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Continue reading →: FeedLounge Meetup
Alex and Scott of FeedLounge were in the Bay Area for meetings. They held a get together for current and prospective users of their excellent web-based newsreader at Borders in Palo Alto. It’s been quite some time since I last saw Alex, and it was good to reconnect with him!
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Continue reading →: Football Uniforms
Found an interesting article on football uniforms on ESPN’s Page 2. Now that the season has started — though my Chargers are playing like it’s still the preseason — it’s time to admire or be shocked at some of the new uniforms in the league. I think the new, yet…
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Continue reading →: smugmug maps
The wizards at smugmug have done it again with the release of smugmug maps. Annotating your images with location information will allow you to overlay your images onto Google Maps. I’ve had it on my to-do list to write an application like this for quite some time. Now I can…
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Continue reading →: Bruce Lee: Bosnian Symbol of Unity
This article came out of left-field. Bruce Lee, worshipped by the Bosnian Croats, Serbs, and Muslims in the ethnically diverse city of Mostar, will be the town’s new symbol of unity. From the Reuters article: “We plan to erect the statue in November in the center of the city,” Veselin…
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Continue reading →: Studio Lighting
Studio lighting is the featured presentation for the COBA meeting on September 14, 2005. I recently purchased some AlienBees monolights, softboxes, and accessories and have been immersing myself in the world of studio lights. We’ll also have a recap of recent camera news, including the Canon EOS 5D and the…
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Continue reading →: Barclays Global Investors Grand Prix
The fifth running of the Barclays Global Investors Grand Prix (née San Francisco Grand Prix) cycling race was held today in San Francisco. Rae and I arrived at 11:00 am, an hour after the men’s race had started. Due to a variety of difficulties, including sponsorship problems, there was no…
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Continue reading →: Larry King Live Armstrong Transcript
If you’ve been following the Lance Armstrong EPO/L’Equipe story, you might be interested in reading the transcript to Armstrong’s interview on Larry King Live last night. It’s always more informative to read the actual transcripts than the filtered media reports. My favorite quote from this whole story comes from Laurent…
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Continue reading →: SNUG August 2005
When I first arrived at Printer’s Inc. Cafe in Palo Alto for the August 2005 SNUG meeting, no one was there. I knew that Flash was in Canada and wouldn’t be able to make it, but what about the others? Is this the end of the Newton User Group? I…
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Continue reading →: Melanie and Oliver
Melanie and Oliver got married this past weekend! I met Oliver as we were completing high school, when the two of us were awarded scholarships from the San Diego Chinese American Scientists and Engineers Association. That was back in the beginning of 1993, 12 years! Reading my old journal, I…
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Continue reading →: Amy and Jeremy: Bon Voyage
Amy and Jeremy are leaving the Bay Area for a cross-country road trip in their Eurovan! They held a going away party at Heritage Oaks Park in Los Altos with their friends and colleagues. This “pack up your bags and travel” bug is getting contagious, Felix just left for his…






