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You be the judge- -check out more photos of Margaret.

To be specific, I’ve misplaced the myopenid credentials I need to log into my Zooomr account. The ‘Contact’ link in the Zooomr about page hasn’t been lit up yet (not the sort of thing you want to neglect if you’re out to win hearts and minds), and the myopenid help hasn’t repsonded yet.

Anyone know how I can get some resolution here? If I can’t figure this out by tomorrow I may have to get on the horn and get Thomas Hawk to help me out!

A Glorious Murcielago
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You’ve got to Love the absurdity of southern California. Cruising from Hollywood to Hermosa Beach this past Sunday, this pumpkin escobarsupercar rolls past in the carpool lane. I think it’s the air intake ‘ears’ behind the windows that open up at speed that I like the most.

Work has been swallowing the lion share of my time over the past couple weeks. We’re working on a major update for 10 that should hit the street soon. It’s very exciting, as this new iteration of the site will feature more writing and video on my part (about time after my introduction).

When I haven’t been trying to tame the mechanical bull that is my job description, I’ve been trimming my waistline in the gym. Over time it has become clear to me that selfishness is a motivator like no other, and so the desire to fit into a one-piece leather jumpsuit has pushed quite effectively.

Speaking of motorbikes, Dusty and I will be departing directly from the Stanford mall next Sunday to experience the glory that is Moto GP. I’ll be packing a shiny new lens for my D50, so my pictures this time round stand to be significantly better than last years photos.

Yesterday Slate published a great article about the production of Miami Vice, which illuminates some of the absurd lengths Michael Mann goes to in order to entertain us. Any of you who are in the valley on August 6th drop a comment, because I’ll be fighting jetlag and anything else that stands in my way to see it as soon as I’m back from Europe.

Finally, the most unfortunately valuable woman in radio Terry Gross managed to get Thom Yorke on Fresh Air. It’s certainly worth a listen, as Thom’s public interviews are few and far between.

Last night I braved the traffic into Seattle en route to the Satellite Lounge. There I met a cool Microsoft cat named Jordan Schwartz to test a piece of software he calls Pixie Hunt.

Shortly after I arrived Jordan explained the rules of the game and placed me on the team with Lars, Jen, and Brady. Our team got off to a slow start, but it wasn’t long before we took the lead and marched our way to victory 90 minutes later.

After a nacho-fuelled debriefing I excused myself to make my way back east. Before I left though, Brady clued me into the Where 2.0 conference he’s putting together next week. Some very intriguing talks are scheduled so far, as well as the Where Fair (the geeks really are taking that word back from its deep-fried mid-west roots.)

Many many thanks go out to Jordan, Brady, and everyone else who played last night! Hopefully next week I’ll be down in San Jose to see the larger-scale game in action.