Entries from October 2007

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

Another Beverage Weekend in Seattle

Saturday the Coffee Meetup visited Herkimer Coffee. There we did a cupping and talked coffee with the roaster. Each time I go to one of these events, I always walk away knowing more about coffee than I did going in. And I left with a new respect for how good Yemen coffee can taste.
Sunday the [...]

Friday, October 5th, 2007

Bloggers Easily Build Links to Amazon Products

Bloggers will often link to media on Amazon. Many have affiliate accounts and earn a small commission if the link referral converts to a sale. However, the process of going to Amazon, locating the book, looking for the ASIN number and hand building a referral link that is XHTML compliant can take a while. Adding [...]

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Glitter Gym Hijinks

Joining 24 hour Fitness is a lot easier than leaving. When you go to cancel your membership they remind you of two things.
1- You must give them 30 days notice. This means they can squeeze in one extra months of dues. This is in the contract.
2- When you join you prepay the [...]

Monday, October 1st, 2007

INeedCoffee Do Overs

ArtLung posted code he wrote back in 2002 that he would never write today. The great thing about the web is it is a living document. Change the pixels and the old problem goes away. Mess up a haircut and it may take weeks (or months) to recover. Mess up a bridge and you’ll be [...]

Monday, October 1st, 2007

Hiking in Seattle vs San Diego

As much as the people of Seattle rave about the hiking here, it doesn’t even come close to the diversity of trails in the San Diego region. Outside Seattle all the hikes look pretty much the same. Every trail seems to have the same thick green forest with not much in the way of views. [...]