Have you ever wondered why retailers charge $40 for a measly 8GB USB key? It’s all about being lame. Go get a micro usb card adapter for $7 and an 8GB microSD card for $10 and save yourself some money.
Once you have the card reader, microSD cards are fairly inexpensive and you can quadruple your storage over a traditional USB memory stick.
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Been at the ESRI Developer Summit in Palm Springs since Sunday. The drive out here was about 5, 5.5 hours but luckily Caleb drove the whole way. I am NOT looking forward to this drive by myself tomorrow! But I AM looking forward to seeing Jen and Kai… immensely.
Anyways, we’re at the Hyatt Regency. Caleb said that it was pretty much a dump last year, but they’ve renovated since then and it’s actually pretty nice. Couldn’t be any worse than the dump that Jen and i stayed in when she had to go down for Federal jury duty. Ugh.
Downtown Palm Springs is interesting. There are a lot of good restaurants within walking distance. There are a lot of families with their kids, and a lot of girls dressed up like they’re going out clubbing but we had yet to see any clubs. Two “pubs” and some liquor stores and that was it. Where are these people going? I think i’m too boring of a person to ever venture out and find out.
The Convention Center had some cool sculptures and stuff outside in this rock garden type area. And they had a Chair Forest! Who knew such things existed? Surely not I!
Here are some pics from the whole thingy.
On the way out, i kept passing this truck. the logo on the side said Super White Power. I guess there was a brand of trucks, White. Interesting how that sounds now though.
I finally got my photo site up and running. It’s missing the gallery and some other things that I still have to add, but at least it’s there and not the base WP install any more. And maybe some day there will be a reason that I actually HAVE a photo site.
A week was spent in San Jose up with my in-laws and their larger-than-ginormous family. The occasion was not a happy one, but everyone made the most of it and the comfort of family.
Mary Lois Moriarty (Jen called her Grama ) left us on February 18th, 2010 and she will be sorely missed. She was such a great person, and you could tell how much she was loved by the people that came together to celebrate her life. And you always knew if you were part of her “in” crowd if you were fortunate enough to receive a Christmas stocking from her!
Safe travels, Lois.
So a lot of things have happened since the last post… and even before then.
Microsoft PDC (Professional Developers Conference) was last November, and I was fortunate to be able to go with a few other CygNet employees.
Christmas was crazy, shuffling back and forth between families plus a sick kid ridden with two ear infections… New Year’s was just as crazy, down in Camarillo – Kai screaming his head off from 10PM to 4am in the hotel like someone was sticking him with needles.
Valentine’s Day was chill, with us hanging out at home and able to go out to dinner the following night (although Jen was really sick and feeling like crap).
And now… here we are… and Kai is almost 11 months old. Can it really have been almost a year now?
I’m getting old.