• BAR Camp!!!

    Posted on August 16, 2005

    The kick ass folks over at SocialText are hosting BAR Camp in Palo Alto while FOO Camp is going on. Definitely very cool! I’m right down in Palo Alto, so I should be able to make it. Friday might be a bit rough… but it’s not like I have to... [Read More]

  • Peotry of Brains Future Salon

    Posted on August 11, 2005

    Next Friday (August 19th) there’s a Future Salon titled Poetry of Brains. Spencer pinged to say he was going, and it’s been too long since I’ve been to a Future Salon event. And I admit it, I’m a silicon AI fan. Despite the failure of efforts so far to create... [Read More]

  • Vero

    Posted on August 10, 2005

    There’s a new Italian restaurant downtown Palo Alto. They’ve been open for dinner for the last few month, but just started opening for lunch last week. The food is really good, and because it’s new it’s not yet crowded during lunch. The meat lasagne with bechamel is easily as good... [Read More]

  • Bus Contention and Big Services

    Posted on August 6, 2005

    Databases almost always start to suck if you’re trying to build a scalable system. I like relational databases. Databases are great when you’re putting together an application that needs to be used by hundreds or thousands of people. However, once it starts to get to Internet scale, lots of applications... [Read More]

  • Defcon and Ciscogate

    Posted on August 6, 2005

    We went out to Defcon last weekend too. Presentations were fantastic, people were great. Yes, Vegas was hot. No, I didn’t die. Yes, there are real hackers there. No, I can’t put you in touch with them. Besides a ton of amusing info, like spoofing a root DNS server while... [Read More]

  • Mobile Monday

    Posted on August 6, 2005

    The last Mobile Monday kicked some ass! Thanks to the presenters, fantastic stuff. However I would like to point out that Russ’s posts are mistaken. The topic for October is Mobile Search (NOT September, as he posted). We haven’t decided on a topic for Sept yet, so mail me if... [Read More]

  • Suse Package Management and Firefox

    Posted on August 6, 2005

    I’m pretty sure there’s something about Suse and Yast that I’m supposed to like. Maybe once I get to know it more I will like it. But I have a 64 bit desktop system I’m using now, running Suse Enterprise 9.2, and I have absolutely no idea where to look... [Read More]

  • Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

    Posted on August 6, 2005

    I haven’t been posting very often cause I’ve been so busy running around working on a bunch of interesting projects. It’s not cause I’m tired of blogging or feel like I have nothing to say or any of those kinds of reasons. I’ve just been completely whomped with stuff to... [Read More]

  • A Glorious Four Days

    Posted on July 20, 2005

    I’m starting a new job with a startup company on Thursday. I would be starting it today, but I have a bunch of errands to run, a dentists appointment, and I’m giving a presentation this evening at the ACM that I still need to do some prep for. My four... [Read More]

  • Talkie talkie talkie

    Posted on July 17, 2005

    One of the things that Seni talks about is the difference between “talkers” and “doers”. Russ and Seni have been talking about the idea for a long time, but it’s relatively new to me and it’s crept into a bunch of conversations recently. The original context of the conversation was... [Read More]