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Dan | April 26, 2007
It’s interesting that as Google overtakes Microsoft in the brand-name recognition war, I’m in the throes of grumbling about a Google product. Specifically, Google Reader, which is still in beta and really shouldn’t be a public product now. It’s probably the worst newsreader I’ve used, for one simple reason:
It doesn’t update feeds in a timely [...]
Dan | April 23, 2007
David Halberstam has died. I’ve read a good number of his books (oh, wouldn’t it have been wonderful if more in today’s government had read The Best and the Brightest?), and always thought that he was one of the best, if not the best, guy around at covering large swaths of time — a decade, [...]
Dan | April 19, 2007
I went to Tu Lan for lunch today. It’s a little Vietnamese place that does Saigon-style street food near the corner of Sixth and Market; one of the nastier intersections in the city. I sat at the counter and ate my imperial rolls over noodles and vegetables ($4.95, one of the better deals around). Things [...]
Dan | April 16, 2007
I’m sitting in a cafe (surprise) doing some writing (even bigger surprise) and I now officially have MacBook envy. I’m one of the only G4s in the whole place. In other news, I am now officially a registered San Francisco business, which I’m probably a year late in doing, but better late than never.
Writing, writing, [...]
Dan | April 12, 2007
Two posts in a day? What’s going on around here?
Forbes just ranked my fair city as the #4 best place in the country for singles, behind Denver, Boston, and Phoenix. Phoenix? Just shoot me now. Of course this list is idiotic, but it’s entertaining as hell, mainly because of the methodology:
Forbes took into account “nightlife, [...]
Dan | April 12, 2007
“Couple Easy Things” by Bishop Allen. It rules.
Dan | April 5, 2007
Well, the big debate today in San Francisco is an incident at last week’s Critical Mass ride. I’d chime in on the SFgate and SFist blog streams, but, honestly, they’ve (predictably) devolved into standard bikes vs. cars insults. I own this site, so I’m putting my thoughts here.
I bike in San Francisco quite a bit [...]
Dan | April 3, 2007
Today, about an old friend’s father who’s been in the ICU for a couple of weeks due to complications from emergency surgery. I’m not one for prayer, but I am one for thinking good thoughts, so I’m thinking away, hoping he makes it home safely.
Dan | April 1, 2007
I finished most of my school work for the semester at 5:28 pm on Friday, and spent the weekend celebrating in my own inimitable way. ‘Twas fun, and now I’m on a couch at home under a blanket listening to Rufus Wainwright, cursing my lack of in-house ice cream, because there’s no way I’m getting [...]
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