Reading Material

Books

Here’s my pending book list:

  • The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria
  • (more later… evaluating a few widgets to present this in a less boring way than a list)

Magazines

I currently subscribe to and regularly read:

  • The New Yorker
  • ACM Communications
  • IEEE Spectrum
  • Seattle Metropolitan
  • Stanford Magazine (perk from the alumni association membership)

Sites I Read

It’s hard to have a definitive list of sites I frequent, but here are the sites whose homepages or RSS feeds I check dailiy:

  • Tech
    • Engadget
    • GigaOm
    • ReadWriteWeb
    • NewTeeVee
    • OSNews
    • The Boy Genius Report
    • The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
    • PMP Today
    • Wireless Sensor Networks
  • News
    • BBC
    • New York Times
    • CNN
    • Hacker News
  • Culture
    • SepiaMutiny
    • The New Yorker
    • Huffington Post
    • The Atlantic
  • Productivity
    • Lifehacker
    • 43 Folders
    • Zen Habits
  • Venture
    • TechCrunch
    • VentureBeat
    • Ask the VC
    • Venture Hacks
    • John Cook’s Venture Blog

Tools I Use

  • Mac OS X (Leopard)
  • VMWare Fusion
  • NeoOffice
  • Firefox 3 + assorted plugins
  • NetNewsWire
  • iPhoto
  • iTunes
  • twhirl
  • Microsoft Vista Ultimate
  • Microsoft Groove
  • Microsoft Office 2007

My Toys

Gadgets

  • Laptop: 15.4″ Macbook Pro @ 2.2 GHz with 4GB RAM and 120GB HD
  • Desktop: Aging, 4+ year old Athlon XP-based system running Vista that is usually turned off
  • Display: 24″ Acer with HDMI and DVI inputs
  • Camera: Canon SD870IS
  • Video Games: Xbox 360 Elite, Wii + Wii Fit
  • Music: iPod, 40GB 4th generation from HP
  • Phone: HTC TyTyn (waiting for the Blackberry Bold to get released…) Apple 3G iPhone – 16GB

Car

  • My baby, a 2006 Infiniti G35 Sedan
  • Mods: Dropped on unrevised OEM 350Z springs, Stillen sway bars, HKS exhaust, 35% tint up front, 20% tint around the back, iPod hookup to my stereo/nav system, Racing Hart C4 3-piece wheels