Coté

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 grand in the past. In particular, the two Roberts were remembering the good old days of helpful, bookish employees who might say something like, "

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 I recall. After awhile, I was chided by Mills/Palmisano for not jumping into the conversation and taking advantage of him being there.

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 I recall. After awhile, I was chided by Mills/Palmisano for not jumping into the conversation and taking advantage of him being there.

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 I recall. After awhile, I was chided by Mills/Palmisano for not jumping into the conversation and taking advantage of him being there.

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 of William Gibson talking about himself, his books, and writing. Here's some notes, quotes, summaries, and paraphrases from it.

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 of William Gibson talking about himself, his books, and writing. Here's some notes, quotes, summaries, and paraphrases from it.

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 old trash.

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 old trash.

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 - I like the antelope and rabbit one, the Jackalope. Also, the regular hot-dogs, optionally wrapped in a flapjack (a corn pancake), are delicious as well.

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 - I like the antelope and rabbit one, the Jackalope. Also, the regular hot-dogs, optionally wrapped in a flapjack (a corn pancake), are delicious as well.