Boston International Film Festival, Day 2 and Day 3
Michael wrote up an entry about all the movies he saw on Day 2 and Day 3 of the Boston International Film Festival. I think he was rather generous in his feedback of "The Hillz", a movie that Paris Hilton showcases her (surprise!) terrible (or lack thereof) acting skills.
Now that’s customer service, VisiBone!
A long time ago (September 17, 2001) I exchanged email with Bob Stein about accepting PayPal payments for his VisiBone products. He just sent me an email to let me know that they are now able to accept orders via PayPal. I'm impressed he saved my email. I have a few of ...
Boston International Film Festival, Day 1
The Boston International Film Festival began today with festivities and films at the John Hancock Hall. David Baeumler, the husband of Sandy, my best pal throughout high school, had his "I Cannot Understand You" short film chosen for the festival. It's screening Friday, June 25th 12:30-12:36pm. They're in Norway for the summer ...
Transcriptionists of the world, unite and take over
(OK, maybe The Smiths' tune didn't go quite like that.) As I was about to log in to my meetup.com account, I noticed the link on their homepage announcing "Transcriptionists, Hyderabad, India meeting now!" I guess everyone needs a meetup. There are 228 transcriptionists around the world who have signed up to meet through ......
Free WiFi at Marche Movenpick
Marche Movenpick at the Prudential Center in Boston has been offering free WiFi for a few months and I finally had a chance to try it out. I'm typing this down at Caveau, their cozy wine bar/bistro and it reaches here, too. Fun!
A year ago with Howard Dean
Seems hard to believe that it was just a year ago that Howard Dean made his official announcement that he was running for the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. I remember sitting at my desk at Nokia watching the video of the speech he gave in Burlington, VT to a huge ......
Photos of George’s Island
I don't know Bob, but he sure took some excellent photos recently of George's Island. I haven't been there in several years. I mentioned to j a few weeks ago that we should do some sort of blogger outing there sometime this summer. It's a fun area to wander around in, especially ...
A dinner party for my Gmail invitees?
Since most everyone I know already has a Gmail account, I decided to post an ad on (Boston) Craig's List this morning in the free category to get rid of my 12 lingering invites. Several people are posting ads charging for Gmail account invites. Too funny. I received numerous emails from people delighted that ......
Want a Gmail account?
UPDATE: I have no more Gmail invites. I have twelve spare Gmail invites available. It seems like most of my friends have one by now. If you want one, let me know. And in case you have been living under a rock the last month or so, Gmail is Google's new webmail service. ...
The Automatic Mix Tape Generator and Rufus Wainwright
The Automatic Mix Tape Generator over at Tiny Mix Tapes came in very handy last night while putting together "Instant Pleasure", an iTunes playlist named after the sassy Rufus Wainwright tune. And speaking of Rufus, how did I manage to overlook his music until last weekend? He's spectacular! I think Rufus and ...
North America Rail Pass
Sometime this Fall once lingering debt has been taken care of, I'd like to take off for a few weeks and travel around the country via Amtrak. They've got a 30-day North America Rail Pass that is $495 for 30 days of unlimited travel throughout the United States and parts of Canada. The price ......
Why You Stay
Some people have deep introspection when they turn 30. That never really happened for me last year. What seems to be the big moment (or lingering series) has moreso been the anniversary of the month I moved to Boston ten years ago. Everything changed May 1994 when I landed here. Some good, some not ......
