August 2011
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June 2011
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May 2011
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April 2011
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March 2011
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“Tablets are just a fad”
– Katherine Noyes
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“iPad 2. Thinner. Lighter. Faster.”
– Apple
February 2011
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“I’m going to start an electronic music revolution. My genre will be 7/8...”
– Me
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January 2011
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Divide & Conquer - Mystery Theatre (Preview) →
This song is gangster lounge with a hint of mystery murder dubstep.
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Does anyone need an apartment in Noe Valley? →
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Chrome drops H.264 support →
Here is why I think this decision is very premature:
VP8’s lack of B frames, make it similar to the H.264 baseline profile. This is normally used in mobile phones due to their limited processing capability, and greatly decreases compression ability.
There currently are very few hardware decoders. None so far have made it into any mobile devices.
H.264 is an industry standard. If anything...
November 2010
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Conversation with Dad
Me: Hey listen to this dubstep track...
Song: (eery ambient samples)... (forgotten movie samples about technology or the end of the world)... WAA-WAA-WOMP-WOMP-WOMP
Dad: I'm picturing giant robots with huge laser destroying cities and I like it.
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August 2010
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July 2009
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Phishing on Facebook
I was peacefully watching videos on Hulu when I received a mysterious email from one of my friends on Facebook. The message contents contained something that the individual would probably never say to me and was followed by a link. I immediately knew that this might be a part of some phishing scam. Knowing that others who were also sent the message might not realize the danger, I immediately told...
May 2009
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August 2008
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Quicksilver Themes
I recently discovered a bunch of awesome Quicksilver themes developed by Julius Eckert and thought I should share them. I have been using “Showcase” because it provides a very clean interface, is visually striking, and uses Core Animation. Take a Look!
July 2008
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Review: Cuil
Cuil is a new search engine that went live today. Its goal is to provide more search results with greater accuracy than existing search engines such as Google. Currently it indexes over 120 billion web pages, which is substantially lower than Google’s claim of 1 Trillion unique web pages. Cuil was founded by former Google employees Anna Patterson, Russel Power, Louis Monier, and former IBM...
A Revolution in Music: Spotify
We have all heard of web streaming music services such as last.fm and Pandora, but I recently had the opportunity to use a desktop streaming music software called Spotify and was amazed. Spotify, the company, was founded by entrepreneurs Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon and has its headquarters in Luxembourg. Spotify, the software, has been in beta for a little over a year, and gone through a...
Google Transit: Seattle
I’ve known for a while that Google Maps has had the ability to plan bus routes in the bay area, but did not know that it also works for Seattle. This includes both King County Metro and Sound Transit. Here is a little how to on using the service. Go to maps.google.com and click on the “Get Directions” link. In my I want to go from the Paul G. Allen Center to Pike Place Market....
April 2008
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Building a Successful Startup
David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of the Ruby on Rails web development framework, gives an interesting talk about how to create a realistic startup through his experiences at 37 Signals and other projects. This was filmed during Startup School 2008. His main point is that not everyone should set their startup’s goal as becoming a billion dollar company, in fact, most people can enjoy...