January 2008
8 posts
wow, how time passes
It’s 2008, which has made be reflect on a few things.
10 years ago, in the summer of ‘98, I took a cross-country roadtrip with my good friend Joe. It was the middle of a very hot summer and we did it in a Red ‘88 Mercury Topaz.
This made me realize that I have a TON of really great photos taken during this trip and none of them are digital. We took along a mid-80s Canon SLR...
Can I add tools to the tumblr extras page?
If i’ve written a tool using the tumblr api, is there any way to add that tool to the extras page on my dashboard? Reblog if you know how, or if you’d like to see this feature.
BBC: Green light for hybrid research →
“The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority granted permission after a consultation showed the public were “at ease” with the idea.” By “public” they meant two guys at a local pub and “at ease” as “have no idea what you’re talking about”. You can watch how this story ends here: :)
Bug Labs Wins Best of CES 2008
Bug Labs really is onto something very profound. If you haven’t already checked them out, do so. The fact that they won best of CES is wonderful. Bijan said: This is amazing. Absolutely amazing. Bug Labs has just won Best of CES in the Emerging Technology category. How cool is that. Congrats to Peter and the entire Bug team. — bijan
I want better messaging
http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20029/?a=f Interesting article on Yahoo’s plans for a better email experience. When I started in technology, it was through tinkering around with BBSes and programming languages as a teenager. I then moved into the isp world and worked for an isp startup (www.ids.net). I look back to the days of the BBS and the early days of the isp and marvel that...
It's not a bubble -- it's a bubble bath
Greg Linden of “Geeking with Greg” posts his prediction for the impending 2008 dot-com crash. In any market there will be the bulls, the bears and the dooms-day-sayers. Personally, I lump these into the leaders, the followers and those who have been significnatly burnt in the past. At some point in time any one of these personalities could and most likely will be correct at some...