Michael Barrett @ Abouthalf.com

The missus and I enjoy our AppleTV quite a bit. We have it plugged into an older tube TV (with component video plugs) and we use it to watch whatever new series we like that isn’t out on Netflix yet, and to rent movies periodically. Between the AppleTV and Netflix (and the Watch Instantly feature) [...]

I was heading upstairs from the laundry room after putting some clothes in. I was waiting for the elevator. I looked through the front-door window and saw what appeared to be a man, lying on his back on the sidewalk. I looked again. Yep. Definitely a man. Yep. Definitely not moving. I went out and [...]

Wedding Photos

Abouthalf.com has been quiet lately, and will remain quiet until after 8-4-2007. See you then.

“Art School Confidential” looks close enough to home to be darn funny. Sounds like it too.

I ran across this today:http://davidweiss.blogspot.com/2006/04/tour-of-microsofts-mac-lab.html Basically a virtual tour of the Mac lab at Microsoft. Pretty impressive. It reminds me a little of when I was teaching (though our lab was a little — er — less well equipped) It’s also a good reminder that Microsoft and Apple are not mortal enemies, or polar opposites. [...]

On Saturday, some friends and I did the SOLV beach clean up out at Cannon Beach. The idea was to be socially responsible and kick around at the beach all at the same time. We brought the dog, picked up some trash, and had all around nice time. Next time I’ll try to get there [...]

I used to pride myself in my shaving routine. I purchased fancy frenchy shaving soaps and used a fancy brush to apply, and shaved with a fancy 7 blade Turbo Mach Extreme! (trade mark, all rights reserved, dot com) I reconstituted an old blog post for reference… I moved on to try salon shaving gel, [...]

I recently purchased the “multi-pass” of “the Daily Show” and “the Colbert Report” from the iTunes. I love this idea. I get to watch two of the only shows on t.v. worth watching, for $20, instead of $45 a month (I’m looking at you, Comcast.) However yesterday the most recent episode of the Daily Show [...]

I’ve been tuning in to this blog, Gaping Void which is written by a reformed(?) advertising guy out of London. He draws these really good cartoons, typically on business cards. Funny, spot-on. The whole nine. Then he writes about this idea of blogging as a advertising/marketing killer (much the way that an iRiver is an [...]