January 2008
23 posts
“I don’t know how much game is here. What I do know is that they have set...”
– Jerry “Tycho” Holkins on World of Warcraft
iPhonesque theme for Growl →
looks like the dialog box on the iPhone. Cool. My new default.
Is the Tipping Point Toast? →
So if I understand this correctly, creating viral runaway hits is essentially random. The best that can be done to widely spread an idea is to somehow incorporate a word-of-mouth effect and target a broad audience.
Your Church, the Wifi Sharer →
Gadgets: Electronic Contact Lenses Give Future You... →
Wow, I totally did a group final project in my ICAM 130 class conjecturing the implications of just such a device — at the time, purely a figment of our imaginations. The project wasn’t that great, but I’m still totally excited for the inevitability of contact lens displays.
Cities I want to live and work in for at least a...
San Diego
Seattle
Chicago
London
Hong Kong
Sydney
Jump Little Children - Live at the Dock Street... →
Probably one of the best music purchases I have made in a long time.
assert_efficient_sql →
I’ll definitely dig around and try this plugin out soon.
Tom Hodgkinson on the politics of the people... →
Most patently ridiculous quote I’ve read in an article of this sort: After 9/11, the US intelligence community became so excited by the possibilities of new technology and the innovations being made in the private sector, that in 1999 they set up their own venture capital fund…
Wow. After 9/11… in 1999.
Blatant errors, biases, and omissions aside, this rant is a very interesting...
ZFS on OS X
Now that there are New Binaries and Source for ZFS on OS X I have finally been able to run through this handy ZFS Tutorial.
It may not quite be production-ready for OS X yet (and, honestly, I’m not qualified to say at this point), but that’s no reason not to start experimenting. There’s plenty more to read on the OpenSolaris ZFS pages.
It’s only a matter of time before...
Cars: Jalopnik's Legal Guide to Cellphone Yapping... →
Hmm… In July 2008 it’ll be illegal to talk on the phone while driving in California.
Plaxo Flubs It →
Oops, that’s what you get for disregarding the API and Terms of Service.
DataPortability.org - Share and remix data using... →
A recent discovery in social graph land. As users, our identity, photos, videos and other forms of personal data should be discoverable by, and shared between our chosen tools or vendors… This page will list the standards and contributors who are making it happen.
Apache CouchDB: Congrats to IBM and Damian Katz →
Now there’s a pretty hefty endorsement of, and investment in the longevity of, a database technology I’m excited about.
Travis: al;skdjflas;kdfja;lkfjdsaf
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Travis: i WANT TO POOOH
Travis: sobad
Travis: i swear im like 10 lbs
Travis: heavier
Travis: from not poohing
2007 in cities
Cities that I visited in 2007.
San Diego, CA—Home sweet home.
Portland, OR—A conference in May, then a few quick trips to visit friends in August and September.
Spokane, WA—Visiting a friend in June.
Seattle, WA—Seeing the sights in June, living and working for about six weeks in August and September.
Corona, CA—A few short stays to hang out with the Trav.
Tuen Mun, Hong Kong—A...