Author Archives: frank

Meta-tweet

Conversation between me, today, and me, circa March 2006:

“Hey Frank, it’s me, Frank, but from the future — 2009! I wanted to tell you a few important things. All these Web 2.0, social networking sites, and mash-ups are going to to make a ton of money in the markets, but they’ll lose most of it. [...]

Chili shepherd’s pie

Over the holidays I had the opportunity to see some daytime television shows. Rachel Ray’s show is engaging, and both Andrea and I saw her make a Chili Shepherd’s Pie, but my Web Search Fu apparently isn’t as strong as it used to be, ’cause I can’t find it. I did find one that looks [...]

It’s tough to use a computer with no display

The screen on my work computer, a Macbook Pro, has died for a 2nd time. The first time, I sent it to Apple as we had no local Apple Authorized Service Center, and they returned it to me with my high-quality third party RAM in a bag, along with a message that the screen problems [...]

Please, no more electrically-propelled kids toys

I hope my kids never have any of those things. Every time I see an electric scooter go by, especially if it’s ridden by a kid who could obviously use some exercise, I can’t help think, ”I could totally smoke that thing on my bicycle”.

Spicy brownies

Spicy brownies sound pretty good to me. I’ve tried spicy chocolate concoctions before, so I’ve added these ingredients to our Trader Joe’s shopping list.