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Renting New Garage
Winter is coming. Moving in to a new work space December 1st and have some big plans for the bike.
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New Seat
The new seat from Benjie is almost ready. Haven’t decided on a color yet but can’t wait to rip the old torn up seat off.
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Gas Sink
Fixing a clogged gas tank above my kitchen sink. Carrying a gas tank up a 5 floor walk up in New York is why most people are not crazy enough to own a project bike here.
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New Project Motorcycle
On May 7th I bought an old 1976 Honda CB550 off of Craigslist from a guy in Queens. I met him in Greenpoint with an envelope full of cash. The bike ran around the block a few laps before it wouldn’t start up again. So a new project begins.
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Product Manager for Veritas Backup Reporter
I got a new job! The interview process went through most of September and I’m really excited to start in the new role the first week of November. I’m going to be a “Product Manager” with a new emerging product at Symantec that was released at the beginning of this…
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Switching Web Hosts
Dave finally put the nail in the coffin when he told me that iJFP.com wasn’t working this morning. I’m making the switch from Powweb to GoDaddy over the next couple of days so iJFP may be up and down. I also host nowlikephotographs.com on Powweb and haven’t heard any complaints…
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I Love Magazines
So I got an email from U.S. Airways this afternoon letting me know that my 16,000 frequent flyer miles were about to expire since I haven’t flown them in 18 months. I still need another 9,000 miles to get a free flight and my only other option was magazine subscriptions.…
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Editors Show in Minneapolis
Last night I went with Chris to the most anticipated show I’ve wanted to go to this year so far. While Bloc Party might be my new favorite band, I had heard they were not very good live so I didn’t have much expectation. Editors on the other hand though…
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Bloc Party & Jennifer’s Wedding
Friday night I flew to Chicago and met up with Pat and Wipert to see Bloc Party. I’m so glad I finally got to see them live. They’re the first band I can honestly say I like more than Pearl Jam and they put on a good show despite being…
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Labor Day Weekend
Work has been less hectic lately with our new NetBackup release shipped. So on Friday I ducked out a little early to play golf with Jim. Jim had a friend who works at a course nearby so we got to play 9 holes for free. I was playing particularly well…
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MBA Softball
Last night I played softball for the first time ever. It’s been years since I’ve swung a bat or fielded a ball and when I did it was a baseball, not softball. Our MBA program put together a team across the different cohorts so I met a bunch of people…
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Lollapalooza 2007
What a great weekend. This is going to be a loooooong post reviewing Lollapalooza 2007, so set some time aside if you want to read all my deep day by day thoughts or just skim for the band names below. Wednesday night I went down to Chicago, flying first class…
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I-35W Bridge Collapse
I got home earlier than usual today (Wednesday) from work. I’ve been skipping 35W lately since the traffic has been slow with all the construction they’ve been doing so I’ve found a nice quick way across the 3rd avenue bridge that gets me to work in about 20 minutes opposed…
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Dream Pearl Jam Show
I’ve always dreamed one day I would be in the front row for a Pearl Jam concert. Brayshaw pointed out that my dream may come true next weekend since this morning PJ announced a fan-club only show at a small theater in Chicago before they headline Lollapalooza. I fly to…
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Switching My Email from PC to Mac
Two weeks ago I purchased a MacBook Pro to replace my aging Dell 600M that had been acting up. I was planning on waiting until the fall with Apple planning to release a new version of OS X but it was driving me crazy to not have a working laptop.…
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Weekend in Milwaukee
Last weekend was about Paal. This weekend was about my car which has been a theme for most of my recent trips back to Wisconsin lately. There are less of my friends around each time I’m back but I did get to go to Summerfest with Erin and Paal followed…
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BMW 528 in Minneapolis
Washed, waxed and detailed the car this weekend so I decided to drive up to this rural area outside the city that Kris uses for car photo shoots sometimes.