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How they do things in Berkeley 21 years ago
If you've been reading on my page, you will notice the occasional mention of Berkeley, playing with fire, my crazy artist friend Kiki , and other such things. This used to happen at two locations, the Crucible , and the Shipyard . However, due to some earlier-mentioned fun with the Berkeley…

I hate my Thinkpad T30 21 years ago
I hate to say it, especially given that my godmother used to work for Big Blue, but I really hate my thinkpad at work. There's actually only one thing that really annoys me. I don't think any of the developers actually used some pieces of the bundled software, which, in theory are one of the…

Random Notes 21 years ago
Random notes: Mozilla Firebird actually rocks quite a bit. There's no editor, mail, usenet, or pretty much anything else not directly related to the web browsing included. This works out quite well because I don't use a HTML editor, and I'd rather have choice about the rest. Very nice. I've started…

The California Recall 21 years ago
First Peter Ueberroth spammed me for his ill fated campaign. Now Arianna Huffington is spamming me. Sorry to be filling up a blog that should be full of silly stories and geekishness with politics, but some things just get to me! The candidates for California Governor have dragged me, kicking and…

Rubik's Cubes 21 years ago
There was an article in the newspaper this morning about the Rubik's Cube and speed Rubik's Cube solving. I've never solved a Rubik's Cube in my life. Well, that's actually a lie. I did. I took the sucker apart, and reassembled it into the correct configuration. That's how an Engineer should solve…

Latest art news 21 years ago
Latest art showing: Ascension 03 , a benefit for the SFLNC . "Gnarled Piece of Alien Technology" will be there. I was hoping to show "Glowing Orb #1", but unfortunately, the acrylic pyramid got damaged while I was moving stuff around. I was going to refab it anyway, now that I know what I'm doing…

Disruptive technology: Digital Cameras 21 years ago
As a geek and engineer, I love disruptive technologies. Disruptive technologies are what makes being an engineer worthwhile, at least for me, because they are the ones that change society forever. That, and often the repercussions are quite interesting. Nobody thinks of the wild and crazy things…

Weekend 23 21 years ago
My balcony has been annoying me. There's no chairs, no tables, just space for me to work on my projects. This has worked out fine, but lately, I came to the conclusion that I needed a shelf there. Having one of the planters take a spill because the railing on the balcony was a little bit too narrow…

Interesting quote 22 years ago
An especially wonderful quote from the DNA Lounge announcement list: Hi folks. Before we move on to the calendar, some numbers for you: Last year, AOL/Time-Warner lost a hundred billion dollars. Coincidentally, Gulf Wars Episode II (Clone of the Attack) will also probably cost about a hundred…

A Wireless Wirehead 22 years ago
I forget how many Ethernet cards my wife and I have gone through. It's not like we're a pair of klutzes, it's more a case that we have laptops and we like to use the laptops in places other than the computer room. This either necessitates Wireless Ethernet or cables running over the place. Since…