Personal

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Sunday, June 22, 2008, 12:34pm

Gutters Cleaned, Bed Put Together

Today I cleaned out the gutters just in time for the huge storm that’s just passing through now.  I also finished putting together the MANDAL bed from IKEA in the master bedroom.  Next I’ll be painting and re-trimming the entire upstairs.

I’m also weighing ripping up the floor and putting down new hardwood or at least refinishing the existing, but perhaps in the meantime I’ll stick with area rugs like this one by FLOR.

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Thursday, June 12, 2008, 10:41pm

My First House Project: Tree Removal

I just had almost two dozen trees cut down around the new house and it’s opened up the yard so drastically it’s almost unbelievable.  Sure, it’s not exactly a cool project, and yes, the yard looks shockingly horrible, but the only way to finish a race is to line up at the starting gate, no?

House shot after first four are down

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Thursday, May 22, 2008, 12:47pm

Doodle 4 Google

Unbelievable. I wish I had this type of creativity. Take a look at these designs.

Doodle 4 Google

Doodle 4 Google is a competition where we invite K-12 students to reinvent Google’s homepage logo. This year we asked U.S. kids to doodle around the theme “What if…?”

Our winning doodle, selected from over 16,000 entries, was created by Grace Moon, a 6th grader at Canyon Middle School from Castro Valley, California. Grace’s lovely doodle, “Up in the Clouds,” will grace our homepage, Google.com, on May 22nd, 2008.

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 8:25pm

Home Office v1.0

ikea-office.pngI’m about 75% finished putting together the brand new home office, anchored by the IKEA Mikael office set, and I’m pretty pleased how things are coming out considering the entire room cost less than $500. In fact, I’m so happy with my purchases I don’t understand why anyone would want to spend thousands of dollars on their home office unless it was to buy a new computer, printer, and speaker system.

Hopefully with this dedicated office space I’ll be able to separate my work from my sleeping and relaxing spaces. That’s always been a problem for me - I would sit up in my bed late at night doing work before going to sleep, but I never could fall asleep right away. Now I have a room for work, a room for play, and a room for sleep. Perfect.

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 10:12pm

The Retro Design Is Back

Just like I promised, the black/white/red theme was, in fact, temporary, and has been replaced with an updated version of my favorite theme of the past.  To celebrate the new look, I went ahead and purchased MarsEdit to take care of all my blog posting needs.  I love the clean UI and the Markdown support, so I finally caved and bought it.  Yep, I consider it a business expense.

I really like this design because it’s more personal.  The image at the top was taken at sunrise in Wildwood, NJ, where I’ve vacationed with my parents practically since birth.  The color scheme is better suited to a website with the word “sunrise” in it, which I also like.

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