Jul
23
7:30pm
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Dinner at Mistral with Lisa & my mom. We got gifts. My mom got me my favorite brand of oatmeal, Maypo, & she got Lisa a fun makeup bag.
Dinner at Mistral with Lisa & my mom. We got gifts. My mom got me my favorite brand of oatmeal, Maypo, & she got Lisa a fun makeup bag.

Jul
23
3:30pm
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3 speech patterns I wish I didn't notice

My life would be easier if it didn’t hurt so much to hear the following recurring issues:

  1. Misuse of Less & Fewer: Fewer of something discrete. Less of something uncountable. I feel like this is just as bad as mixing up “I” and “me”, but it’s a much more common mistake.
  2. “A whole ‘nother”: ‘Nother is not a word. It’s surprising how often smart people say that.
  3. The addition of “… kinda thing” in lieu of finishing one’s sentence: As in “The lunch was a chicken salad, turkey, and ham… kinda thing.” I’m usualy 80% clear on what the speaker is getting at, but I could hit 100% if they’d just actually say what they mean.

Does this stuff bother anyone else?


Jul
23
3:18pm
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Any Mac user that isn’t using TextExpander obviously doesn’t care about productivity. I’ve had mine since 2/07, and I couldn’t live without it anymore. I really notice its absence when typing on my iPhone. Hopefully, their service can somehow be integrated into future versions of Apple’s OS.
Any Mac user that isn’t using TextExpander obviously doesn’t care about productivity. I’ve had mine since 2/07, and I couldn’t live without it anymore. I really notice its absence when typing on my iPhone. Hopefully, their service can somehow be integrated into future versions of Apple’s OS.

Jul
23
9:57am
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Foam peanut - Wikipedia

Looking into foam peanuts for work this morning. That’s never something I was able to say in consulting or at Apple :-)

Jul
21
4:32pm
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Here’s a neat pan I just stitched together of the view from our suite at the Hotel Roosevelt this weekend. It’s a little too wide to appreciate at this size, but if you click into it, you’ll see a larger version. As you may be able to tell, the “scene” around the pool is surreal. Locals and vacationers alike crowd around this trendy area, and nearly all of them are as beautiful as the surroundings. It felt like we were on the set of a movie. There were a handful of pro athlete and celebrity sightings, too.

Here’s a neat pan I just stitched together of the view from our suite at the Hotel Roosevelt this weekend. It’s a little too wide to appreciate at this size, but if you click into it, you’ll see a larger version.

As you may be able to tell, the “scene” around the pool is surreal. Locals and vacationers alike crowd around this trendy area, and nearly all of them are as beautiful as the surroundings. It felt like we were on the set of a movie. There were a handful of pro athlete and celebrity sightings, too.


Jul
20
8:36pm
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I uploaded all the pics from the weekend’s activties to Flickr. Most of the shots I took were from Saturday night at Les Deux (like the above). This shot cracks me up because the girls in front were pulled into the picture right before it was taken. I’ve never met them.
I uploaded all the pics from the weekend’s activties to Flickr. Most of the shots I took were from Saturday night at Les Deux (like the above). This shot cracks me up because the girls in front were pulled into the picture right before it was taken. I’ve never met them.

Jul
19
6:01pm
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At a Sox/Angels game in Anaheim that my brother organized. There’s like 16 of us. This is pretty much a perfect afternoon.
At a Sox/Angels game in Anaheim that my brother organized. There’s like 16 of us. This is pretty much a perfect afternoon.

Jul
19
1:13pm
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The site of my bachelor party: The Marilyn Monroe suite at the Hotel Roosevelt in LA
The site of my bachelor party: The Marilyn Monroe suite at the Hotel Roosevelt in LA

Jul
17
9:10am
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Work life creeping into personal life? Try a battery-only weekend

Clever idea for how to avoid spending too much time on the computer over a weekend. Probably not a problem for most people, though.

Jul
15
12:46pm
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Taking some conference calls and talking shop with Craig on our beautiful drive back from NYC. Subway absolutely aced my turkey sandwich, too.
Taking some conference calls and talking shop with Craig on our beautiful drive back from NYC. Subway absolutely aced my turkey sandwich, too.

Jul
15
12:22am
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This woman’s 10 seats away & she just took one, HARD, between the eyes.
This woman’s 10 seats away & she just took one, HARD, between the eyes.

Jul
15
12:12am
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My seat for the home-run derby. This area’s a zoo, but the sunset’s impressive.
My seat for the home-run derby. This area’s a zoo, but the sunset’s impressive.

Jul
13
9:59pm
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The top Google searches that lead to hits on MaximumAlexBain.com in the last month. #4 and #6 are unusual, but easily explained by text in some posts. #10 is difficult to explain. I can confidently say that I’ve never typed that phrase, and I googled it and don’t see any links to my site. The best I can come up with is that this is intended to be a very subtle form of flattery from Google Analytics :-) [By the way, I can’t imagine why so many people are Googling the phrase “MaximumAlexBain.com”. Why wouldn’t they just go right to the site?]

The top Google searches that lead to hits on MaximumAlexBain.com in the last month. #4 and #6 are unusual, but easily explained by text in some posts.

#10 is difficult to explain. I can confidently say that I’ve never typed that phrase, and I googled it and don’t see any links to my site.

The best I can come up with is that this is intended to be a very subtle form of flattery from Google Analytics :-)

[By the way, I can’t imagine why so many people are Googling the phrase “MaximumAlexBain.com”. Why wouldn’t they just go right to the site?]


Jul
13
7:19pm
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Waiting for an outdoor table at Daedelus with Lisa. It’s the perfect night for it.
Waiting for an outdoor table at Daedelus with Lisa. It’s the perfect night for it.

Jul
13
12:31pm
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Walking from Cambridge to Fenway while jammimg to tunes on a perfect summer day.
Walking from Cambridge to Fenway while jammimg to tunes on a perfect summer day.