Category: Doing

  • What An Amazing Christmas

    Have to say that hav­ing a two and a half year old real­ly reminds you of the true mean­ing of Christ­mas, which in my house­hold means going total­ly bonkers over all the stuff you’re so for­tu­nate to receive as gifts. Had a love­ly time with fam­i­ly: great food and drink and com­pa­ny are what make the…

  • Bought the House a Gift

    Thanks to The Wire­cut­ter for this recommendation!

  • I Want to Run

    I want to hide, more accu­rate­ly. I’ve run just once since Char­lie start­ed sleep­ing more sound­ly, but that has to change. Not only do I need to run to blow off stress, I need to do a bet­ter job of man­ag­ing my weight. I can’t do that exclu­sive­ly through exer­cise though. Some­thing I need to…

  • Taking Ripfest to the Next Level

    You know what makes this blog great? It’s always remind­ing me of my short­com­ings. No, not that I post once a month; that I post res­o­lu­tions every year and nev­er ful­fill them. This year I planned on rip­ping all my CDs to my Mac­Book. Did­n’t hap­pen. It’s tedious, there’s nev­er time, the litany of excus­es goes…

  • Things the Internet Needs: App Highlander

    Want some insight into how much I want to opti­mize my iPhone usage? I’m search­ing des­per­ate­ly for charts show­ing the work­flow dif­fer­ences between Instapa­per and Safari Read­ing List. But it’s not lim­it­ed to that! I strug­gle with all man­ner apps. It does­n’t mat­ter if it’s food-relat­ed or maps or GTD apps; I need some­one who can…