why the caption says I'm from Oregon - I told the photograhper I was from Pittsburgh, but she didn't write it down.Commenthttp://www.uncledirtae.com/blog/archives/2006/01/15/macworld_picture.php One Year at Apple- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Today marks one year since I started working at Apple. In that time, I helped ship iWork '06. It's the first commercial software I've ever shipped. Seeing customers' faces light up as I demoed the product to them at Macworld Expo felt great. The people I work with are awesome and my job just plain rocks. Here's to another great year ahead.Commenthttp://www.uncledirtae.com/blog/archives/2006/01/17/one_year_at_apple.php 3rd Birthday- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Today's the 3rd birthday of this blog. This is post number 384. I'd write more, but I'm too busy rocking out to Generic Crunk Rap.Commenthttp://www.uncledirtae.com/blog/archives/2006/02/02/3rd_birthday.php A Farewell to Cable- (Found July 23, 2008 ) I decided to drop down to basic cable last month. I decided that I was wasting too much time on frivolous TV watching, and that there was plenty of content available through Netflix for my video entertainment needs. I'll let other people serve as my filter for what is and isn't worth watching, and then I'll rent the DVDs of the shows worth watching. By doing this, I'm saving about $40month on my cable bill + $10month on my ReplayTV service. So I'm going to save about $600year. Not bad. I also..http://www.uncledirtae.com/blog/archives/2006/02/04/a_farewell_to_cable.php Carnegie Library RSS Feed Generator- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Carnegie Library's email notification system leaves much to be desired. It only notifies you after an item is overdue, giving you no chance to return the item on time. Also, when you request an item, you don't receive an email notification that the item is available until a few days after it is ready. However, your account information web page updates immediately after the item is ready. To solve these problems, I've been working on a Carnegie Library RSS Feed Generator for the past few...http://www.uncledirtae.com/blog/archives/2006/02/07/carnegie_library_rss_feed_generator.ph... How to Lose Weight and Get in Shape- (Found July 23, 2008 ) On the Tuesday after the Super Bowl last year, I started exercising regularly and monitoring my diet. Approximately one year later, I weigh 40 pounds less (I went from 197 lbs. to 157 lbs.) and I'm in much better shape (increased cardiovascular endurance and more muscle). I think this qualifies me to give advice on how to lose weight and get in shape. Not all of this will be applicable to or work for everyone, but it worked for me. Burn more calories than you consume. If you want to lose...http://www.uncledirtae.com/blog/archives/2006/02/08/how_to_lose_weight_and_get_in_shape.ph... Weekend with Mike- (Found July 23, 2008 ) My friend Mike visited me this weekend. On Friday night, we went to the Pittsburgh Panthers basketball game at Petersen Events Center in Oakland. Pitt suffered a disappointing loss, but the game was still fun and exciting. Now I know what people are talking about when they mention the Oakland Zoo. Speaking of zoos, on Saturday we went to the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium. Many of the animals were not out, due to the cold, but we still got to see leopards, lions, elephants, and monkeys, among.http://www.uncledirtae.com/blog/archives/2006/03/05/weekend_with_mike.php Back from Japan- (Found July 23, 2008 ) My friend Jason and I recently got back from a two week vacation in Japan. While we were there, we stayed with my friend Andrew, who lives in Osaka. We had a really great time, and I hope to write up a chronicle of the adventures we had. However, that will take some time, so for now you'll have to settle for a slideshow of 120 of the best pictures we took (culled from almost 1600 total photos): Japan Vacation Slideshow (70 MB, requires Quicktime 7)Commenthttp://www.uncledirtae.com/blog/archives/2006/04/14/back_from_japan.php |