For the past two years, I’ve been lucky enough to make it down to my home town of Baton Rouge, Louisiana for a guys weekend. The RedStick Brewmasters have their annual crawfish boil in April and it’s made for the perfect anchor to getting my buddies together and hanging out. Fresh homemade beer and all […]
Author / Michael Ashby
Clacky Types Again!
When I made the switch to the Mac back in 2006, one of the hardest things to give up was “Clacky”, my much beloved IBM Model M keyboard. Not having the Command Key, or a Windows key for that matter, was an unfortunate deal killer for me. Granted the keyboard was made in 1990, so […]
My Morning View
This is what my mornings look like most days. I have a small thermos of coffee that I bring from home and I sip on it all morning with the cup I got from Alterra when I visited Mike Rohde in Milwaukee. My wallet, which contains my iPhone as well (BookBook) sits in front of […]
I’m Having A Level 42 Flashback
Syncopation = CHECK Tight Bass and Drum = CHECK 80’s Pop Influence = CHECK Justin Bieber Song = WTF?!? Ok, this cover is just all kinds of awesome. I’m having flashbacks of Swing Out Sister or Level 42 meets Return to Forever and I’m listening to a Bieber song?
Go Read This
A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs.
Motorcycle Safety Course
Motorcycle Safety Course, a set on Flickr. It’s been awhile since I’ve ridden a motorcycle, so I opted to take the Middle Tennessee Basic Motorcycle Safety course to clear some of the cobwebs. The course comprises of a Friday evening and all-day Saturday and Sunday. There’s classroom work where you focus on the written portion […]
Go Read This
I just finished reading a link from DaringFireball and so moved by it, I had to share it on my blog. I’m at a loss of words on how to introduce these two pieces, but thankfully Gruber has done all the hard work for me. Paul Ford, back in July, a lovely gut-wrenching piece for […]
One Drop Too Many
Earlier this week, my iPhone 4 slipped out of my hands and fell on the sidewalk outside of a Chipotle restaurant. Unfortunately, it was one drop too many and the screen broke. As luck would have it, the screen still works and the phone is still functional, albeit hard to read through the cracks. My […]