Chris Brentano
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You can still get VMware Fusion 2 for 50% off with coupon code CyberMondayDeal until Midnight...
Dec 2nd
Big things coming on Lo Dubs… just listened to a few unreleased bits by Djunya and O-Dessa....
Dec 2nd
Joe Grand and Zoz prank Mike North on the set of Prototype This with the BSODomizer,...
Dec 1st
Lunch at Half & Half http://twitpic.com/paoh
Dec 1st
Just saw a ‘Boycott France’ bumper sticker. Ahh, Gresham.
Nov 30th
Wow… VNC is basically streaming SDTV across wireless to my iMac. No sound, but still,...
Nov 29th
Cork on Alberta sells beer now! Great beer at that. Picked up two bottles of Russian River Blind...
Nov 29th
I love downloadable content. WiiWare, Xbox Arcade, iTunes, etc. No more wasteful physical product....
Nov 29th
Surge in Consumer Confidence kills Wal-mart employee. http://tinyurl.com/2xl97e/local&id=6529135
Nov 28th
Whoops, let’s try that again… http://tinyurl.com/5bpcpp
Nov 28th
Very sad how people will line up at 5AM to go shopping, but nobody will line up at 5AM to volunteer...
Nov 28th
Moonstruck is good. Don’t know why I’d never seen it.
Nov 28th
wtf Snuggie commercial.
Nov 28th
Oblique Strategies is available as an iPhone app?! So happy about this. http://is.gd/9kTs
Nov 28th
Heading home.
Nov 28th
Watching The Guild on my Xbox. Hell yes!
Nov 27th
Sad about Mumbai.
Nov 27th
Mmm Ninkasi Sleigh’R.
Nov 27th
Google Street View on iPhone 2.2 is what QTVR always wished it could be. *sniff*
Nov 26th
Looks like bit.ly is down at the moment.
Nov 26th
This guy is amazing, http://www.myspace.com/wendelpatrick - a friend of a friend; aka...
Nov 26th
Going to upgrade my iPhone to 2.2, jailbreak be damned. I mean, having a bash terminal with tar, etc...
Nov 26th
Damn, guestontap.com needs a redesign.
Nov 26th
Nevermind, I are not smrt.
Nov 26th
What, no matching kernel-headers package for the kernel-xen package? Geez.
Nov 26th
Xen and VMware really, really don’t like each other. Back to a stock kernel.
Nov 26th
Navigating through contracts.
Nov 26th
Woah, Twitter acquired Values of n! http://tinyurl.com/6m4d4a Congrats @rael!
Nov 25th
Tech cultural divide: My sister sends text messages; I send emails or Twitter DMs.
Nov 25th
Heh, Twitter API Wiki defaced http://apiwiki.twitter.com/ “Hacked by HeuRisTiC”, so...
Nov 25th
If I could only eat lamb and wear fine spun wool for the rest of my life, I WOULD.
Nov 24th
There’s a fine line with seasonal strong ales. The malt *must* be balanced out, or else the...
Nov 24th
Ninkasi Oatis. Delicious oatmeal stout.
Nov 24th
Time to zzz…
Nov 23rd
Mmm, Alaskan Smoked Porter is tasty. Dare I say a little bacony, but actually more salmony.
Nov 23rd
Competitive cup stacking on YouTube Live. Really.
Nov 23rd
Can’t stop whistling the Indiana Jones theme.
Nov 23rd
Okay, Portland Twitterati, I think we need to make a strong showing for this. (hat tip @built)....
Nov 23rd
And now some chav with a green laser and mirrors.
Nov 23rd
Funny analysis of ‘Sweet Child of Mine’ on OPB.
Nov 23rd
Market research http://is.gd/5fqY
Nov 22nd
Don’t get me wrong, I love Animal Crossing, but AC: City Folk seems like AC: Wild World...
Nov 22nd
s/but…/except… in a city
Nov 22nd
Here’s the problem with video services: I have to look in 10 places to find the one thing I...
Nov 22nd
Yes! Boxee invite!
Nov 22nd
The thing with chaining effects units is knowing where in the signal path you want to fuck shit up.
Nov 22nd
RT @THE_REAL_SHAQ @phoenixsunsgirl i’m a vampire i neva sleep shaqula
Nov 22nd
It’s F___ing Checkers, and other Atari hits http://tinyurl.com/3uuemt
Nov 22nd
Happy birthday @pdxflaneur!
Nov 22nd
Someday I need to sit down and learn to build models with SketchUp. I’m so clumsy with its...
Nov 22nd
Despite the economic downturn, there’s certainly a lot of gadget and tech activity going on...
Nov 22nd
Although I jailbroke my iPhone, considering the 2.2 upgrade since I use all legit apps and would...
Nov 22nd
Server alerts going crazy at work. So much that it killed my pager battery.
Nov 21st
Everything back to normal.
Nov 21st
Tea and top ramen. Getting my essential nutrients (caffeine, carbohydrates, and a metric ton of...
Nov 21st
Listening to Christmas music. Is it too early?
Nov 21st
Think I’ve caught what Eloise had. http://bacn.me/5g
Nov 21st
I love the ending credits theme to Super Mario World. http://tinyurl.com/5vnh8n
Nov 21st
Alright my tweeps, I need some friends on Xbox Live. My gamertag is ctbfourone - what’s yours?
Nov 21st
Attn @kveton and all bacon geeks: http://tinyurl.com/6l366y
Nov 21st
This year’s Jubelale is good.
Nov 20th
Hey @spam, check out @gfwfnabwxbwa
Nov 20th
Time to eat dinner, download NXE, and then get back to Debian hacking and reading my Tomcat book.
Nov 20th
Wow… Hyperic is shiny. Makes Nagios look old and busted.
Nov 20th
Looks like Stinky Elvis is out on the island on 10th & Oak, doin his thang. Oh, nevermind,...
Nov 19th
Saddest thing I’ve read all day “they don’t hire programmers, they buy...
Nov 19th
Why does MSM give Al Qaeda, et al, so much credence? I don’t give a rat’s ass what some...
Nov 19th
Just ran into @brampitoyo outside of Powell’s.
Nov 19th
Bought Eloise a Bunk Bot when I was at Powell’s Technical Books. http://www.bunkbots.com
Nov 19th
Good progress on music stuff tonight.
Nov 18th
The problem with versioned docs in the browser? Doc gets updated, but you don’t get any...
Nov 18th
This gets my inner geek all fired up, it better not suck....
Nov 18th
RT @verso @TheSquare you all need to be tracking and talking about this: http://is.gd/7SDV It needs...
Nov 18th
Some days I feel like I want to move to San Francisco.
Nov 17th
Weird 3G dead spot at 15th & Knott.
Nov 17th
Reading about 1-Wire.
Nov 17th
Must be Copland night on allclassical.org.
Nov 17th
Cooked up some more bacon using the slow and low method. SO goood. Nom nom nom. http://is.gd/7LYL
Nov 17th
Attempting to follow @kveton’s bacon cooking instructions. Slow and low baby, slow and low.
Nov 17th
My iPhone is 20 feet away from me and I can hear GSM radio interference on my headphones. WTF.
Nov 16th
Home after a visit to my folks in Gresham.
Nov 16th
You know what Bacon Geek needs? A ticker for @kveton’s cholesterol level, and maybe a graph...
Nov 16th
Was thinking it’d be cool if the iPhone tracked app usage the way the Wii tracks game play...
Nov 15th
I think it’s ridiculous that you have to qualify to be a Beer and Blog ‘chapter’...
Nov 15th
Beer and Ridiculousness: Justin wants to encourage others to...
Nov 14th
Tough times at Jive. http://twitpic.com/lq5p
Nov 14th
RT @legionoftech RT @missburrows #ip4 on the news! http://tinyurl.com/62s4fs
Nov 14th
Joe Smith is funny, “Adam Duval.. uh Duvander” and calling @melissalion...
Nov 14th
Enjoying #ip4 so far, wonder if I can score a better seat during intermission.
Nov 14th
Sitting literally in the last row at #ip4 http://twitpic.com/lmyl
Nov 14th
#ip4!
Nov 14th
Actually, some of it is quite bad. Disregard that tweet.
Nov 13th
Oh no, I accidentally found http://iputatextonimage.com … there goes my night.
Nov 13th
Surfing YouTube is … really odd. http://tinyurl.com/4s3jhe
Nov 13th
Just found out why the iPhone 3G is only $199: The first month’s bill from AT&T makes up...
Nov 13th
Hating on php.
Nov 13th
They call me the Hiphopopotamus, my lyrics are bottomless! … ahem.
Nov 12th
As always: I love iLO.
Nov 12th
I think this is the funniest Engadget graphic yet http://tinyurl.com/analogtv
Nov 12th
Server update time, whee!
Nov 12th
Wish I could have attended #thrivepdx, but I will most definitely be at #ip4
Nov 12th
Ahh! GoDaddy~!@#!@ *stabbing eyes out*
Nov 12th
The Matrix runs on Windows http://tinyurl.com/5e7pam (hat tip @downloadsquad)
Nov 11th
Testing… http://is.gd/6ZB8
Nov 11th
Just installed a ridiculous number of Twitter apps on my iPhone.
Nov 11th
TwitterFon isn’t bad. http://twitpic.com/l5di
Nov 11th
Looks like Google pulled their 2001 search index.
Nov 10th
Reconfiguring my workspace.
Nov 10th
Night of little sleep, although Eloise seems none too tired. Must make coffee.
Nov 9th
The iPhone needs an option like “When on Wi-Fi, automatically disable 3G to save battery...
Nov 9th
World of Goo is so Burton-esque. I especially love the music.
Nov 9th
Unless it already does that, but if it does it’s unclear.
Nov 9th
Just fed Eloise a treat of homemade applesauce and baby oatmeal for being a tough lady when getting...
Nov 9th
Working on my Christmas present for my folks (an eMac — to replace their even older Mac).
Nov 9th
Had a nice walk up to Woodlawn Park with Eloise, now she’s passed out for her afternoon nap.
Nov 9th
Good: Finally got Eloise down for a nap. Bad: Have to wake her in an hour for her flu shot...
Nov 8th
Never hated GSM radio noise more. iPhone’s biggest flaw. Will there ever be cell phones that...
Nov 8th
I mean, analog cell phones, vs digital radio interference madness cell phones.
Nov 8th
I love CentOS, I looooooooove CentOS, Fedora’s awesome too, but I love CentOS!
Nov 8th
Woah! Visual tabs in the latest Minefield build. Totally unexpected and awesome.
Nov 8th
Nom pumpkin nom seeds nom nom nom
Nov 7th
Mobile Safari is incredibly crash prone, it even caused music playback to skip.
Nov 7th
Stanza is my new favorite iPhone app. http://www.lexcycle.com/
Nov 6th
New MAX stop. http://twitpic.com/k5pb
Nov 5th
Hmm, fireworks woke up Eloise.
Nov 5th
Holy shit, Bill Richardson *shaved*.
Nov 5th
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Obama is our next President!!!!!!!!
Nov 5th
Thinking of family who are at the event in Chicago tonight. Go Obama!
Nov 5th
Looks like a party at the Obama campaign office in NE.
Nov 5th
Off to drop off ballot and perhaps buy that iPhone.
Nov 5th
now an iPhone owner, and all voted and stuff.
Nov 5th
there’s a dude walking his Cat at the square. ballsy.
Nov 5th
New transit mall signs. http://twitpic.com/k118
Nov 5th
Wondering if I’ll be able to present a screenshot of my IP4 ticket on my iPod Touch as proof...
Nov 4th
just heard the Twitterrific sound on the bus.
Nov 4th
Watching a recorded episode of Prototype This.
Nov 4th
Wow, just saw an ad for The State on DVD. Major 90s flashback.
Nov 4th
Wondering what it would be like if Apple let people use their window manager of choice (Gnome/etc),...
Nov 4th
Blink and you’ll miss it. IP4 tickets already gone.
Nov 3rd
Thinking I might buy an iPhone today.
Nov 3rd
Making daal.
Nov 3rd
I define a successful IKEA trip as one where I only buy two got dogs, for a buck.
Nov 3rd
Jerry needs no help playing with his ball http://tinyurl.com/28n7ta
Nov 3rd
I just voted for Obama in #TwitVote — http://twitvote.twitmarks.com/
Nov 3rd
Black tea with brown sugar and cardamom. Mmmmmm.
Nov 2nd
Filling out ballot, still undecided on Smith vs Merkley.
Nov 2nd