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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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Continue reading →: Hands on with the Handspring Treo
If you’ve been reading the news lately, you’ll note that Palm is spinning off the Platform Group into a wholly-owned subsidiary. The Platform Group creates the Palm Operating System (PalmOS) that it licenses to companies such as Handera, Handspring, Kyocera, and Sony. The part of Palm which is not spinning…
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Continue reading →: Pre-Halloween Weekend
In the past, I dressed up as my female alter-ego, Elsa, for Halloween. This year, I decided to try on a different take, that of Apache Chief from SuperFriends! You remember Apache Chief, whose super power was the ability to become a 50 foot tall giant! Umm… err… well they…
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Continue reading →: SyncFest 2001
SyncFest 2001 was the first “gathering of Palm-Powered device users” focused on showcasing products from the Palm Economy. You can think of it like a mini-Comdex comprised of companies developing products for the PalmOS platform. A number of my friends and colleagues were at the conference in San Jose that…






