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Choices
Still up in the air
Finish one of the dozen less trashy (non-fiction or literature) books I'm in the middle of. leads over
Another trashy summer sci fi book (3 years ago)
Steal the couch for my office leads over
Stick with the desk chairs, no one else has a couch (3 years ago)
Get something small and sporty (but still fiscally responsible) like a used Miata. Don't worry about looking like you are having a mid-life crisis. leads over
Buy another small to midsized car, maybe a "sport wagon", that we wouldn't have to replace when we have kids. (3 years ago)
Set in stone
I picked
Blackberry Pearl (or another Blackberry model, please comment)
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Windows Mobile (please comment on specific model) (3 years ago)
I got the new Blackberry Curve
I picked
Helpfully update my information in their system over
Ignore the request, plaxo isn't to be trusted with my contact info, and certainly not helped
(3 years ago)
I decided to do
Something else rather than
Black/Black or
Black/Steel
(3 years ago)
I got the Olive one.
I picked
Tell myself I'm sure to get inspired/motivated this year
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Admit defeat and let some squatter take it (3 years ago)
I picked
Switch to NetNewsWire over
Stick with Bloglines
(3 years ago)
I'm loving Net news Wire
I picked
Figure out how to rent a car and drive around, it's the American way (and I like road trips) over
Use trains and other public transit, it's the European way (and I've never done it)
(3 years ago)
Looking at trains for the long trips, and cars for a day at a time.
I picked
Fly direct to Barcelona and spend time around there. over
Fly to somewhere else and use planes/trains/automobiles to tour around and be in Barcelona on the appointed day.
(3 years ago)
Fly to barcelona, and promptly go somewhere else for a while.
I picked
Buydig.com
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BeachCamera.com (3 years ago)
I picked
Buy it from Microcenter, a brick and mortor store with a reasonable reputation, for $719 ($755 after tax)
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But it from a sketchy internet vendor with whom I've never done business, for $619 (no shipping, probably no tax) (3 years ago)
I picked
No, more industry experience or getting an MBA would be a better use of your time.
over
Yes, a PhD will make your research-orientation easier to explain, and help you with starting companies and that sort of thing. (3 years ago)
I picked
No, competent engineers will be fine. over
Yes, uniformity is the only way to assure good taste.
(3 years ago)
I picked
No, you'll confuse some Mac-centric application and regret it
over
Yes, reformat so you never get caught with a unix-centric source tree you can't check out/build (3 years ago)
Realized I could probably create a disk image if I ever needed a case-sensitive filesystem.
I decided to do
Something else rather than
In Dan Katz's voluminous rectum or
In Dan Katz's still-beating heart
(3 years ago)
I picked
gmail, which she could access from anywhere, but is stuck in the web interface
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a pay service like fastmail.fm, that would give her an imap account and webmail, so she could use Mail.app at home (3 years ago)
I picked
Chinese
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Japanese (3 years ago)
I picked
Spanish
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Chinese (3 years ago)
I picked
Go see Pursuit of Happiness with my wife and her parents, which is compatible with feeling tired.
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Convince my wife to go out clubbing with friends, which may lead to falling asleep at a dance club (I've done it before). (3 years ago)
I picked
Male
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Female (3 years ago)
I picked
No
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Yes (3 years ago)
I picked
Spend 13 hours watching all 26 episodes, to fully understand all the details over
Spend 4 hours watching the two movies, which summarize the original series
(3 years ago)
I picked
CTO over
VP of Engineering
(3 years ago)
Probably both, but CTOs seem to have more fun, and I'm a stronger technologist than manager.
I decided to do
Something else rather than
Consume! or
It's nice to want things
(3 years ago)
Found a cheaper television recommended by consumer reports, buyhing that one (Olevia 532H)
I picked
get Verizon FiOS
over
stick with comcast (3 years ago)
I picked
those are legitimate uses of the phrase, and it is google's fault if their NLP engine isn't smart enough
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that's definitely cheating (3 years ago)
I picked
yes, wait
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no, buy something now (3 years ago)
I picked
Thinkpad T over
Thinkpad X
(3 years ago)
I picked
macbook
over
thinkpad (3 years ago)
I picked
macbook
over
thinkpad (3 years ago)
I picked
kendall is closer to CSAIL and parking over
central has better restaurants
(3 years ago)
I picked
take her to my inlaws over
leave her home
(3 years ago)
I picked
build a PIC programmer before I forget how to solder
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build some web application in my spare time (3 years ago)
I picked
start a research lab
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stay on a management track (3 years ago)
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