Author: Coté
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Snowing in Austin
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/cote/4381817083/)] Kim and I talk about it snowing in Austin.
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DrunkAndRetired.com #163 – Business Hours
Over some lunch, Charles and I discuss HTML 5 and some other hoopla: 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 realize eating during podcasts is some sort of forbidden ear…
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D K Sushi and Seoul Asian Food Market – A Brief Review
DK’s is a neighborhood sushi bar – a few blocks from my house – if that concept even makes sense. There’s tables inside a small Asian market, and you walk up to the beer fridge to select your beer and sake. The sushi is delicious and affordable, and it’s a casual place. The same sushi…
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Kim’s morning iPhone routine – Austin’s Very Own #48
Every morning, Kim goes through the same routine on her iPhone – checking email, reading news, Twitter, etc. One morning I asked her to go through the typical morning routine. Click below to listen: Click here for episode MP3 To listen to the episode, subscribe to the podcast feed in iTunes or whatever, download the…
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DrunkAndRetired.com #161 – iPad Madness
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 While in Charles’ little truck, we talk about the iPad.
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The last week of January
This month started off with my birthday, as it does every year. Kim was kind enough to throw me a surprise party – the second she’s done – and many people were kind enough to come. Some even brought gifts, one of which I quickly finished off, mostly on the night of the party with…
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Lost on a Pacific Resort Island, Saved by HEB
In this dream, I was traveling with a group of people, including Kim. In one leg of our travel, someone planned a detour or a plane crash which landed us on Maui. We were on the beach of Maui, and not knowing the people too well, I split off from them. This island wasn’t really…
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“I’m in your hands”
It’s hard to get good customer service, but it’s hard to be comfortable expecting it. On a recent Robert Brook episode he complains at length about the lack of old school customer service in London book stores: at the grand old Foyles in London. At least, he makes it sound as if it had been…
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My Work is infecting my dreams
Had a strange dream Monday night where I was in some largish, darkly-lit meeting room (almost like the business casual equivalent of an opium lounge conference room) with Brandon Whichard eating dried edamame. A continually morphing character of Steve Mills/Sam Palmisano came into the room. Brandon and he started talking about programming in Java, as…
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Notes from No Maps for these Territories
Last night I watched No Maps for these Territories which can get seriously embarrassing to watch in front of your spouse (who didn’t faun over the cyberpunk as kid) at times. You know, like, “too heavy, man” and “what are you watching?” sort of stuff. Esp. when Bono starts reading. Bono! It’s essentially a bunch…
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Notebooks from dime novels
Notebooks from old books, originally uploaded by cote. Check out these blank books made with covers of old, lurid and cheesy paperbacks. I spotted these at the Blue Genie Christmas Bazaar this year in Austin. As the little note next to them said, this is an example of upcycling, or making something new out of…
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Frank – A Hot Dog Review
At Frank, it’s hot-dog gimmicks and bacon galore, but they’re good eating at not too high of a cost. We have a weird mixture of “hand crafted”/local food and a love of fast-food here in Austin resulting in gourmet food from trailers, burger battles, and now hot-dogs. The “Artisan” hot-dogs are fun and tasty –…
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Death by GPS
Check out this excerpt from the pretty good report “TORA BORA REVISITED: HOW WE FAILED TO GET BIN LADEN AND WHY IT MATTERS TODAY”: Afghan villagers who were providing food and other supplies for the Al Qaeda fighters at Tora Bora also confirmed bin Laden’s presence. Fury said some of the villagers were paid by…
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Austin Roasters Coffee Tasting
This past Sunday, several Austin-based coffee roaster got together for a sample-fest over at Owl Tree Roasting. With a $5 donation to Urban Roots as part of Eat Local Week, I crammed myself into a packed old car garage and managed to try coffee from several different roasters and coffee shops: Little City, Third Coast…
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The Franklin Barbecue is tasty
I had the brisket, which was good: he gave me some slight fatty slices and a bonus end piece on account of me saying I liked the edge. They have three types of sauces: espresso , sweet, and "pork." The last two were pretty good and the espresso was fun. Their sides were actually pretty…
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Facebook rediscovered – Austin’s Very Own #46
Kim and I talk about using Facebook more and Kim’s wine buying tips. 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.
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Bacardi – 1967
Bacardi – 1967, originally uploaded by rchappo2002. This scanned in ad is too fantastic to pass on posting.
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