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 ne...

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 use...

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 ...

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 Sep...

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 Ente...

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 o...

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 ...

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...

Today was my last day over at Feedster. It’s been a great experience working there. It’s had ups and downs, but that always happens in a startup when you’re trying to do spectacular things. Mostly ...

I reinstalled Linux on one of my systems at home. The fileserver is a permanent install Fedora, but not really usable as a desktop system. So I reclaimed the Windows machine that I was using for Sy...