Introducing WordAds

Reblogged from WordPress.com News:

Over the years one of the most frequent requests on WordPress.com has been to allow bloggers to earn money from their blog through ads. We’ve resisted advertising so far because most of it we had seen wasn’t terribly tasteful, and it seemed like Google’s AdSense was the state-of-the-art, which was sad. You pour a lot of time and effort into your blog and you deserve better. Well we think we’ve cracked it, and we’re calling it WordAds. Blogs are unique and they shouldn’t be treated like every other page on …

Finally!

Quail with jalapeño and raisins

iCam concept turns your iPhone 5 into a point-and-shoot killer

Reblogged from 9to5Mac:

When author of the official ‘Steve Jobs’ bio, Walter Isaacson, sat down for an interview with Fortune earlier this month, we learned that Steve Jobs had three key industries he wanted to reinvent: the television, textbooks, and photography. We’ve certainly heard a lot of rumors about an iTV in the works, and Apple has arguably already done a lot for the textbook business, despite Jobs having loftier goals for the industry as a whole. While the iPhone 4S’s redesigned camera might be good enough to get an …

White chocolate caramel macadamia nut cheesecake

Avocado egg rolls

It must be the accent

Reblogged from 9to5Mac:

Microsoft’s Craig Mundie shoved his foot knee deep in his mouth this week when he said that Siri was nothing special, and Microsoft’s own voice capabilities have been around for over a year.  The reason for Siri’s success?  Marketing, of course. People are infatuated with Apple announcing it. It’s good marketing, but at least as the technological capability you could argue that Microsoft has had a similar capability in Windows Phones for more than a year, since Windows Phone 7 was introduced. To be …

Turkey sandwich with cream cheese and sweet potato fries

Turducken!

STP Car

On my desk in Houston.

Patch panel

Salmon and shrimp with spinach

Cobb salad at Onion Creek

90% of Vegetable Varieties Gone Forever?

Reblogged from in.gredients:

Playing favorites – we’re all doing it. On every level, from the farmers to the shoppers, Americans are becoming more and more selective about exactly which kind of cucumber, tomato, or lettuce they want. This chart from National Geographic is based on a study conducted in 1983 that demonstrated that 90% of the vegetable varieties that we ate one hundred years ago are now extinct. As a nation we’re relying on just “a handful of commercial varieties of fruits and vegetables.” This is not good news. Whether …

Tacos Guadalajara

Houston clouds

The King on his Throne

Reblogged from Who is Scout?:

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Jay-Z US GQ Men of the Year Issue/December 2011 Photographed by Nathaniel Goldberg Jay says that even songs like “Niggas in Paris”—the one with the Blades of Glory samples and the crazy-consumptive What’s Gucci, my nigga? What’s Louis, my killa? hook—or “Otis,” where Kanye actually refers to what they’re doing as “luxury rap,” effectively handing detractors a stick to beat the record with, come from a humble place. “It’s not, like, ‘We’re here! We’re balling harder than everybody,’ ” he says. “It’s …

Fung Lum airport breakfast

New Kindle Touch

Liking it so far.

Turkey pasta bolognese, spaghetti squash

Augustine Kofie show at White Walls

Cobb salad

Sushi

Limon ceviche

The front camera on the 4s is pretty good

Playing around at my desk.