Entries from February 2006

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

Glitter and Rust

There are two types of gyms. Glitter gyms and Rust gyms. A majority of men and almost all women are only familiar with Glitter gyms. Glitter gyms are workout facilities with bright lights, mirrors, treadmills and TVs (Ballys, 24 Hour, etc). Rust gyms cater primarily to men and are almost all free weights. The equipment [...]

Sunday, February 12th, 2006

Kato (1999-2006)

Just after 1 AM early this morning, our cat Kato died.
A few months ago, she started losing a lot of weight and showed other signs of health problems. On 1/22/06, our vet Dr. H said she had a hyperthyroidism and that it could fixed with thyroid medicine. On the phone he stated it would run [...]

Friday, February 10th, 2006

The Espresso Stout

In early 2001, Ryan Jacobs wrote the article Homebrewing: Espresso Stout for INeedCoffee. At the time there were many home brewing recipes that used coffee as an ingredient. However, most placed no attention to the type or quality of the beans used. Some of the recipes even advised using instant coffee. Just because you are [...]

Tuesday, February 7th, 2006

Metro MAS

I’m typing this blog from my new pad in the heart of the Marina district of downtown San Diego. My windows are open and a nice cool breeze is filling the condo. Most things have gone smoothly.
My commute is down to a mere 19 minutes at peak hours. Previously it was an hour.
In just [...]

Sunday, February 5th, 2006

Bulk GeoEncoding

Last weekend I was contacted by a guy in Illinois about my Using Yahoo! Maps GeoCoding API in C# article. In the article I show how to encode a single address using a mapping service provided by Yahoo!. This guy was interested in doing bulk encoding. He wanted to encode 25,000 addresses at time. This [...]

Wednesday, February 1st, 2006

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January 2006 was a record month for INeedCoffee.