Michael Doornbos

I’m going out of town Sun-Thursday this week.  My copy of Leopard is on a UPS truck and will arrive monday.  I will have to be hundreds of miles from it until Thursday.
Poor me.  Have fun rest of the world while I sit and wait…

In case you have been sleeping, Mac OS X Leopard is out today.

Verizon announced a 20Mbit down and 20Mbit up Fios service today.  Ars Technica has the details.
I DO have room for a server farm in my house…

Apple is up 12 bucks right now, at $186.82.  For the record, I sold at $82.24.
Yep, I’m an idiot.

Amazon is currently running a preorder sale on both the Single and Family pack OS X Leopard packages. I just picked up a Family pack for $169 after rebates, no sales tax and free shipping.

Kevin and I sang a, er, well, very strange song last week…

My friends Matt and Becky had their first baby last night. Weighing in at 7lbs 1 oz, Ariella enters the world with some of the greatest new parents a kid could have.
Welcome Ariella, and congrats to Matt and Becky.

This month, Slashdot turns ten(like 10). I’m user number 12353 which is pretty early on the nerd-o-meter. I used to be an avid reader, but my readership has waned of late. “Back in the day” (think 1999) it was not uncommon for me to check Slashdot every 10 minutes to see what news [...]

We had a great time in Virginia Beach and I’ve got a new energy and 1000 ideas.  We forged some new friendships, stengthened some existing ones and had a ton on family time not really doing anything at all.
Doesn’t get any better than that.
I’m on the prowl for partners to execute these new ideas.

I’m on vacation this week in Virginia Beach.  The weather is great, kids are wet and sandy.
Life is good.  Email me if you need anything because my cell is turned off.  I’ll get to it at some point…