http://www.dougpace.com For better or worse, the demonstration of my knowledge and intelligence presented through this forum should not be considered representative. Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:25:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So Karen and I woke up to an unpleasant surprise this weekend. Rupert decided to pee on the bed right between us. Needless to say, we were quite upset. After some scolding, I found myself taken by just how sorry the little guy seemed to be, and ... http://www.dougpace.com/2008/08/11/so-i-guess-dogs-really-can-cry/ Well, it's been a significantly long time since I've posted anything here. Although I do tend to have some additional posts soon, before anything else, I thought I would post a link to some of my favorite pics of our puppy Rupert, by month. Rupert - 2 Months Rupert - 3 ... http://www.dougpace.com/2008/06/11/new-rupert-pics/ I got married. Congratulations to me and my lovely wife. We chose to have a simple thing at the JP here in San Francisco (just like Jessica Alba, our role model). The real story behind this date involves Karen's Mom. About a month before, Karen tells me that ... http://www.dougpace.com/2008/03/26/married/ DARPA (creators of the internet, a surprise to Al Gore), have come up with a robot that is simply scary. Carrying 340 lbs, imagine this thing armed with video cameras, an internet connection, and a few machine guns. Having something like this (or hundreds of things like this) ... http://www.dougpace.com/2008/03/17/scary-dog-like-robot/ This is probably an example of counting my chickens before they have hatched, but we believe we have a new puppy. I say that because the site indicates the puppy as "adoption pending," but we have yet to receive the confirmation that we are the "pending" home they are ... http://www.dougpace.com/2008/03/10/new-puppy/ I went to Comcast to try to get another one of their crappy Motorola HD DVR boxes, and was very pleased to find out a new box has been released. The only problem? It has HDMI output instead of DVI, which is what my plasma uses to connect. ... http://www.dougpace.com/2008/03/05/cables-best-buy-and-ignorance/ When reading my December issue of Wired Magazine, I found out about a contest that Casio was putting on for the best "high-tech crib."  You needed to submit a 2-minute video of your crib.  Considering how much of a geek I have been with all my gadgets, I thought I had ... http://www.dougpace.com/2008/02/22/cant-say-i-never-won-anything/ On the phone with Comcast yesterday I found out that I was at an 8mbps plan, but a 16mbps plan was available for the same price "in my area" (zip or city, don't know).   This is not information that's shared on their website, nor have I seen it publicized in ... http://www.dougpace.com/2008/02/22/finally-impressive-download-speeds/ Went to see Eldar last night. Simply amazing. Someone at work corrected me when I said he was a prodigy. He's right - too old to be called that. He's a genius.  I can not recall the last time I have been this impressed with a performer.  I have been ... http://www.dougpace.com/2008/02/07/eldar-is-amazing/ Google is currently doing something for free which is hard to refuse - hosting the email for your domain.  I have had my personal email address for so long, and fought for years to try to maintain this single email address.  This fight has been tough because free accounts such as ... http://www.dougpace.com/2007/02/28/using-gmail-for-your-own-domain-for-free/