Dion: “Yeah, Ben has a ten-year-old picture of himself on his blog.” I hadn’t realized that I looked any different. Ouch.
Irony is…
I get a badge so I can enter a client’s secure facility. As an employee walks me over to test it, we notice the main door is propped open with a dead-bolt. He closes the dead-bolt and shuts the door so we can test my new badge. After the door successfully opens and we walk […]
The Shrinking Scrollbar
I’ve just recently come back home after a month on the road. Consequently, I’m running behind on a few things, such as my email. Ah yes. My email. I hate email. I find my emotional state is governed too often by my email. Or more specifically, the vertical scrollbar in the email application. What I […]
Anti-Semitic Quote of the Week
I recently watched the excellent “Judgment at Nuremberg” and so was interested to see that the lead translator during the trials in Nuremberg, Richard W. Sonnenfeldt, has written a book detailing his experiences and is giving a lecture in New Jersey next week. A summary of his experiences in a local newspaper reveals some fascinating […]
The Fish are Bigger in NYC
Seen on a random night on a random street in mid-town: Two Bentleys, one of which was left parked over-night on the side of a busy street sandwiched between a Hyundai and a Honda. In a parking garage on the same street on the same night: another Bentley and an Aston Martin DB9. Mercedes Benz […]
Watching the Car Rental Train Wreck in Slow-Motion
I’m a big fan of today’s travel-friendly world. I fly a bit more than I’d like, but I’m very happy that I can regularly leave my house an hour before a flight, drive 25 minutes to the airport, and walk onto the plane 25 minutes before takeoff (don’t try that in a big city). Normally, […]
When 24 is not 24…
Driving around mid-town Manhattan at 3 am. Turn into parking garage with big “Open 24 Hours” sign. Closed. Back-up, avoiding a collision with one of the many pedestrians walking around on the surprisingly lively streets. Drive one block. Look before turning into second garage with big “Open 24 Hours” sign. Closed. Repeat with a third. […]
Thoughts on the Apple TV
There are dozens of great reviews of the Apple TV out there. I echo Walt Mossberg’s review: just worked, streams like a dream from any computer in the house, and finally offers my wife a way to use our digital content without me around to help. I have some additional observations: The kids love the […]
Still Married with Children
I’ve decided to rename my blog from “Married… with Children” to the boring-yet-more-informative “Ben Galbraith’s Blog”. But don’t worry, I’m still happily married with a whole pile of kids to show for it.
Sony HDR-UX1 Camcorder
UPDATE: iMovie ’08 now supports AVCHD. Just in time for the holidays, our old JVC miniDV camcorder broke. We used it just a handful of times in the years since we purchased it, but we’re convinced that now we’re finally ready to start recording all those home movies that friends and relatives love to watch. […]
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