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“I think once the Internet bust got into full swing, it was like being survivors of a tsunami. Everybody was glad they were still there, no matter how they felt about each other before it hit.” – Salon.com founder David Talbot, on staying afloat January 8, 2005 via Rogers Cadenhead

Did anyone else catch the reference to Office Space in Episode 4 of “Lost” ? Funny. 🙂 Met with Jason Snell of Macworld and Adam Rogers of Wired this week. Promising on both fronts, nothing definite yet, but promising. Desserts galore tonight. Rain = annoying.

For whatever this is worth: Six Apart (makers of Moveable Type) are buying Live Journal. Maybe now it’ll be easier to duplicate my LJ blog to my MT one.

LA Times: Exactly where in Anaheim is Los Angeles? In a quest for dollars, and at the edge of geographic absurdity, the Anaheim Angels Ñ formerly known as the California Angels and Los Angeles Angels Ñ said Monday they would now call themselves the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The move drew ridicule on national radio shows and scorn from the Dodgers, provoked outrage from Orange County fans opposed to the change and prompted a stern message from the city…

So it’s a rainy day in Southern California. I don’t know what’s up with this weird weather. It never rains in LA and it’s been going on and off for the past week. I was really looking forward to wearing shorts in 70 degree weather, but that’s not going to happen. Headed back up to Berkeley tomorrow, where I hear it’s raining too. The holidays, as a whole have been really quiet. Xmas, New Year’s, and my birthday so far…

So the Casamance is no longer a dangerous place. The Senegalese government has signed a peace deal with the rebels. This is very good news for that region, and for all of Senegal. And as MeFi points out the folly with some of the governmental relief efforts: Our country is more humanitarian than YOURS is! No it’s not. Yes it is. See? We donated more aid than you did. Well, we doubled our donation. So there. But yours are loans,…

Turducken went into the oven at 6:30 am Pacific. My parents’ oven timer doesn’t go beyond 9 hours 50 min. Slightly less daunting this time, but was made more daunting by the fact that the butchery had cut through the skin already, requiring the use of sewing needles, which were not needed last year. Crisis (and 6 am trip to Albertson’s) was averted by finding them in a kitchen drawer. Thanks again to Sarmad for being such a good sport…

My thoughts go out to the tsunami/earthquake-striken people of SE Asia. My grandmother knows at least a dozen people in that region. When I left Berkeley this morning (in Santa Monica now), we got a call from one friend in northern Thailand, who said that all was well, but that they did feel it. If you’re able and you feel so inclined, you can donate money through the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.

The more I’m here, the more I realize just how much I love Berkeley. From the “Happy Happy” guy, to Intermezzo, to Kingpin, to Berkeley Bowl, to my Grandparents, to my great friends who live here — I just love Berkeley. I really want to come back here. In a nutshell, Sarmad and I both safely arrived a few days ago, and we’re headed down to sunny SoCal tomorrow. His first day here, the 22nd, we walked around San Francisco,…

So as a Christmas gift to everyone (and also to myself), I’ve created a new website devoted to podcasts, mostly themed around my travels about the world. The Wanderlust Geek