Bernie’s Blog

• I forgot to bring my ipod charger again. #
• Just finished a slice of wheat bread with cheese and clams. #
• Oops Firefox update. #
• Looking for an affordable Ruby on Rails training class. #
• Reading the Agile book for now. #
• just realized I added friends into the wrong twitter account. #
• Only two albums I bought on iTS are upgradable for now. #
• Debating with myself on whether I should heat up some chicken wings. #

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• Friggin iPod issues. #

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• I feel klutzy today. #
• @douge I find myself humming children’s tunes all the time. #
• Having a cuppa while chicken wings heat up in the microwave. #
• Div floats driving me crazy. #
• Did some lunchtime bowling for the 1st time after the crash. Right shoulder was creaking a little from the 12 pound weight. #
• Something bad has happened to my ipod. No audio! #

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Friday:
A nice dinner with family and friends.

Saturday:
Woke up early. Got ready for a drive to Marin County. I gotta admit, living in the Peninsula Bay Area, I somehow got the weird thought that San Francisco is like the final destination and nothing much else exists after you cross the Golden Gate Bridge. We’ve been to the beaches (Stinson Beach, Point Reyes), and my impression has always been of hills, and wilderness. How ignorant was I. We spent last Saturday just being tourists – had lunch at a small coffee shop, tried some Danish food, walked along downtown Sausalito, and then to Tiburon. I really liked how you could get the nice water views, of SF, and the small town atmosphere. If I could I would want to live somewhere in Marin County some day. We ended the day with some grocery shopping at SF Chinatown. It was a thoroughly enjoyable day.

Sunday:
Lazed. Did some grocery shopping, preparing for a BBQ with family and friends in the evening. Had chicken, pork chops, grilled peppers, corn, sweet potatoes, onions, sausages, shrimp – it was a feast!

Monday:
Lazed. Went to IKEA just for fun, do some window shopping.

So that’s how I spent my Memorial Day Weekend. Surprisingly I didn’t even opened the computer. Checking email via phone doesn’t count. hehe. I’m feeling a little homesick now. I miss Rebecca. Spending three whole days with her was great. She did have her tantrum times – one was in the car, she was really tired and wanted to sleep, but the seatbelt was a little tight and she was agitated. We had to stop midway to calm her down. Other than that, she was a blast! She had such great time looking at the pigeons, the boats, and experiencing all the new sights and sounds. It was pretty good, I must say.

See pictures of our Marin County day trip.

Google Maps just released a new feature – Street View. How does that work? You enter a location’s address, and click on “Street View” – An icon of a man will appear, and all you have to do is drag that little man to anywhere on the map that has a blue outline. A new window will pop-up where you will get to have a view of the street. I’m kind of skeptical of this since now the front of my house is visible to all.

Read more here.

• Morning #

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• Stuck in a jam on the way to North Bay. #

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• Feeling cold. Should’ve worn thicker clothing. #
• L:94070 No traffic this morning. #
• Just had a tuna melt on wheat bread. YUM. #
• We ran out of water. #
• Just upgraded my Google Maps for mobile http://urltea.com/mc7 #
• At the doc’s. #

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So there is a new Google Maps feature called “Avoid Highways”. I tried it out by finding out the directions from my home to work. It worked, but not as well as it should. The road that they recommended is fine, except that its not bike-friendly.


Here are some suggestions I have for Google Maps:
1) Ability to avoid a particular street or highway.
2) Ability to find the optimum route given a particular speed limit.

In the meantime, this new feature can be really useful if you need to avoid jams on the freeway.

On another note, it seems that there is a new version of Google Maps for mobile as well, with GPS! But I wasn’t able to figure out if this is workable on my Nokia E62. It might just work only on the Blackberry 8800.

• Oh I’m sooo hungry. #
• Enjoying the sea breeze. #
• We have an ice-cream man! #
• I have a sudden craving for sushi. #
• @preppydude ok thanks for rubbin’ it in. #

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• Watching “This Film Is Not Yet Rated”. #
• L:94040 #
• Whew. Thought i left my phone @ home. #
• Sitepoint is always tempting me with their book releases. #
• Just noticed Lil Reb created a new folder on my computer called “4z/i4/ˆˆ4ii4ix” #
• I’m looking forward to watching Pan’s Labyrinth. #
• I can hear men talking and singing while in the bathroom. Wall’s too thin. #
• I think I lost a follower. *sob* #
• @techworking They were singing while the radio was playing. A pretty catchy latin song. #
• @techworking I could! #
• Wondering why I don’t feel hungry, until I realized I had two slices of leftover pizza this morning. #
• We got Wii @ work! Now all we need is a TV. #
• Back after a 10 mile ride. woooo! #
• Having “numb butt”. #
• Just saw a really cool looking bull terrier. #
• @preppydude Yep! smooth asphalt this time. #
• Just resisted the temptation to quench my thirst with a soda. Grabbed a bottle of water instead. #
• Loving Tori’s song “Devils and Gods” #

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• Life is back to normal today. Whew. #
• Had my breakfast, had my coffee, time for work. #
• Watching the Costco truck trying to maneuver its way around the parking lot. #
• Dang, I got goose poop on my shoes from walking in the park yesterday. #
• Feeling hungry #
• Sleepy … #
• L:94070 #

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• Just came back from SF, rocking out with the bands. #
• Checking email. #
• Tweetl looks freakin cool. #
• Power outage sucks. #
• Just drank a cup of strong latte. Now I’m buzzed. #
• @WickedGood It’s built for Twitter, so u can tweet by clicking instead of copy and paste. Just another fun app to play with #
• well i guess you still need to copy and paste. #
• http://tweetl.com/oi?my-blog #
• @WickedGood That’s so sad. #
• Another outage. ugh. #
• Listening to TWiT while having a chicken sandwich. #
• Doggies are a sleeping. #
• Just re-activated Twitter Tools and TwitThis on my blog *fingers crossed* #
• Listening to Buzz Out Loud. #
• Hearing about Yahoo Pipes for the first time. #

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• Morning. Soreness more manageable today. #
• Watching Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire with Lil Reb. #
• Testing out the new toaster oven with tuna and chedder on wheat bread. #

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We were at the A La Carte and Art event at downtown Mountain View yesterday. Arts and Crafts, food, and beer, were the highlights of the day. I particularly liked two booths – one selling wooden sculptures of pelicans, storks and vultures, and another one selling figures made from metal knick knacks, like nuts, bolts, chains etc. I didn’t buy anything though, as I couldn’t make up my mind on what to get. Anyway, it was nice to see all the different interesting art and crafts sold. We did get hats for both Reb and Grandma, and I think they looked great.

More pics here.