A long time ago I tried to find myself on the Google search for “Erik” and gave up something like 20 pages in. I figured I’d never rank high on such a popular term.
But on a whim today, I tried the same, and over the last few years I’ve made it to page 3, [...]
Archive for September, 2006
Google Standing
25Sep06Broken links
19Sep06Grr…. the photos I liked to earlier were broken links. Here’s the real album.
Beer
19Sep06Thanks to everyone who wished me a happy birthday… I’m sorry I didn’t get to talk to more of you on the phone, but my phone was on silent due to constant activity throughout the day… I was orientated, then Brynn and I made the arduous journey down to the beach, nearly sliding down several [...]
New Apartment
17Sep06I found an amazing place in San Diego… It’s on 4th and Robinson, a mere block from restaurants, bars, and coffee shops, about four blocks from Whole Foods, seven blocks to the UCSD shuttle, and zero blocks to my heart.
The neighbors are awesome… everyone around the courtyard (about ten of us) hangs out on the [...]
Swag
17Sep06You know when you try to think of a word and you can’t remember a phoneme? Is this a bezel or a bevel? Am I masticating or micturating? Is the free loot at conferences swag or schwag?
I’ve been wondering about the last one for a while, but Matt’s post about [...]
Kids these days…
05Sep06As most of you surely already know, Steve “Crocodile Hunter” Irwin was killed by a Stingray shot to the heart yesterday. Children all over the world are quite upset, with one mother likening the situation to the death of Princess Diana or JFK–for kids.
What really got me was this quote, from a Daniel, 11, [...]
Wet Whistle
05Sep06I’m sitting in a hotel in Missoula, Montana (the most beautiful state in the union). I’ve had a hugely eventful summer, I’m still hacking away at my summer of code project, and dreaming up lots of exciting projects to start on after I get to San Diego. But I don’t really have the [...]
State of the Code
05Sep06My official time is up for Google’s Summer of Code. I didn’t get as far as I would have liked, but I think I made a good start, and I had a hell of a summer.
Design
What’s been done…
A decent bit of user research: writeup of related projects in history, who are the users?, [...]
