• Google Talk: Services? Server to Server?

    Posted on August 24, 2005

    Okay, not that I have the time to play with something new, but I had to get this out of my system cause I haven’t seen other comments yet (Well, except this one). One of the reasons I got really jazzed about Google Talk running XMPP underneath is because XMPP... [Read More]

  • PSP 2.0 Firmware

    Posted on August 24, 2005

    I snagged a PSP a while ago, figuring it would be fun for games but mostly wanting to hack on it. Sony really doesn’t like people being able to do what they want with Sony devices, so the thing is rife with all sorts of crippling roadblocks to innovation (I... [Read More]

  • Cultural Differences in Expectations of Modelled Worlds

    Posted on August 24, 2005

    The session on Community Modelling from BARcamp got me thinking about large scale simulations again, so I’ve been reading Terra Nova more carefully than before. This article really caught my eye today, Terra Nova: I say tomato. You say it’s a warm day. I loved this quote from the article:... [Read More]

  • Lucky Monkeys

    Posted on August 23, 2005

    Apparently monkeys are being given a new drug to counteract the effects of sleep deprivation. And I’m sitting here drinking my Mountain Dew like a sucker. Now I admit it’s been a while since I’ve been to the zoo, but I do see the occasional monkey flick on one of... [Read More]

  • Process Virtualization/Host Virtualization

    Posted on August 22, 2005

    I’ve thought about systems like Mosix and their process migration ability with relation to moving about from one system to another. I would love to be able to just take a session from my desktop at work and start it up on my laptop or my desktop at home. I... [Read More]

  • 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]