The last Cody’s Books is closing. Years ago, I would go to one on Telegraph when visiting my brother, who reads even more than me. I can’t believe it. Cody’s. Berkeley. Free Speech. Closed. 🙁 Books Everywhere City Lights Bookstore, North Beach, San Francisco, California Leica M8, Zeiss Biogon 2,8/25 ZM 1/60sec, iso320, 25mm (33mm) […]
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Restarting this policy… Job listing – User Interface Engineer (PHP) in Mountain View, California. Contact aknight [at] this site. The company has developed a shopping search engine that delivers comprehensive lists of products and their corresponding images, ranked by the leading products, brands, stores and styles on the very first page of results. They call […]
On Feb 7, 2002, President Bush issued an order. The order stated, in pertinent part “I accept the legal conclusion of the Department of Justice and determine that Common Article 3 of Geneva does not apply to either al Qaeda or Taliban detainees.” With these fateful and ill-advised words, President Bush, our Commander-in-Chief, perhaps unwittingly, […]
Someone introduced me the other day: “Do you know, Terry? He’s one of the coolest guys I know.” And I thought Where did he get his crack pipe? Then it occurred to me: Maybe he doesn’t know what I do? and balance was restored to the Force. So I let him go with a citation. […]
It comes as no shock to anyone who has ever played a game of poker, but Obama has opted out of the public financing that has caught his Republican straw man in legal hot water. David Brooks whines, “Obama isn’t Uncle Tom, Whaaaa!” I need to take a moment, point at David Brooks and do […]
(Coach class poetry) Everything is a Tiny Toy until Wheels touch Earth then Real Size snap back. … Yes, I still think it’s odd when people clap after the plane lands. Books as bearable movies have to concentrate on character because there is no time for story. One less movie, one more book..
It’s interesting how self-context can change a city. Last time I visited Amsterdam, I was in a terrible relationship, living in South Bay and I got robbed leaving Schiphol. Three years later, I’m single living in San Francisco and am a tiny bit wiser. This time, for instance, I found out that Amsterdam smells a […]
Because I work in social networking, people often ask me about advertising in social networks. For some reason, they don’t buy the obvious excuse that I’m an engineer, not a business person or entrepreneur. What do I know? [The problem of advertising in social networking]
I first met Bernadette at the Reddit Party last year. (Coincidentally, there is another Reddit party in San Francisco tonight.) She was hiding in the corner and caught me taking her photo so I introduced myself “to not make it seem as creepy as it is.” She recently started blogging so read her blog! (Now […]