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Continue reading →: Black Tie at the Ball Park
It’s not every day that you can whip out the old tuxedo and attend a black tie event, especially not one at the lovely Pacific Bell Park. On Saturday night, the home of the San Francisco Giants played host to the annual holiday party of the San Francisco Tennis Club.…
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Continue reading →: Books, Red iPods, and RSS/RDF
The past few days have been pretty busy in the Bay Area. I have been doing some extensive plumbing work on tow.com. Like Scotty did to the Enterprise in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, I’ve got tow.com running so that a “chimpanzee and two trainees could run her.”…
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Continue reading →: Canon 1D at Keeble and Shucat
At noon today, I went to Fujisan Sushi in the Milpitas Ranch 99 shopping complex to have lunch with some former Palm co-workers. Over two sushi boats and a number of other appetizers, we talked about the changes happening at Palm and where the company is headed. We also had…
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Continue reading →: Facing East Dance Company
I first saw the Facing East Dance Company at the Theater Artaud street show in San Francisco this past October. On Saturday night amidst the howling wind and the pouring rain, I made the journey up north to Hearst Gym in Berkeley to seem ’em again (along with Jason Britton…
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Continue reading →: Vienna Teng at the Global Village Cafe
Vienna wrote on her mailing list that tonight’s show would likely be her last of 2001. With that in mind, a bunch of us, including Eric, Randy, Bill, and Jeff went to the Global Village Cafe restaurant in Mountain View around 6:45 pm. I had walked by the GVC numerous…
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Continue reading →: SNUG
It seems like it’s been a long time since we’ve had 11 people come to the SNUG meeting, but the November 27, 2001 gathering had that many people! Wayne was on hand to demonstrate his dissection of a Newton MessagePad 2000 or 2100. The only difference between a 2100 and…
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Continue reading →: Halo
In the 90’s, a small Mac-only gaming company called Bungie released a first-person shooter (FPS) called Marathon. At the time, Mac users were experiencing a case of FPS-envy from PC owners who were playing games like Doom and Quake. Marathon transformed much of that envy to pride, as the game…
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Continue reading →: Afternoon Rehearsal with Johannes Brahms
I drove over to campus this afternoon to check my mail and to pick up some equipment from Eric. He was rehearsing for a recital in which he’s performing this coming Thursday with acclaimed musicians Livia Sohn, Barry Shiffman, and Frederick Weldy. They were practicing Brahms Piano Quartet #3 to…
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Continue reading →: Friday
Friday was spent running errands such as checking my mail over at Stanford and hanging out at the local Fry’s. Yesterday, during lunch with Greg and Jon, I was “mistaken” for a woman by these three women who sat down next to our table. Today, while standing in line at…
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Continue reading →: Leaving Palm
“It is with mixed emotions that I inform you that today is (once again) my last day at Palm.” That’s how I started my goodbye email to my friends and colleagues at Palm, Inc. Today marked the conclusion of my second tour of duty at Palm. My first stint spanned…
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Welcome to tow.com, my home on the internet since 1995. I’m an indie software artist and creator of apps such as Action Phrase, MixEffect, MsgFiler, RouteEffect, Wipe My Screen, and more. I’m also the producer and co-director of Autumn Gem. Enjoy your visit here!
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