Category Archives: life

2008 year in review

By Matt Jacob | Published: January 5, 2009
We’re already almost a week into 2009, so I thought it would be appropriate to look back and remember all the things that happened in 2008. It seems like not so long ago when I was doing the same thing for 2007, and if past experience is any indication, 2009 will be the same way. In [...]
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A longer status update

By Matt Jacob | Published: September 17, 2008
I guess there’s been a lack of updates lately, but only because I’ve been pretty busy. That doesn’t mean that I haven’t been doing other things online, though! If you follow me on Twitter, Jaiku, Pownce, or one of the other social networking sites I belong to, you’ll notice that I’m still posting several status [...]
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Help me name the beast

By Matt Jacob | Published: August 17, 2008
No, I’m not talking about that. Get your minds out of the gutter. Jeez! I’m talking about the motorcycle, obviously. My dad and I were doing some routine maintenance last weekend (thanks again, Dad), and it dawned on me that my new mode of transportation is still without a proper name. The name needs to be [...]
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Perils of being a tech worker

By Matt Jacob | Published: August 14, 2008
Tucson got pounded with what was arguably the best storm of the entire summer last night. We’re talking horizontal rain, winds that almost knocked my bike over, and flooding all over the place. Oh, and power outages. Lots and lots of power outages. Power was out at my apartment last night from about 8:00 p.m. until [...]
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Shifting into fifth for the first time

By Matt Jacob | Published: July 27, 2008
Since I’ve talked about it enough during the past three or four weeks, most of my loyal readers know that I recently purchased a motorcycle. That was almost two weeks ago. Well, this weekend, I finally started learning how to ride it. And it is fun. It’s more fun than I could have imagined, and [...]
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The absence of clutter

By Matt Jacob | Published: July 20, 2008
I cleaned the living room today and finally got rid of the last of the boxes and various piles of crap (not literally, don’t worry) left over from the move… which was two months ago. But now the room is completely empty except for a few random instruments stashed away in the corner. I have no [...]
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