Grounds for Dismissal

A report by the Business Record earlier today said that Timbuktuu Coffee Cafe would be closing its Grand Avenue location in West Des Moines. Charlie Bienert, the coffee shop's owner, had intended to open a location there, but pulled the plug on those plans before the store opened, he said. Bienert has a Timbuktuu kiosk [...]

AnimeGnome!

This is quite possibly the coolest thing I have ever seen. Thank you, Autumn Rain Turkel. Gretchen thought it was so cool, she's considering changing the spelling of her name to match the image. Make more – I'll share 'em.

Ooooh Aaaah Eeeee

With a Peet's in hand, I'm as “happy as a little guuuuuuul.” Sorry I'm so damn passionate about my coffee, folks. It brings out the best and worst in me. The day is off to a good start, although I have yet to catch up on a zillion e-mails. By the way, if you did [...]

To Every Iowan

Look, I'm tired of getting e-mails complaining about my complaining about Iowa. I don't live there anymore. It seems that more than a few of you were upset with my opinion of a local coffee shop. Well, sorry – but Java Joe's still sucks. If you can't deal with brute honesty, then that's your problem [...]

I Love You Guys

Now you can grab Gnomie Pocket PC 2002 Themes. Too cool for words. Too nice for the Palm platform.

Home Alive

Hey – Gretchen and I made it home safely and everything seems to be in order. All of the house plants look like they were well humped, too. Oh, along those lines – it seems that some people are under the illusion that Gnomedex was nothing more than a wild-ass party. Well, that's exactly what [...]

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In My Room

If last night was any indication as to how this conference is going to go, I think we're in for one helluva ride. Gretchen's Ohana trip was a raging success, the pre-registration gathering was replete with cheerful attendees (both new and old), and a couple of people stayed up half the night to get the [...]

Schpider!

I don't understand how some of y'all get any work done when you're on the road. This is just nutty. It's not like I'm disorganized, just that I have to bring along so much gear! This morning, I finally had the opportunity to give my new GL2 a spin. I hope the footage turns out, [...]

Alive And Well

Hey folks! Just to let you know, we're alive and well in Des Moines, Iowa. We had quite a busy day that got off to a very rough start. I should probably let Gretchen fill you in on all the juicy details, but here's the super short attention span version of the last twenty-four hours [...]

Lookout Express

(1) Open Outlook Express; (2) Open the Address Book; (3) Select a Contact; (4) Press the Action button; (5) Select the Send Mail option; (6) Try to minimize the resulting message window. Freaky, eh?

Double Hockey Sticks

Oh no… I just thought of something. Where the HELL am I going to get coffee when I'm in Iowa?! I believe I can tolerate the stink-ass selection that Des Moines can offer, but what about when I go to the rural township where Gretchen grew up?! Am I doomed? Please, say it isn't so. [...]

I Guess I'm Ready

We have not yet begun to pack! I'm just a few hours away from returning to the state of Iowa. It'll be a red-eye flight on Friday night, although I'm not expecting to get much sleep en route. Our Saturday is going to be a full one, too. We're hitting the Iowa State Fair in [...]

Crazy Eddie

“Since when?!” I normally don't talk to my computer screen, but this morning was a special exception. Lori was the lucky recipient of an early morning phone call. “Hey Lori,” I says. “Lori, since when were we giving away a Pentium 4 2.53GHz with a 533MHz FSB and 512MB 266MHz DDR SDRAM at Gnomedex?!” She [...]