Category Archives: Personal

The things we carried (personal electronics edition)

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Paul

For a recent family vacation, we had with us two iPhones two iPod nanos a speaker/docking station for the iPods a MacBook a Kindle a Panasonic LX3 a Flip Mino and a Nintendo DSi At one point on the outbound … Continue reading →

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“Soonly”

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Paul

Allie, our three year old, just told me she’d do something “soonly,” obviously generalizing from an observation that she wanted a word that ended in “-ly” for that role. Matthew, our son, didn’t make the same types of errors at … Continue reading →

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New York, July 2008: A vacation in Links

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Paul

(I blogged a little about our trip, posted a couple of FriendFeed and Facebook messages, but wanted a little bit more. At the same time, it seemed like too much effort to actually write details about everything and, with us … Continue reading →

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New York can still be magical for me

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Paul

I moved away from New York two decades ago for a life I enjoy a lot in San Francisco, but tonight we had one of those magical nights which you can only get in a city like New York. The … Continue reading →

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Why I don’t blog more

Posted on September 22, 2007 by Paul

In theory, at least, I like to blog. I’ve tried to do it for at least five years. And I’ve never averaged more than one post per month. I’ve come to realize that there are two things which I consider … Continue reading →

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It was twenty years ago today…

Posted on April 22, 2006 by Paul

I first moved to San Francisco twenty years ago. It was a different city then, and I was a different person, but it’s been a great place to live. It’s felt like home since just after I got here. It … Continue reading →

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