Brad Barrish

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I’ve come home to find Apocalypse now on TV a few times in the last week. It’s one of my favorite films. It was also one of dad’s favorites. He liked Platoon a lot as well. For a guy who liked such violent and disturbing films, he was peaceful. I was just thinking about how it didn’t make much sense to me. When I see films we’ve watched together, I have memories. They may be faint, but they’re there. I didn’t do that much when he was alive. I notice things I do that are like him as well. They way I chew reminds me of him. I think as humans we make connections where there are none, so sometimes when I’m thinking about a connection we had, I dismiss it. I’m reaching for connections because I want him to be alive. And I’m not saying we didn’t have a connection. We did. One that runs very deep. Part of the process of letting go means that I’m just going to be sad. I’m going to wish he was alive again and he’s never going to be. I’ll never see him again. Mom won’t change the outgoing message on the voicemail. It’s dad’s voice. And it’s really weird to hear him speak like that, because I don’t leave messages for him anymore.

I’ve come home to find Apocalypse now on TV a few times in the last week. It’s one of my favorite films. It was also one of dad’s favorites. He liked Platoon a lot as well. For a guy who liked such violent and disturbing films, he was peaceful. I was just thinking about how it didn’t make much sense to me. When I see films we’ve watched together, I have memories. They may be faint, but they’re there. I didn’t do that much when he was alive. I notice things I do that are like him as well. They way I chew reminds me of him. I think as humans we make connections where there are none, so sometimes when I’m thinking about a connection we had, I dismiss it. I’m reaching for connections because I want him to be alive. And I’m not saying we didn’t have a connection. We did. One that runs very deep. Part of the process of letting go means that I’m just going to be sad. I’m going to wish he was alive again and he’s never going to be. I’ll never see him again. Mom won’t change the outgoing message on the voicemail. It’s dad’s voice. And it’s really weird to hear him speak like that, because I don’t leave messages for him anymore.

WIRED has an interview with Scott MacGregor, Thunderbird’s lead engineer, about webmail vs desktop email. It got me thinking, but I really believe I’ve finally found the best solution for me. Historically, I switch email clients and MX records a lot. I’m always trying out what I think is the ultimate solution and as soon as I discover a show stopper, I switch again. Back in February I moved whatevernevermind.com over to Google Apps and then upgraded to the Premier Edition. I tend to keep a lot of email and I didn’t want to have to worry about running out of space. I’ve been really happy with Gmail and don’t plan on switching back to a desktop application. As much as I love Apple Mail, Gmail’s functionality makes things a lot easier for me and I’m more productive. The only problem I have with Gmail is that my email isn’t available to me when I’m offline. It doesn’t happen often enough for me to switch back to a desktop solution. I use my Fastmail account as a backup, should something happen to my Gmail. I think I’ve finally found the perfect email solution for me. And the best part is that I can use Outlook 2007 under Vista for my work email. It works so much better than Outlook 2003 under XP.

We made some more announcements today about the US and UK shows. Check out liveearth.org for all of the details. Things are really heating up at the office. We have a lot of Live Earth people wandering around with new ones coming in all the time. The phones are ringing off the hook with people that want to be involved. I’ve even received a few emails from friends of friends. It’s gong to be a really massive and amazing event. Stay tuned.

While dad was dying, I frequesntly looked for other people that had a “pancreatic” tag in their del.icio.us bookmarks. I found Ed that way and we still email every once in while. His father-in-law has it. I’ve never emailed anyone besides Ed, but I read stories and it’s easy to see who is being effected by it just by looking at tags. I even have an RSS feed for the tag. Sometimes I think I should just stop. Not sure how much of it matters at this point.

I was reading someone’s blog and they talked about how they were writing a book and it’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. I want to write a book on communicating with people. It’s something my dad taught me a lot about. I’m not sure why or even if I’m qualified to write such a book. Something to think about.

While dad was dying, I frequesntly looked for other people that had a “pancreatic” tag in their del.icio.us bookmarks. I found Ed that way and we still email every once in while. His father-in-law has it. I’ve never emailed anyone besides Ed, but I read stories and it’s easy to see who is being effected by it just by looking at tags. I even have an RSS feed for the tag. Sometimes I think I should just stop. Not sure how much of it matters at this point.

I was reading someone’s blog and they talked about how they were writing a book and it’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. I want to write a book on communicating with people. It’s something my dad taught me a lot about. I’m not sure why or even if I’m qualified to write such a book. Something to think about.

I was inspired by watching the trailer for The Buried Life, so I figured I would start compiling a list of things I’d like to do before I die and start crossing them off. Here are the first few I could think of:

1. Learn how to surf
2. Visit southeast Asia
3. Visit Iceland
4. Dive the Great Barrier Reef

I was inspired by watching the trailer for The Buried Life, so I figured I would start compiling a list of things I’d like to do before I die and start crossing them off. Here are the first few I could think of:

1. Learn how to surf
2. Visit southeast Asia
3. Visit Iceland
4. Dive the Great Barrier Reef

I was inspired by watching the trailer for The Buried Life, so I figured I would start compiling a list of things I’d like to do before I die and start crossing them off. Here are the first few I could think of:

1. Learn how to surf
2. Visit southeast Asia
3. Visit Iceland
4. Dive the Great Barrier Reef