Josh and I had our first kayaking venture of the season on Saturday. Todd, who is prepping for a trip to the Aleutian Islands sometime later this summer, wanted to start getting practice in wind, waves and frigid water. To this end, we went over to the North Shore Beach… Continue reading
Yesterday I flew out of Tokyo to Beijing after my first trip to Japan. The trip was a three day event focused on meeting potentially key eCoupled customers. At the same time, the Wireless Power Consortium was meeting, so many coworkers were also on travel for that reason. It snowed… Continue reading
It all started with a beautiful day during the Michgan winter. It was cold, there was snow and QED there would be skiing. A couple members of the Baarman clan an myself decided to hit up the “Alta of the Midwest,” better known to most as Caberfae Peaks. Ski hills… Continue reading
There are even more of the “continued online” commercials this year. Last year, I believe those were restricted to GoDaddy. This year more companies have thrown their hat in that ring. Personally, I’m not interested in going online to continue being advertised to. It might just be me, but I… Continue reading
Rather than get to sleep early like I should have, I learned two things tonight. I realized that my stats page was not lacking, but rather the URL was simply absorbed by wordpress as non-existent page. Unblocking this revealed the reports as I recall them from days gone by. From… Continue reading
To me, the mark of waves getting big for surf is when there’s really no effort needed to catch them in a sea kayak. This happened often today – if I was not making a concerted effort to paddle out, the waves were going to surf me in. Josh and I both got a number of good, and thanks to the size of the waves, fast surfs. Continue reading
If you follow my last post, you’ll see some of the pre-release announcements of the new Dell Latitude Z. On September 28th / 29th at Midnight (Central Time) the laptop was officially released, all the reviews hit the press and the ability to order one went live on Dell’s web… Continue reading
Finally it’s OK for me to post about this since it’s been officially announced. I’ll tread lightly and not give any details beyond what has been formally released to these guys, but trust me, this is an awesome moment in Matt’s Life. Gizmodo: Dell Latitude with Wireless Charging Gizmodo: Leak… Continue reading
Because I got the base model Outback, it came with no crossbars for gear haulin’. This is more or less fine, because I would have replaced them in short order anyway, but it does put me in a temporary bind. Looking at the Yakima offerings, I take issue with their… Continue reading
The Jeep came to be mine in the fall of 2000, almost nine years ago. At the time all I had was my car, which would have been silly to drive in the winter, so I needed to get something suitable for year-round driving. My Dad found the Jeep on… Continue reading