Archives / June, 2007

Boned by the iPhone

My friend Jud scored an 8Gb iPhone for me this evening (thanks again!), and I picked it up a couple hours ago. Finally got it home, unpacked it, wow is it a beautiful piece of hardware. Then I connected it to iTunes and I went through the activation process but got stuck at the last…

My New Favorite Gadget (no, not the iPhone)

I’m sure you were expecting me to talk about the iPhone, but I will refrain, mostly.  My friend Jud is actually waiting in line at the Apple Store in Boulder and graciously offered to buy me one (thanks Jud!) if there are any 8GB models left.  I predict that they will under-allocate the 8GB models…

I am an expert axe thrower…

Before the age of the internet, I had never encountered another Ryan McIntyre. I thought it was a relatively rare name. But now that I live in the global village (and subscribe to a vanity search for my name on Google Alerts), I have come to realize that there are many Ryan McIntyres out there…

What Would Scooby Do?

In the years after Excite went public (way back in 1996) each of my co-founders responded to their sudden newfound wealth in different ways. Naturally, as single young males, several of us decided to buy fancy cars. I bought a Porsche, a couple other guys bought Ferraris, while my buddy Martin (a true iconoclast) instead…