Dispatches, thoughts, and miscellanea from writer Jon Konrath

Month: July 2007

  • No AC

    I can’t believe my first car did not have air conditioning. I mean, I paid $300 for it, and I’m sure if it did have AC, I would have disconnected it to get a faster 0-60 time, because that and a loud stereo were about all I cared about then. But I was thinking about…

  • Rockies – Padres

    I went to the last Rockies-Padres game of the series yesterday, which wasn’t part of the six-pack or the other two loose tickets I had, but just part of a general scheme to try and see each MLB team in play at some point. I think by the end of the year, I will be…

  • Wasting time on Yelp, da Cubs

    First of all, I’m wasting a lot of times writing reviews on Yelp. So go to jkonrath.yelp.com and check that out. It would also be cool if some of you joined and hooked up with me. I don’t know why, but I know a certain lawyer in the Chicago area that has an encyclopedic knowledge…

  • Memory, games, WMDs

    I have always named my computers after weapons of mass destruction, or general devices of warfare. I named my new machine 245t. Look it up. My memory is still not here. Today, allegedly. I have 1 gig in now, and I will swap the 2×512 for 1×1 and 1×2 gig, so 3. Fun. I am…

  • Rockies – Phillies

    I know I said my next baseball game was the Brewers next month, but Sarah had to work today, and I thought it would be a good idea to see the last game in the Rockies-Phillies series. Pictures are here. Here’s the commentary: My seat was in Lower Reserved Infield, section 329, 6th row. If…

  • New Mac

    The new Mac is here. It got delivered yesterday, shortly after I mentioned it on here. So from China to Denver in about two days – pretty remarkable. Having a new computer is always great to me. Just the smell of a new machine, right out of the box, is always incredible to me. It’s…

  • From Shanghai to Anchorage

    My new Mac has gone from Shanghai to Anchorage to Indianapolis, and is now in Denver as of six minutes ago, according to the FedEx page. I don’t know if that means it will get delivered today or Saturday or Monday, but I have my fingers crossed. I think FedEx is generally better than UPS…

  • Rockies-Mets

    Our fourth of July was spent watching the Rockies destroy the Mets, and then a fireworks show. Pictures are here. The summary: Our seats were in section 222, 3rd row. That’s just in from first base, on the first deck club level. I wore the Brad Hawpe t-shirt I got for free a couple of…

  • Apple Store, Kwik-E-Mart

    I bought a new computer. It is the Macbook, the higher-spec white model, with the 2.16 Ghz processor. I bought it online, which means it hasn’t shipped yet, and now it’s a holiday, so it probably won’t ship for a couple of days, and then it will take a couple more days, so I’m like…

  • Baseball, Die Hard

    First, the baseball update. I now have tickets for the following games: 4th of July vs. the Mets, club box seats on the first base side of the press box. This is also a fireworks game, so there will be many explosions and flares and whatnot. Aug. 8th, Rockies vs. Brewers. Afternoon game, I have…