Category: LiveJournal

  • My Apologies

    I really can’t express how annoyed I am with the way the Livejournal feed treated my archives, unloading them all into everyone’s Friends list like so much dump-trucked manure. The worst should be over, but, again, I’m really, really sorry about that. First I make you re-add me as an LJ syndication, and then I…

  • Hey Ever-y-body!

    Welcome to the new blog. If you’re a LJ-er, just add the user czechharrison to your LJ friends list, or login, go to http://www.livejournal.com/syn, and search for my RSS feed (http://www.oldbie.dreamhosters.com/michael/atom.xml), then add that syndication to your friends list. You can also go to http://syndicated.livejournal.com/czechharrison/ and then choose to add it.

  • The Weather Outside is Frightful

    How could these two be so different? Or, rather, how could my Google Personalized Home be so off. This has been a rather annoying trend, as of late. How am I supposed to trust you with my private data, Google, if I can’t even trust you to give me accurate weather information! I mean, come…

  • Ecrivais dans le cahier

    Natania got me one of the new moleskine cahier packages, and much like two years ago, when she first introduced me to the brand in the form of an extremely thoughtful Christmas present, it has spurred me on to write a bit more. They’re perfect for stashing around the house and office in various places.…

  • La Machine a Caca

    Found this on one of my regular RSS feeds, Parent Hacks (which I’ve been reading religiously, in addition to my new copy of The Baby Owner’s Manual, to prepare for impending infantitude… they even posted a link I sent in about the Read to Me Program) and though I’m not sure it’s quite appropriate for…

  • Jetlaggin’

    Five nights in a different time zone presents an interesting dilemma, especially when you have to wake up on the sixth day for a flight that departs at 6:25. Do you hang out ’til midnight, wake up at 8, and then pay for it in coach (where you cannot sleep, because you are Michael Harrison,…

  • The Best and Worst of Mountain View

    Best Tons of free Naked Juice whilst waiting in the lobbies at Google The climate Free wireless everywhere you go The toilets at Google. Seat warmers, bidet, and, yes, even ass-dryers Double-doubles at In-N-Out Burger Worst Drinking too much Blue Machine and getting stomach cramps Uncomfortable plastic red, blue, green, and yellow chairs Being with…

  • Heartbeat

    It took the midwife a few minutes to find it. She put the goo on the tip of the Doppler and pushed it against Natania’s stomach. At first, we could hear my wife’s heart. It sped up as time passed. So did mine. At one point, I realized I was actually holding my breath. At…

  • Semester’s End

    I took my final final last night. Chemistry, and much easier than I expected, which was a blessing considering the amount of time I spent studying for it. I spent an hour driving to school, an hour taking the exam, and an hour driving home. There was little fanfare regarding my return to the working…

  • Sin City

    I’m in Las Vegas for Webmaster World Pub Con X, which has been rather interesting. To say the least. With a huge week in Google News (Google Base, free Urchin in the form of Google Analytics, and new additions to Site Maps), we’ve had quite the abundance of topics to discuss. Googler and ex-Tar Heel…