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Entries from April 2008

Everyone is a winner

April 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Sligo captured the Connacht Cup with a 7-7 draw in Galway on Saturday. Even though we were willing to play into “sudden death” or a rematch, our opponents ended the day with a shared cup victory. We were pressuring late into the game and just couldn’t punch the ball across for the decider.
Gabe’s first year [...]

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Tags: Gabe · rugby

Viral marketing

April 16th, 2008 · 4 Comments

I had no idea tonsillitis was contagious, or that there were even multiple types. I had viral tonsillitis, which is the first time I ever experienced the “joy” of not being able to swallow or speak easily. My tonsils were swollen but looked nothing like some of these beauties.
You really should try to keep all [...]

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Tags: life

Clever Boy

April 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

So I was having this geek moment last night; editing my DNS through my iPod Touch. Well, Safari kept crashing at very inopportune times. I was going to leave a message on the blog saying “If you can’t access the site, please let me know.” Now that would have been real clever.
Reminds me of a [...]

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Tags: quotes · tech

Help. I need a blog post.

April 13th, 2008 · No Comments

So, for the first time I am making a double post between the Design Innovation blog and Verticalbones. My assumption is that few of you actually use the sidebar links ->, so if I truly find some interesting things around design, I should probably post them here as well. It takes time to maintain three [...]

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Tags: blog · design · duopost · work

Ambient Intelligence Chapter

April 12th, 2008 · No Comments

I suppose I’m a geek at heart, or at the very least, I acknowledge my inner geek. I was programming BASIC on my Atari home computer shortly after I owned my first bike. I have suffered gadget envy. I lived with MIT students when going to school at BU in Boston. I would have quit [...]

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Tags: design · tech · work