Puppies, Flowers, Rainbows and Kittens

The code name for Windows Mobile 6 is “crossbow.” Crossbow is a weed killer used for killing blackberries.  

They stare across puget sound at each other like jealous lovers, but really they are more like brother and sister. Cutters gets the tourist traffic and serves the cruise-boat-crowd and Sleepless-In-Seattle-wannabes expensive seafood, while Salty’s gets the locals and serves them expensive seafood. In both cases you are paying for the view and in both [...]

The Seattle Times: Real Estate: Fewer can afford to buy a house in King County, report says Foreclosures up sharply in state, Seattle area I’ve been saying this for years. The median home price in Seattle has far eclipsed the median income. This means that it is becoming impossible for people working in the area [...]

(this message is in response to my earlier iTunes quandry post) you’d think an old unix dude like me could remember about symlinks! luckily, iTunes puts all podcasts under a single root. I think video might work that way too. I’m gonna try that first.

I really like iTunes. Mostly because of the metadata and organization, plus being able to add scripts. The one thing that bugs me is that you can’t split up the library across different hard drives while maintaining the auto-organize feature. I’d love to put my music on one drive, my video on the other, and [...]