Personal

I’m in Santa Monica all weekend. Will be in Oaktown by midday on Monday. Also, Highway 46 is one of the scariest stretches of road I’ve ever driven at night. It’s a two lane highway that’s really dark at night, and super far from everything.

Becky and I just got back from a week-long trip to New York. Here are a few highlights:

Until Tuesday. I’m holding court for drinks on Friday night, which is the best time to see me. Email me if you want to join us.

For the record, I’ve left Engadget entirely, and have rejoined MacUser.

Last night, I made the best Persian rice (with tadiq, the burned crunchy bits at the bottom of a rice pot) that I’ve ever made! Chowhound helped a bit, but this was all me. Previously my tadiqs haven’t been quite as uniform, nor the saffron as diffuse. So freakin’ delicious. Also, one of the benefits of working at home is that I get to cook lunch in my own kitchen if I want to. The other week I made this…

Crap. I’m about 70 minutes (read about $30) over my monthly allotment on my cell phone. No one call me between now and 9 pm tonight. Thank God for upcoming free weekend minutes.

My MacBook is for sale. Lemme know if you’re interested.

It’s Norouz (Persian New Year) time again, and for the first time on my own, I’ve set up a haft seen. I’m really glad that I did this (although my cat is eyeing the fish). The Traditional Haft Sîn The Traditional Haft Sîn Haft Sîn (هفت سین) or the seven ‘S’s is a major tradition of Norouz. The haft sin table includes seven items specific starting with the letter S or Sîn (س) in Persian alphabet). The items symbolically correspond…

The Scene: David Boyk is IMing with me, seated somewhere in India in front of his swanky new MacBook Pro. Boyk: dude, this apple remote thing? Boyk: fucking awesome Boyk: all i require from life is a way to make fun little 3D things happen on my screen without touching my computer Fin.