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Continue reading →: Canon 1D
On Saturday night, I got a curious email from an online retailer. The Canon 1D that I pre-ordered had shipped! Uh… suffice it to say, I was not expecting this email, especially since I heard horror stories of the camera not being available until January or February. I kept my…
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Continue reading →: Holiday Party
Nancy, ever the party organizer, brought together her friends to her home in Palo Alto for a holiday party. Nancy’s been learning winemaking, and she had a number of her potent potables available, in addition to a great spread of delicious delectables. There were a number of wine tasters from…
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Continue reading →: David Simon, HeyChristine
If David doesn’t look as chipper as he did when you last saw him in July, that’s because he’s on a whirlwind tour of California pediatric residencies. In the span of three weeks, David is interviewing with 12 programs in 5 cities and 2 states. The problem is, his interviews…
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Continue reading →: Churchill Club and The Tech
The Churchill Club is one of the premier business forums in the Silicon Valley. Every month, there’s at least one panel discussion featuring individuals from the who’s who list of the industry’s top executives, thought leaders, and future stars. On December 11, 2001, the Churchill Club joined forces with the…
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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…






