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Continue reading →: Cameras and Sushi in Oakland
On Saturday, March 3, 2001, I drove up to the Oakland area to attend a camera show that was being held at the Scottish Rites Temple at 1547 Lakeside Drive, in Oakland, right across from Lake Merritt. The last time that I went to this camera show, which is held…
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Continue reading →: WISE Japanese Lunch Party
On March 1, 2001, my group from Palm went to the Kobe Restaurant on El Camino Real, off of San Tomas Expressway, for a lengthy and scrumptious lunch. (Photos taken with a Canon D30 with 50 mm and 17-35 mm lenses)
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Continue reading →: Homestead Talent Show
On March 1, 2001, I attended Homestead’s talent show held at the Cubberley Community Center in Palo Alto. I witnessed a group of Internet dot-commers enjoying a moment away from work, sharing their “other” interests in life. Afterwards, a great discussion with Randy and Jeff on the business and philosophy…
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Continue reading →: 1997: Jaron Lanier Distinguished Speaker
I wrote the following speech to introduce Jaron Lanier at the Symbolic Systems Program’s Distinguished Speaker event at Stanford University on May 15, 1997. The introduction was written over the course of a few days, during which I gathered my inspiration from the Internet, books and magazines that I had…
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Continue reading →: Friends and Deicing in Boston
On February 20-23, 2001, I flew once again to Boston, MA, for a series of meetings for my work at Palm. In the evenings, I met up with old friends from Stanford. At the end of my trip, I experienced the wonders of flight delays and learned about deicing airplanes.…
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Continue reading →: Life and Death
I was watching the Daytona 500 this afternoon, February 18, 2001, and I witnessed something that will stay in my mind for years to come, the death of a racing legend and the height of another’s triumph. Today was a reminder of the tenuous balance between life and death, between…
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Continue reading →: Tayne Kim
A week after my ultimate dislocation, I went to the house of little Tayne Kim, the newly born son of Dan and Woo-Young Kim, in Palo Alto. Joined by former colleagues and friends at DoDots, we celebrated the birth of this beautiful child with song, drink, and plenty of photos.…
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Continue reading →: Work and Life: WISE "Holiday" Party
On February 16, 2001, the Wireless Internet Solutions Engineering (WISE) of Palm held their belated holiday party at the MacArthur Park restaurant in Palo Alto. The party served as interesting subtext for a discussion on the distinction between family and work life. After a number of delays and false starts,…
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Continue reading →: Ultimate Dislocation!
Let me preface this photomusing by stating that I am typing this article with one hand, my left hand. My right arm is in a splint and sling, as it recovers from a particularly nasty dislocation that happened about 14 hours ago. From 100+ words a minute to 20 words…
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Continue reading →: Hawaiian Party in Menlo Park
Before the party, Randy and I went to the New Tung Kee Restaurant in Mountain View on San Antonio Road for some late night noodles. I tried not to deviate from my norm and ordered the usual #9 with no cilantro. I’m one of those people that my friend, Eric,…






