How Unfortunate

So, if you’ve seen my phone lately, you will notice that my screen is slowly (but most definitely surely) going white. While looking for firmware hacks tonight, I find this little nugget on Samsung’s support site for my phone:
Can I Change The Screen Contrast Or Brightness Of The Display On My SGH-e715?
Unfortunately there is no [...]

Restaurant Inspections Online for King County

Ever wanted to know how your favorite restaurant stacks up to the health code standards in King County? Check out this link to Food Protection Program Online Results
Some places that might be of interest:

Best of Bento
Tokyo Garden
Burger Hut
Than Brothers Pho
Jack in the Box (on the Ave)

Well, just thought it was interesting and that I would [...]

Half Way There

Well, it’s a little after 3:30pm and I just realized it’s my half birthday. +1 for being observant, Ryan.

Detroit Hawk City!

Well, it took 30 years, but the Seattle Seahawks are finally going to the Super Bowl! The game today was great, as usual, and I am really stoked that they are going. The last time that a hometown team was close to the Superbowl was the 1998 Minnesota Vikings, but Gary Anderson missed a last [...]

Amazon Wishlist 0.5 Released

A small update, but a few people have requested the ability to change the size of the image. Well, I’m happy to report that you now have three image sizes to pick from (small, medium, and large). To do this, set the $imgSize variable in the amazon-wishlist.php plug-in before uploading and you’re all set!
Next up [...]

Review: Azura Asian Bistro

This morning, after deciding that we didn’t want a typical breakfast, Jamie and I made a venture to Azura Asian Bistro at the bottom of First Hill. We’ve been getting flyers in the ValuPak for a couple weeks now and we decided that their lunch buffet ($9.90 on Sat & Sun 11a-3p) would be a [...]

Beta Invites

Well, I have some beta invites for the taking, if people want them. Here’s what I’ve got to offer:

Blue.us - Social networking site (10 Invites for @u.washington.edu e-mails)
Newsvine - It’s in private beta. Site is all about news and user promoted news stories (20 Invites)
MSN Messenger Live - In Beta. (8 Invites - must be [...]