| Thursday, 31 October 2002, 2:50 am Tags: Personal |
Don’t ever lock yourself out of a Lexus. But if you do, make sure you have Internet access.
I was tearing out of the studio this evening to drive down for a Jackson Brown/Tom Petty concert at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View – about 45 minutes south of here.
Yes here. I never got there. I was in such a hurry I opened the car trunk, threw everything into it, including my keys, and slammed the trunk shut. Imagine if you will, the comical look of a guy standing in the street next to a car that’s shut up as tight as a gin mill on Sunday.
I called triple A and eventually Sam came and pried the door open to loud screams from the startled car alarm. But I couldn’t open the trunk. Seems the car knows it’s been broken into and won’t let me into the trunk. In fact, it won’t let me do anything. The entire engine is shut down. Even if I had a key I’d have to reset the security to start the car. (There’s a super secret sequence involving the key, symmetrical twisting, and something that sounds a lot like the hokey pokey.)
There’s nothing more depressing than a luxury leather interior with burl wood accents that is totally immobilized.
The horn stopped honking and I stopped sobbing after a while. I called Lexus Roadside Assistance. The nice lady said I’d have to get my dealer to make a new key – there’s no magic way to get into the trunk. The car is just too damn smart. At this point I forgot the Tom Petty concert and started worrying that I’d miss my plane to Louisville tomorrow morning.
My wife, Jennifer, one hour north of here, has the only other key. Uh-oh. I called. She and the kids were carving pumpkins. How could I ask her to pack the kids in the car and drive for an hour to let me into my own car then drive back home another hour and her with a dozen cupcakes to make for school tomorrow? I asked. Fortunately, she got the bright idea of sending a cab down with the key. Dan is on his way now. It’s going to cost me $100 but what’s a guy to do?
The concert is starting right about now. I guess I might make it for the encore.
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| Sunday, 27 October 2002, 6:10 pm Tags: Announcements, Books |
In one week my book will go into its second printing. That’s a good thing; it means we’ve sold out the first printing of 50,000 copies. It also means I can correct any typos or errors in the first edition.
Laura and I have been going through it, and we’ve found some errors. If you’ve found any yourself, please let me know. Send me an email or add a comment to this blog entry. No error is too small to ignore – I want to make the second edition perfect!
I’ll send a Leoville mug and t-shirt to the person who finds the most errors.
Thanks for your help!
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| Friday, 25 October 2002, 3:17 pm Tags: |
Gary Rockrohr from Joplin, MO send me this awesome skin for Windows Media Player. Nice job, Gary, and thanks!
Right-click the thumbnail and select “Save Link target as…” to download the screensavers.wmz file. Double-click the WMZ file to install it into the skins folder.
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| Tuesday, 22 October 2002, 7:08 pm Tags: Announcements |
A programming note… I’m taking today off to take Henry to game 3 of the World Series. Henry plays for the Angels in Little League, so he’ll be rooting for the Angels. But as a concession to me he’ll be wearing a Giants warm-up jacket to offset his Angels cap. I’ll post pictures if we don’t get beat up.
I’ll be back on the show tomorrow.
Go Giants!
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| Friday, 18 October 2002, 12:39 pm Tags: Advertising, Apple, BMW |
I know I’m just falling for BMW’s viral marketing ploy, but I can’t help but admire the clever ad campaign they’ve created just for web junkies. If you like a good mystery, visit the Apple MPEG-4 page and click on the :k: link at the bottom. Just remember, like a polar bear in a snow storm, not all is as it seems.
Thanks to RyanR who pointed this out on the message boards. For bonus fun try Tron20.net. (Thanks to trallyus for that one.)
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| Wednesday, 9 October 2002, 11:45 pm Tags: Screen Savers, TechTV, Wallpaper |
Thanks to Darryl Harris who sent me this lovely autumnal Screen Savers wallpaper. Click the thumbnail to get the full size image then save as wallpaper.
Incidentally, we’ve posted high quality copies of the original on The Screen Savers web site.
The TechTV wallpaper for PocketPC that Patrick showed you yesterday is available from PocketPC Themes. There’s another one here. Thanks Foo Fighter!
(Yes, Patrick did show my cell phone number on the air when he showed you the theme. Thanks for all the messages!)
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| Tuesday, 8 October 2002, 7:21 pm Tags: Announcements, Appearances, Call For Help, TechTV |
A quick programming note: I’ll be hosting Call For Help on Friday while Chris is on vacation. That’s 10/11 at 5p Eastern.
Also Patrick and I will be making a rare appearance in the San Francisco Bay Area, at the Best Buy in Dublin, on Saturday, November 16. It’ll probably be from noon to two. And because it’s a local appearance we’re hoping to get the entire Screen Savers crew there, too! That’ll be a real first.
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| Saturday, 5 October 2002, 8:42 am Tags: Screen Savers, TechTV, Video |
Here are a couple more videos – these are from tonight’s show but from behind the scenes. First Patrick and Morgan get ready for a segment:
This is at the end of the segment from the in-studio audience’s point of view:
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