Archive for December, 2006
Monday, December 18th, 2006
The Holiday’s Approach
This will be just a quick post to catch up. The company Christmas Party was Saturday night, and we all had a good time. Dinner was at 518, and the meal was excellent as ususal. After, there were drinks at Sullivans, and dancing at The Dirty. Taryn and I bailed prior to the dancing, but [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Banal, Family by chris_engel
Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
New Phone Toy
I’m trying a new voicemail service, which is free while it’s still in beta, called YouMail. It allows for a great deal of flexibility in how you use your voicemail, including remote retrieval, customized greetings based on the caller, and saving your voicemail messages to your computer. So if you call me and get my [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Communication, Found, Lifehacker by chris_engel
Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
Living Life Faster
Okay, I just find this to be compelling. I’m not on the “daily picture of me” bandwagon, but after seeing something like this, I can see why someone would want to do it. With the generation of children growing up in this digital age, it wouldn’t surprise me to find something like this done for [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Found, Image, Photography, Time Wasting Sites (TWS) by chris_engel
Monday, December 11th, 2006
Two Neat Items from the Web Today
This is a pretty cool interview done by Inc. magazine with the two folks that started my favorite website, Flickr. If you’re at all interested in Flickr, you’ll find this to be really interesting.
Here are two other things I liked. First, a squirrel proof birdfeeder. Second, a table that’s too d**n cool for words.
No Comments » - Posted in Found, Uncategorized by chris_engel
Monday, December 11th, 2006
Welcome to my Monday
Most of this past week and weekend were spent working. Lots to do at the office, and we’re running out of time for this year. I don’t mind working so much, especially when I’m making such good progress. I have to admit, however, that I’m looking forward to taking some vacation time during the holidays. [...]
