http://mike.karikas.com Mad ramblings and videos from a Seattle-based cyber-cowboy. en-us Copyright 2004-2012 Michael Karikas rss@karikas.com rss@karikas.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:52:00 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mike's Weary Fingers 1.0 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=149 I'm going to abandon my Balrog at post #149, at least for now. I've found that communicating in 140 characters or less is just the right size, and as such, I suggest you merely check out my Twitter feed if you're curious with what's up.A few other fine li... Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:52:00 -0400 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=149 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=149 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=148 This is only relevant to Seattle people probably... I've been working on a little special tool to sort out and gather information about the songs played on KEXP. They're doing their top albums of the year tomorrow, and I just happen to have access to a bu... Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:13:00 -0500 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=148 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=148 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=147 Hey! As you certainly know September 19 was International Talk Like A Pirate Day, my favorite and most celebrated holiday of all. I spent the day w/ Alice at the Portland Pirate Festival and let me tell ya, me hearty, it was a swashbucklin' time!Got a wh... Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:58:00 -0400 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=147 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=147 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=146 Update - my bearded mug now featured on CNET and BeardHead.com!Howdy! It's been a busy year so far... lots of new sites I've been putting out, along with some fun and wedding planning. Jon and I hit the slopes last weekend for our annual Neutrino snow da... Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:07:00 -0400 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=146 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=146 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=145 This is about two weeks late, but check out my 2008 Christmas card!Last week I got back from a Christmas trip to Hawaii w/ Alice. It was rushed - half the time was spent planning our wedding there - but was still chock full of good times. We both tried s... Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:33:00 -0500 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=145 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=145 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=144 .red {color: #f00;} .blue {color: #00f;} .purp {color: #9F0078;}Check this out - I saw this digital camera that is like a (needlessly?) high-tech Polaroid. In addition to taking photos, it also prints them for you out of an attached printer.But the fantas... Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:59:00 -0500 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=144 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=144 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=143 Hey! So I'm not really here - still in the trenches of economic-craziness work rush. But I thought I'd share a few things with you.Halloween kind of snuck up on me this year, so no big plans for the first time... ever. But you know, when it comes down t... Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:05:00 -0400 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=143 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=143 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=142 So I was doing something on Google Maps yesterday and discovered something! I pulled up some directions around Seattle and was dragging the route around to try different routes (you can click on the 'route' on the map and pull it onto different streets to... Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:30:00 -0400 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=142 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=142 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=141 (looking for my engagement story? It's over here now!)I've been sick a lot lately, including this weekend, where I've given in to the conclusion that I keep getting sick because I'm overworking and overstressing... work. In defiance of work I spent the w... Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:55:00 -0400 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=141 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=141 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=140 So the big news is... one week ago today I proposed to Alice, my fantastic girlfriend of nearly three years... and she said yes! Of all the times I've driven her to tears, this has been my favorite. We're both ridiculously happy and I've just felt better... Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:09:00 -0400 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=140 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=140