I’m typing this on my laptop in Mike Stalcup and Jon Lo’s room because I don’t want to be lonely in my room. It’s 3:32 AM, and I don’t want the day to end. It’s been great. Michael and Jon are messing with their computers, making Windows look like OS X or something completely new….Continue Reading…
Well, I took a few minutes and did Day 1 of the Da Vinci Code puzzle on Google. It seems really strange to me that they’re doing something like this. But that’s about all I have to say about this. The puzzle is an easy modified Sudoku. Instead of boxes, they’re regions, whose shapes actually…Continue Reading…
These are my notes on the show. DARPA Grand Challenge. Lusted after a good Slide Rule. 6″ plastic slide rule in my pocket protector through high school. HP 35 calculator, the first scientific calculator. Using Halo to make Red vs Blue. A fact that keeps me hopeful: Ben Goodger got into Firefox when he was…Continue Reading…
But do I have the skills? Having performed similar work in the past is a good predictor of ability to perform such work in the future. Even better is work on the suggested project: if you can show that you’re already doing the work that needs to be done, and doing it successfully, you have…Continue Reading…
Excellent podcast by Leo Laporte. Here are my notes for episode 2. I listened to episode 1. Extensions that: Make textboxes bigger Homestarrunner full-screen extension (Ben Goodger). I haven’t seen Home Star Runner for some time! Flashblock (click to make Flash animation start) Del.icio.us extension. Prefetching Tab browsing becoming the norm. Making it more natural…Continue Reading…
Update: I have no more Writely invites. However, there are lots of people with invitations at Google Community. Writely invites topic. Anyone want one? I signed up for Writely well before Google bought them. Again, I have no more Writely invites. However, there are lots of people with invitations at Google Community. See the Writely…Continue Reading…