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Gigantic Lunch 2.0 here in Los Angeles today - 400 "yes" RSVPs ... (At Yahoo in Burbank).

@gnat I'm 99% high-fructose-corn-syrup-soda free, too, so half a bottle of an american soda makes my head explode. Yay mexican supermarkets.
@gruber & @rightonbro thanks for the "Phila" notes! One of our (many) data feeds at yellowbot.com is using sometimes and it was odd to me.
The new Portishead album is much more satisfying than the reviews made me think. This sure will save some space on my iPod for a while.
going to the dentist, eek.
Nice timing. Fixing our secondary database server; minutes from it being ready to sync up data and be active-standby the primary dies! Grrh.
Philadelphia residents: Do you really ever call your city "Phila"? Would it be appropriate to use as the city name in an address?
@shiflett Don't go on semi-vacation for a week and a half; I tried that, it just got worse!
At home recovering from vacation.
@Theory dealnews.com sometimes have links for a cheap deal on Dells 24" (<$400) monitor (or sometimes their 30" one for close to $1000).
@nelson Buy a mac! :-) They support Vista, too, I believe. (The ~full extent of my windows experience is a XP (I think) box in the office)
Came home from Zion, UT this evening. Up at 6am, pack, 4 hours light hiking, an hour lunch and then ~7-8 hours drive straight to L.A. Tired.
@gruber regarding XML: it's incredible that there's so much XML still. Sure, it is nice for document markup, but for data structures: JSON!
Woah - see the wimpy shoes the "hiker" is wearing: http://xrl.us/bjsr4 More pictures: http://xrl.us/bjsry
Does your fire department have a weblog? Ours does! About the hikers and helicopters yesterday: http://xrl.us/bjsrs
ah, no fire - hikers in trouble: http://xrl.us/bjqqv
Fire nearby, lots of helicopters in the air.
Beautiful Saturday weather here. Cleaned off our grill outside.
proof that video on flickr is a splendid idea after all: http://www.flickr.com/photo... :-)
@krynsky Los Angeles datacenters: I like IX2. For something managed, talk to phyber.com - tell Max that I sent you. :)