Monthly Archives: January 2008

Sex talk

Posted on 19 January 2008 by tychay

Someone asked me today if I plan on attending the Sex Worker’s Art Show which will be hitting San Francisco tomorrow.
The answer is no because I’m working all weekend, I just added it to my upcoming because I thought maybe … Continue reading →

Posted in photography, society and culture | 7 Comments

The editing we live

Posted on 17 January 2008 by tychay

I stopped by the Lensbaby booth at Macworld and was talking to a rep there.
He let me mess with his Canon XTi and Lensbaby 2.0. Since I’ve systematically destroyed all my cameras, it has been a long while. When my … Continue reading →

Posted in photography, photos | 8 Comments

geekSessions on PHP

Posted on 15 January 2008 by tychay

[This is a placeholder about tonight’s geeksessions on PHP at 6PM EST in Financial District in SF.]
If you can’t make the event, you can watch the live stream at Justin.TV Geeksessions (starts at 6:30 PM EST).

Posted in PHP | 3 Comments

You lost me at Tony

Posted on 14 January 2008 by tychay

Subject: Tried to reach you at [phone number redacted]
Morning Tony,
I saw your resume online and wasn’t sure if you were looking to leave Tagged or if you already had. Your resume was outstanding and I wasn’t sure if you were … Continue reading →

Posted in jobs | 5 Comments

…then I’m going to say it

Posted on 14 January 2008 by tychay

Inspired by a phone call from Dave Kellogg.
Marc wants to keep politics out of his blog. But since my self-imposed moratorium is over, I’ll just go out and say it: Ron Paul is a socially-regressive, batshit-crazy asshole and support for … Continue reading →

Posted in business and economics, religion and politics | 12 Comments

…surrounded by reality

Posted on 13 January 2008 by tychay

At dinner the other day, A— quoted someone saying:
“San Francisco. 14 square miles surrounded by reality.”
I thought that was rather clever as I seem to like a slight self-effacement now and again. I bothered to look up the full reference. … Continue reading →

Posted in quotes, religion and politics | 3 Comments

Zippers

Posted on 9 January 2008 by tychay

My grandfather once told me this story:
Every day, on his way to work as a chemistry professor at the University of Utah (1948-1973), my grandfather would pass the same man walking the other way. For some reason, each never exchanged … Continue reading →

Posted in about me, humor | 3 Comments

Nerd cool

Posted on 9 January 2008 by tychay

After the SXSWi party, a random mention of my blog caused a discussion of how—as evidenced by the popularity of shows such as The Big Bang Theory and Chuck, not to mention 21 which will be airing at SXSW this … Continue reading →

Posted in society and culture | 9 Comments

LAMP/Server Engineer in downtown SF

Posted on 8 January 2008 by tychay

From Stuart Liroff (stuart [at] this address or 408-437-9500 x207):
I’m working for a small (3-people), angel funded startup in downtown S.F. (within easy walking distance from BART). When you hear the names of the investors, it will knock your … Continue reading →