For a long time I’ve thought it would be fun to go to The Bridge School Concert. Lots of big name acts in short sets, kind of like an artist sampler. I told Anne about it and she began checking for tickets. When it was announced, the only seats available were $70. $70!?? That’s too …
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Quite simply – everyone is paid to love Google. Bloggers love Google because it pays their bills. AdSense makes it easy for anyone to set up a blog and make money. Corporate websites love Google for the same reason. AdSense is a huge business. Know-it-alls love Google because they get paid for surfing the web. …
Yesterday was the day we had signed up for a Segway tour of the Los Gatos creek trail. South Bay Segway is a tiny little operation in the back section of an industrial building. We almost missed it. As we drove up there were only two Segways parked in the doorway, indicating that we were …
The other day someone asked me if I had written anything Python. My response was a quick “no”. I’ve invested a lot of time in Perl and PHP (and to some extent Java) and I’d have to have a really good reason to learn Yet Another Programming Language. CPAN and Pear are rich API libraries …
Ever since the Segway came out, it has been the subject of many geeky lunchtime conversations. They were always just too cool. Now I’m actually considering buying one. I would mostly use it to get back and forth to work. I live only 1.5 miles away, but it takes too long to walk and it …
Following up on my post about “The best worst day ever“, a few people were curious what the meeting was about that changed the course of the day. I can now say that the meeting was with my current boss (as of a few months ago), my previous boss, and their boss. It turns out …