June 28, 2005
Posted by beltzner
iTunes 4.9 is now available through Software Update on the mac, or from the [iTunes download page][1] (although as of this writing, the main iTunes page doesn’t advertise it). New in this version is support for “Podcasts”, which are regularly produced audio programs that a user can subscribe to. Using the magic of RSS, iTunes [...]
June 26, 2005
Posted by beltzner
Since I really don’t own a good suit, and since Dawn’s starting to get invited to _adult_ parties thrown by senior partners at Bay Street law firms, and since there’s a gauntlet of late summer / early fall weddings to be run, and since I’m _almost thirty years old_, it was decided that my birthday [...]
June 20, 2005
Posted by beltzner
My birthday was somehow stretched out over a three day period this year: I suspect an incredibly sweet and loving wife was behind things. We began on Saturday by spending a few hours on Toronto’s Center Island, where I was given the gift of [humility][], and followed things up with a BBQ that evening at [...]
When I visited Matej in Prague for the first time, he and I walked past a cellphone store and looked in the window. He pointed out the [Ericsson t39m][1] and wowed me with its list of features, and we both talked about how it really was the perfect phone for our respective needs.
The second time [...]
June 8, 2005
Posted by beltzner
The veil of secrecy (which was _extremely_ whispy-thin for some of you) can finally be dropped: I have been offered a position with the [Mozilla Foundation][mofo] as Headmaster of their Software Finishing School; it might say “User Experience Lead” on the card, though.
It’s a genuinely _thrilling_ opportunity. I honestly _thrill_ when I think about the [...]
June 4, 2005
Posted by beltzner
Matej also got some information that made him feel pretty good last night, and Shaver’s friend Coop and his wife were in town, and the summer air was filled with promise, and so we all ended up getting together for food & drink at the local pub near Matej & Chelsea which is called, aptly [...]
June 3, 2005
Posted by beltzner
Oh, right! I have a _weblog_.
It can only be supreme sneakiness that allowed for June to arrive without fanfare, and indeed, almost entirely unnoticed. That or the fact that most of May felt like March, weather-wise, so days like yesterday (sunny, 27 degrees) feel like they’ve appeared out of nowhere, descending on Toronto like a [...]
