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I previously complained about Google's poor integration between their own products.  For example, I've previously blogged about how Google Voice is a fantastic service (multiple times), but it has remained separate from Google Talk, their instant messenger.  "Aren't those separate technologies?"  Not when Google Chat lets you do voice chat and send/receive messages from cell phones.  So you're left with two products that offer almost identical VOIP services that don't talk to each other.

You might have already heard the news.  This may sound like jumping on a bandwagon, but I was sad to hear it.

I recently went on a "bunker crawl" through San Francisco with my good friend Billy Coye.  We started with WWII-era fortifications but branched out to the Sutro Baths and a Nike missile site in the Marin headlands.  On this tour, I tried two new things I'd never done before: HDR, and historical overlay.  Yes, there will be pics.  :-)

Over Rosh Hashanah, I saw a girl get her cellphone stolen.  It was a fancy new iPhone and I asked the police if they could track its GPS, like in the movies, and they said no - unless it had one of those anti-theft apps.  That made me realize I need one of those apps.  And so do you.

Yesterday was Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.  (Today might be also; depends on how you keep track.)  Yelena & I decided not to go to services this year.  I know, surprising, right?  This from the guy who wears a kippah, keeps kosher, and blesses God three times a day?  Allow me to explain.