Author: Coté
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The Luxuries of Executive Platinum
Last year I finally qualified for American Airlines top frequent flyer status, Executive Platinum. It was really a “hack” due to special programs AA had out. Over the summer and fall, there were several ways to double up on qualifying points. If it weren’t for those programs, I wouldn’t have made it. Having been at…
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Cormac Murphy Coté Skotak
My wife, Kim, and I have been in the adoption process for a long, long time, and we just finalized the last major part this afternoon. We can finally announce our new son, Cormac Murphy Coté-Skotak. For those I’ve told who’ve kept the “embargo,” thanks so much! And for the rest of you, check out…
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Two Maxims that have served me well
I have two personal maxims that generally apply to all situations in my life: Life’s too short to live by them rules. What the fuck else am I doing with my time? The first is especially useful when you’re fucking around with some stupid technology or instructions that want you to do something tedious –…
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Taming the backyard jungle
We’d been away from the house for a few weeks, and it rained plenty. The result was a “jungle” in the backyard which required some weed-whacking and high mowing:
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Old tile shards from our house
This is a little "home archeology." Our relatively young home was built in 1949 and under the large kitchen add-on we have, there’s (at least) two structures: an old porch that was left there stupidly as a support beam and the remnants of an early kitchen floor – two or three levels of it! This…
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Always love the perspective from across the pond
From here: Having enjoyed the benefits of their own empire for the last 50 years and pocketed tax cuts during the Iraq war, the 21st-century Tea Party movement is now grumbling about paying for power. You get what you pay for.
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Your stuff: a relationship
From a 2007 interview: In the 20th century, we were focused mostly on the practical, utilitarian side of design, and later we were driven by technological advancements, marketing and business plans. In the 21st century, instead of design just fulfilling the basic needs, doing certain things or resolving particular problems, people will seek deeper, greater…
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Kim’s big SXSW 2010 show recommendations list
While we can’t go this year, my wife Kim and I usually find all sorts of exciting music at SXSW each year. The secret is, she’s the one who finds all the good stuff – I’m just lucky enough to tag along. Several people have asked for her SXSW 2010 recommendations, so here they are…
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Filet Mignon
Filet Mignon, originally uploaded by cote. I’ve always been fascinated by the proposition: “what would you say if I said we should take one of the more expensive pieces of meat, and wrap one of the least expensive pieces of meat around it?”
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Voting, Texas-style – Austin’s Very Own #51
After voting in the Texas Primaries, Kim and I discuss the fun of the voting process. A loud motor-scooter goes by and launches us into a conversation of impolite noises. Click here for episode MP3 To listen to the episode, subscribe to the podcast feed in iTunes or whatever, download the episode directly, or click…
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Americans don’t know how to eat French bread – Austin’s Very Own #50
On the way to a friend’s house for dinner, we go over the truth about bread: Click here for episode MP3 To listen to the episode, subscribe to the podcast feed in iTunes or whatever, download the episode directly, or click play above to listen right now. We talk about the types of bread we…
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Cloud Closures and Server-side JavaScript Injection – DrunkAndRetired.com Episode #165
Charles asked me to think of some ways you’d use sandboxed JavaScript on the server side – I jump right in with some examples: To listen to the episode, subscribe to the podcast feed in iTunes or whatever, download the episode directly, or click play below to listen right here: Click here for episode MP3…
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Things that cannot be done
I have been trying to use my iPhone for more publishing scenarios, but the limitations are bad for even the simplest things on a laptop: most tools don’t provide formatting options. Like a bullet lost in the WordPress app I’m using to write and publish this. Hence my astrick use. lack of spell check. I…
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The American way, she said, was simple. “There are two rights essential to freedom: private property and gun ownership.” Such thoughts find fertile ground in Texas. This state has always had a swaggering, independent streak and a dislike for too many laws. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/28/tea-party-debra-medina-texas
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If things go so badly that the S&P 500 becomes permanently worthless, I have a hard time believing that the people who own gold will rule the world. I think it’s more likely that the people who own steel that is conveniently shaped like guns will control everything, including all of the shiny rocks. At…
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I pledge allegiance to Spaghetti – DrunkAndRetired.com #164
On the way home, I ponder possible pasta dinners. To listen to the episode, subscribe to the podcast feed in iTunes or whatever, download the episode directly, or click play below to listen right here: Click here for episode MP3 I ended up cooking up some spaghetti, with ground meat! I had two servings a…
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