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I'm a (weather) wimp
I've lived in Southern California for about the last 19 years with a short stint in Portland, OR. Before that I lived outside of Boston and a few other places, so I've had the opportunity to experience various types of weather including cold, rain and snow. The weather in San Diego has been quite chilly lately with day time highs in the upper 50's. The other morning, my neighbors had frost on their lawns (since I no longer have a front lawn and my back lawn is synthetic, I didn't have frost). To me, that is beyond cold.
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Mmmm, those words are tasty
This past year has brought some big changes to my career and I've written in the past that I didn't want to work for a large company again and that I really enjoyed being self employed. A few weeks ago, my main client, Critical Path Software, was acquired by eBay. As part of the acquisition, I was offered a full time, employee position at eBay. After a little bit of weighing some options, I decided to accept the position. So not only will I no longer be self employed, but I'll be working for a very large company! I still get to work from home, so that's great news.
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Facebook as a news source
My wife is so addicted to Facebook that I always ask her what is happening in the world after she checks Facebook. She actually does find out stuff on Facebook about the world which I have also learned from more reputable sources. Last night when we were watching the local news, they had a story on the Mountain High Ski Resort where the newscaster said that the Mountain High Facebook page said that people started lining up at 6 a.m. That struck me as odd to use Facebook as a source for a news story. I would have expected them to at least call Mountain High and either get a quote or verify the information, but relying on a post on a Facebook page seems like poor journalism.
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Review: Radio Thermostat CT-30 (3M Filtrete 50)
My wife has been complaining that the temperature on our thermostat is always wrong, reading too high. So, I've looked a few times at getting a replacement thermostat. However, since they cost $60-$70 for a regular programmable one, I've put it off until I did my research to find one that I liked. My biggest complaint about the thermostat was that programming it was a pain; we're currently on the same routine 7 days a week as our son wakes up at the same time and goes to bed at the same time, so if I want to change the temperature or time, I need to copy the program across all 7 days. While not complicated, I don't like the interface for doing it.