http://adam.haberlach.org I've got Rants in my Pants! Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:43:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, I guess that's not entirely true.  Anyway, while I felt like I was, a few months ago, about to usher in a whole new era of cranking out regular content, ranging from book reports to musings on my Australian adventure, that is yet to come. I've been pretty busy with ... http://adam.haberlach.org/2009/11/02/alas-no-rest-for-the-wicked/ This was breakfast this morning: 2 eggs "fried well done" ("over hard" if you're in America) bacon (Australian Bacon: it's like American Bacon and Canadian Bacon got together for a weekend in Vegas that they refuse to talk about) Sausage Sauteed Mushrooms Baked Beans Toast Grilled Tomato Hashbrown Do you want to know the scary thing?  This is the ... http://adam.haberlach.org/2009/06/13/it-comes-in-a-bigger-size/ I moved to Sydney four months ago, ostensibly to be the Site Test Lead and bring up a new team.  Nearly half the office has been involved in a secret and crazy project, and we've finally launched. It's pretty neat, and you can watch the Keynote Demo: (pay particular attention to Athena's ... http://adam.haberlach.org/2009/05/29/what-ive-been-doing/ Why do we do what we do? Well, why not. This book explores a lot of the decisions we make from day to day from a rigorously experimental perspective. While it doesn't always answer the "Why", it can frequently tell you how much, or at least confirm your suspicions. ... http://adam.haberlach.org/2009/05/22/book-report-predictably-irrational/ It's a day or two late to officially blog on the day, but Linda and I just celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary. It really does feel like the time has flown by. I'm not sure if it's just because I've been really busy with being part of a ... http://adam.haberlach.org/2009/05/22/4-years-and-still-going/ As part of a running series, I'll talk about some things that we pretty much couldn't live with during our stay here in Australia. I would say that the first in this list is my Kindle -- it lets me get my U.S. periodicals here down under and it ... http://adam.haberlach.org/2009/05/13/things-you-need-apple-itunes-store/ http://adam.haberlach.org/2009/05/12/15-minutes-of-australian-beer-humor/ Japan's Feudal-era caste system still causing issues today in ways you wouldn't expect. This just struck me as interesting. When Google Earth added historical maps of Japan to its online collection last year, the search giant didn't expect a backlash. The finely detailed woodblock prints have been around for centuries, they were ... http://adam.haberlach.org/2009/05/11/stuff-you-probably-didnt-know/ I'm actually not sure where I was when Columbine "happened", although I can remember seeing the footage on television and hearing a lot about the Trench Coat Mafia. Dave Cullen's Columbine is one of the best-written nonfiction books I've read in a long time period, and is an excellent treatment of ... http://adam.haberlach.org/2009/05/06/book-report-columbine/ So, I guess I'm officially an expat, or at least have been since late January when we arrived in Australia, and started setting up camp.  Between that and work, things have been busy enough that I've rarely had time to do much that contributes to the Internet, so I'm trying ... http://adam.haberlach.org/2009/05/02/living-the-expat-life/