My Favorite Oscar Moment

I love the movie "Once" and the acceptance speeches by its two stars (Glen Hansard Marketa Irglova) were the best of the Oscars!

Google at Disneyland!

This year our company trip was at the happiest place on earth: Disneyland! We had the park to ourselves from 7pm to 1am. Though there was a party with drinks and a band, it was much more fun to see how many rides I could get on before the park closed.

Here is how I did:

Space Mountain: 3 times
Matterhorn: 2
Indiana Jones: 2
Hollywood Tower of Terror: 2
Soarin': 2
Pirates of the Caribbean: 2
Haunted Mansion: 2
Splash Mountain: 1
Thunder Mountain: 1
Star Tours: 1
Teacups: 1
Submarine: 1
Auto something: 1
SnowWhites Scary Something: 1

Total: 22 rides!

Facebook Photo Album Privacy Bug?

So I noticed an acquaintance of mine added some pictures to her Facebook profile. I could see the images in the new feed and could click on them and see the larger version. I could even scroll through the entire album!

However when I clicked "View Photos of [my friend]" from her profile page, I see that she has restricted the album and I am not able to see any of the photos.

How am I allowed to see the entire album via the newsfeed? What kind of privacy is this?

San Francisco Chefs on Top Chef

There are 4 San Francisco chefs in the next season of Top Chef!

· Erik Hopfinger, 38, Executive Chef at Circa
· Jennifer Biesty, 35, Executive Chef at Coco500
· Ryan Scott, 28, Chef at Myth Cafe
· Zoi Antonitsas, 30, Chef/Restaurant Consultant

This is SO depressing

I can't believe I am semi-excited that this show (Real Housewives of NYC) is on tonight. Please end the writers strike! I am actually watching it right now as I do my email.... it's pretty bad.

Update: Hold up. Wasn't that dark haired chick - the self proclaimed Martha Stewart - ON the Martha Stewart version of Apprentice!? (I watch WAY too much reality TV)

Update 2: I am SO correct. Check it!

Bear Republic Brewery

This weekend we headed to the Russian River Valley for the annual Winter Wineland. Also in the Russian River Valley - however - is Big Bear Brewery, the brewery that makes Racer 5.

Friday night we decided to stop in and sample their beers. There were many to taste and we had a good time finding our favorites. Mine is Winter Spice - it was delicious!

Blogger Launches BiDi languages

Thanks to Tyrone (and many others) Blogger.com is now live in Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian! The Blogger interface and templates are completely rearranged to read from Right to Left for these languages. It was a big effort, but we are happy to bring Blogger to millions of Arabic, Hebrew and Farsi speakers.