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  • Aboutu0026gt; bio I grew up in San Diego, and I lived there from the day I was born to the day I moved up to the Bay Area for college. SD’s a wonderful place to visit and live, with great beaches, beautiful weather, and a relaxing laid-back style to it. If your only impression of Southern California is Los Angeles, you owe it to yourself to visit San Diego! I graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Symbolic Systems. My focus was in human-computer interaction. Name: Adam Tow Year of Birth: 1975 Hometown: San Diego, CA Current Residence: SF Bay Area Education: See Curriculum Vitae Myers-Briggs Type: INFP Riso-Hudson Type: 7 – Enthusiast I was most recently a Reuters Digital Vision Fellow at Stanford University, where I am creating technology that enables the developing world to access Internet information and applications. Currently, I’m working on numerous projects in digital media, photography, videography, and online journaling. Previously, I led the MyPalm client team for the i705 handheld at Palm, Inc.. Prior to Palm, I founded and ran Foundation Systems, a software development and consulting firm specializing in mobile computing. I wrote and sold a number of acclaimed software packages for…
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    Eating Out Every Day Can Be Unhealthy

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    March 21, 2007

    Looks like Chinese food is in the crosshairs for restaurant foods that are unhealthy. The Center for Science in the Public Interest released a report declaring the typical Chinese menu is loaded with calories, saturated fats and sodium. A few weeks ago, another study targeted chain restaurants such as Ruby…

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    Belated Birthday Photos

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    March 16, 2007

    Another year, another set of birthdays. A week’s gone by, and I’m just getting around to posting photos from our birthday weekend. In the past, I used to be much faster at getting journal entries and photos posted. What’s happened since this? Life and work just seem to be getting…

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    March 2007 COBA Recap

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    March 15, 2007

    The recently announced and anticipated Canon EOS-1D Mark III was on hand at the March 2007 COBA meeting. Jim Rose, our local Canon Technical Rep, demoed the camera to a very eager crowd. I noticed a number of current 1D Mark II series owners, who no doubt came to check…

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    New Chargers Uniforms Announced

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    March 14, 2007

    Nearly a week after screenshots of the new uniforms were leaked, the Chargers held a fashion show at the U.S. Grant Hotel in Downtown San Diego to showcase the new duds. There are three new uniforms: a navy blue home, a white away, and a home alternate powder-blue uniform. Changes…

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    New Chargers Uniform?

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    March 9, 2007

    Update: My thoughts on the fashion show are here. There’s always excitement when you hear that your favorite team is going to be changing their uniforms. Sometimes, it turns out for the better, as in the case of the Jets and Falcons. Most of the time, however, the new change…

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    Huge SanDisk Sale at MyDigitalDiscount

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    March 5, 2007

    These are the cheapest prices I’ve seen yet for SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash memory cards. I hear from Alex that CostCo is selling SanDisk Ultra II cards for cheap too. 1GB Extreme III SD: $34.95 $39.95 2GB Extreme III SD: $47.95 $49.95 1GB Extreme III CompactFlash: $34.95 2GB Extreme III…

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    Tree Trimming

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    March 5, 2007

    As homeowners coming up on our one-year house anniversary, we experienced the joys of gardening, eradicating weeds, and collecting dead leaves. We have one Modesto Ash tree in front of our house and another behind our house in our neighbor’s backyard. During Fall, the two trees drop an inordinate amount…

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    More 1D Mark III Information

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    February 22, 2007

    Here’s some more links about the newly announced Canon EOS-1D Mark III: Official Mark III Flash Website Mark III White Paper (from RobGalbraith) Video presentation of Mark III (in French) Getty Images editor’s thoughts on Mark III Sample Mark III images One thing that I’ll miss in the Mark III…

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    Amgen Tour of California Stage 3

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    February 21, 2007

    I haven’t been following the Amgen Tour of California all too closely, but today they are riding from Stockton to San Jose in Stage 3. Since I’m pretty close to where they’re finishing in San Jose, I think I’ll head downtown for the conclusion of the race today. Around 2:45…

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  • Journal

    Helo, Chief, and Anders in SF!

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    February 20, 2007

    The highlight of this weekend was on Saturday, when Aaron “Chief” Douglas, Michael “Anders” Trucco, and Tahmoh “Helo” Penikett, stars from our favorite TV show, Battlestar Galactica, descended to Pier 39 for an autograph signing appearance at the Antiquities of California shop. BSG fans had to work their way through…

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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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  • Aboutu0026gt; bio I grew up in San Diego, and I lived there from the day I was born to the day I moved up to the Bay Area for college. SD’s a wonderful place to visit and live, with great beaches, beautiful weather, and a relaxing laid-back style to it. If your only impression of Southern California is Los Angeles, you owe it to yourself to visit San Diego! I graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Symbolic Systems. My focus was in human-computer interaction. Name: Adam Tow Year of Birth: 1975 Hometown: San Diego, CA Current Residence: SF Bay Area Education: See Curriculum Vitae Myers-Briggs Type: INFP Riso-Hudson Type: 7 – Enthusiast I was most recently a Reuters Digital Vision Fellow at Stanford University, where I am creating technology that enables the developing world to access Internet information and applications. Currently, I’m working on numerous projects in digital media, photography, videography, and online journaling. Previously, I led the MyPalm client team for the i705 handheld at Palm, Inc.. Prior to Palm, I founded and ran Foundation Systems, a software development and consulting firm specializing in mobile computing. I wrote and sold a number of acclaimed software packages for…
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