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Revisiting my 2008 to-do list: amateur radio license and Mt. Rainier are done, the Rubik's cube is down to 78 seconds, and McKinley, Half Dome, the balloon project, and a back flip are still ahead.

In Adirondack Park the silence each night was a deafening ring, a static with no noise at all and no internet to blog about it. Also, I passed the FCC Element 2 exam: I'm officially KC2SUS. Now I just need a balloon and helium.

I was minding my own business on the train home when a guy sat beside me and pulled out a Zune. I scanned for logos to categorize him and spotted a Microsoft jacket. The one Zune user in the world is a Microsoft employee.

My MacBook Air just left Shanghai. Expedited shipping apparently means five days. Uggh.

Company parties always have free alcohol, and The Knitting Factory had amazing Scotch tonight. Amazing Scotch, an empty stomach, and no food. It takes surprising willpower to know you've had enough and walk away.

After ranking my five favorite web sites, the five worst seemed the logical next step. I won't link them; on judgment day I don't want to be guilty of facilitating a visit. MySpace easily takes the top slot, with auto-playing music close behind.

A friend got me thinking about the five web sites I most depend on: Google, Wikipedia, IMDB, xkcd, and Fark. Wikipedia is the closest thing we have to a real Hitchhiker's Guide. Slashdot gets an honorable mention. Got anything better?

Revisiting the standard MacBook Air complaints one by one: internal battery, low resolution, no optical drive, cost, footprint, mono speaker. My responses range from "so what" to "it doesn't have a toaster, either."

I survived another year. Go figure.