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Upgrading to WordPress 2.5.1

Upgrading to WordPress 2.5.1 (from 2.2.1) — meaning, my weblog is going to be in an unstable state for a bit (I hope)… Cheers! ceo

Alltop, top news websites – but where’s the feed?

Alltop is Nononina’s, and of Guy Kawasaki’s, central console of top news websites, as chosen by someone at Nononina: We import the stories of the top news websites and blogs for any given topic and display the headlines of the five most recent…

Steven J. Vaughan-Cut-and-Paste is at it again

I’ve laugh every time I read Fake Steve Jobs writings on Steven J. Vaughan (SJV) tendencies to “leverage” other people’s work. And the reason I laugh is because like four years ago, SJV did the same thing to me. In my case I’d…

Naked-Eye Gamma Ray Burst – most distant object ever seen by human eyes without optical aid

The brightest ever gamma ray burst, visible by the naked eye, was observed on March 19th. “If someone just happened to be looking at the right place at the right time, they saw the most distant object ever seen by human eyes without…

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke 1917-2008

Arthur Charles Clarke, was born on 16 December 1917. Visionary, author and inventor. Passed away today March 19, 2008 at the age of 90. What a visionary person he was. He got right so many things; this is back in the 50s and…

My 2 minutes of “fame” at SXSW Interactive

OK, not fame, but (total) embarrassment. It was I who accidentally turned the lights off at Kathy Sierra’s panel at SXSW. A full room, with hundreds, perhaps thousands of people. The room went dark… there was confusion. Kathy said “it’s dark, I can’t…

SXSW Interactive is here…

I’m leaving to pick up my badge… It very possibly is going to be quiet in my blog for the next few days… Tomorrow is BarCampAustin, and Monday is MoMo Austin… If you are in Austin, see you around! My contact info on…

SXSW Interactive, BarCampAustin, MoMo, other

Wow, this week starts SXSW Interactive. Can’t wait. Such a cool event, with great folks coming to visit. It all begins this Friday the 7th and goes through Tuesday the 11th. The panel sessions are great, and the evening events/parties (140 in Upcoming)…

Texting and its effect on the evolution of the thumb

For my friend Sean O’Sullivan, CTO at Rococo Software, here is an old piece I wrote back in 2006, on texting and its effect on the evolution of the thumb… ceo

Rush is coming to Austin

Rush has extended their Snakes and Arrows World Tour to 2008, and they are playing in Austin on April 23rd! Awesome!!! (it has been almost 13 years since I saw them live). …and even better, I just got tickets! Rush is a must…