http://mike.karikas.com Mad ramblings and videos from a Seattle-based cyber-cowboy. en-us Copyright 2004-2008 Michael Karikas rss@karikas.com rss@karikas.com Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:05:00 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mike's Weary Fingers 1.0 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 -0500 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 -0500 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 -0500 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 -0500 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=140 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=140 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=139 Many of you know I've been very out of touch for the last several months while I've toiled away on an enormous web project. I'm happy to say that this site has launched, and my life can now continue as regularly scheduled! Check it out - John Daugherty, ... Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:01:00 -0500 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=139 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=139 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=138 (edit: I was listening to KEXP on the radio and they just went off the air! The DJ announced that they're setting up an HD broadcast, and to do that their engineers need to take the signal off the air for about half an hour. So now I'm listening to silen... Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:05:00 -0600 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=138 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=138 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=137 Merry Christmas and happy holidays all! As is tradition I've made a new holiday card, and you can check it out here:Check it out!All of these cards take me way too much time but I love making them! Everybody benefits.Alice and I have been going to fancy ... Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:16:00 -0600 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=137 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=137 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=136 Black Friday - the day after Thanksgiving. Oftentimes I spend the day hiding away from all contact with people, as many people turn into beasts with many hands, grabbing products and deals with voracious appetites!But this year I did go to the 'shopping a... Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:55:00 -0600 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=136 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=136 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=135 I hope this helps somebody.For a client of mine I installed Microsoft Expression Media on my computer, and the little bugger worked fine on my laptop but would crash every time I tried to add media to it on my desktop PC. Hours were spent troubleshooting ... Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:29:00 -0500 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=135 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=135 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=134 Here's a picture from my Harry Potter and the Book 7 Party Adventure tale, where I played the role of Captain Karikas the out-of-place Pirate. Click the image for a full Flickr stream!Man, this was a fun weekend. One of those weekends where you're happy ... Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:58:00 -0500 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=134 http://mike.karikas.com/index.php?blabber=134