You wouldn't like him when he's angry...

My ancient nemesis the Ninjabird has returned! The time for battle grows near! http://tinyurl.com/6488aza

'Ninja' Bird, Xenicibis Xympithecus, Discovered With Weapon-Like Wings

Ack, I just got BlackBerried http://tinyurl.com/2ars5co

Must be one of those things you don’t truly understand until it happens to you, but I now see why my wife’s office uses the term “BlackBerried”.

@Amazon define "Ready to Ship"

I don't know what's the bigger waste: the extra box and packing or the label that reads "Ready to Ship".

Dear Adobe: Why does Acrobat change β to ß in PDF to text conversion?

I can accept that Acrobat sucks at converting to Word or HTML, but why the hell does it change characters in a simple text conversion? Did it with three Greek characters, which I fixed by copying the character out of the PDF to replace the one in the text. Why couldn't Acrobat do that in the first place?

Carytown is cool

Any town frequented by college kids and same-sex couples is always interesting.

Normally I do a couple of things while on the toilet. If Angry Birds is the first, then the other is #2.

My response to the question, “what the hell else am I supposed to do while I'm on the toilet?”

Amazon packaging #FAIL

Read the green label.

Worst thing imaginable: Kate Gosselin guest stars with Sarah Palin http://tinyurl.com/35db9ke

Ronald Reagan was a movie star. Sarah Palin is a reality show star. Hooray for Republican “progress”!

At the National Cathedral

Enjoying Handel's Messiah with my three ladies.

Old school slate

Traveling back in time this weekend

Cruising through Colonial Williamsburg

Fine. I guess The Beatles on iTunes was a big deal. http://tinyurl.com/2aqxnt9

Sold 2M songs and 450k albums in first week. Apparently not everyone had a chance to already buy their stuff in the past 40 years.

Ultimate List of Black Friday Laptop Deals for 2010 | Notebooks.com http://tinyurl.com/286dcn3

My friend Josh Smith put some hard work into assembling this. If you’re shopping for a laptop, please take a look.

50% off Robeks! (Reston area only)

Check out this great offer fromRobeks. Click on the link for the coupon. http://www.thatsbiz.com/seeCoupon.jsp?cid=10375

Why is "nowadays" so commonly used by Asian people who learn ESL?

I keep seeing and hearing that word used by Asian people whose English is not so good (either ESL or pidgin speakers), from working class to PhD holders. How did that word take hold? It’s fascinating.

My holiday gift pick - ThinkGeek Canned Unicorn Meat http://tinyurl.com/26u9apb

This will be the best gift of the season.

No red lights! Route 7 from 267 past 495!

Fastest I've ever driven through Tyson's Corner! Woohoo!

Why does Adobe Acrobat suck so hard at converting PDFs to HTML?

I get that format conversion is tricky, but tags split by line breaks and no closing tag on every FONT tag? Sad.

11/16/2010: never forget the day everyone said "Who cares about The Beatles?"

Apple announces The Beatles are now available on iTunes. We will remember this day because it’s when people universal agreed The Beatles on iTunes is not a big deal.