March 2012
1 post
“Every solution is great in some circumstances and terrible in others. Design...”
January 2012
2 posts
“Those who count on quote ‘Hollywood’ for support need to understand that this...”
– MPAA head (and former U.S. Senator) Chris Dodd speaking to Fox News (as noted by Hillicon Valley).
I mean, he actually said this.
In one soundbite, he’s both threatening any and all U.S. politicians and implying that they’re corruptible. It’s a statement that so egregious, it’s hard to think of...
August 2011
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July 2011
1 post
Running cherrypy on multiple ports (example) →
As a continuation of my previous post on how to run cherrypy as an SSL server as HTTPS (port 443), this tutorial show how to run a single cherrypy instance on multiple ports for both HTTP (port…
April 2011
1 post
Inspiring Civic Hacking →
Mick Ebeling recently gave a TED talk about the homemade eye-tracking device he and a bunch of hackers made to allow a paralyzed man to communicate, stephen hawking style. They did this with an…
January 2011
1 post
Democracy 2.0 with Micro-voting →
The democratic process hasn’t changed much. The public elects a representative, representatives make decisions. The average citizen is essentially limited to three tools for affecting change….
November 2010
1 post
Face Detection in JavaScript via HTML5 Canvas →
badassjs:
You have probably seen face detection at work in programs like iPhoto and Picasa, but what if you could do that performantly in JavaScript? Chinese developer Liu Liu has done the honors, and implemented the algorithm using the canvas element.
The algorithm is implemented on top of a JS port of a…
September 2010
13 posts
Philz before sunrise the world HAS turned upside down — at Philz Coffee http://gowal.la/c/2ws9w?137
I’m at Palomino in San Francisco, CA http://gowal.la/c/2wkgo?137
RT @davidakermanis: Making the URL bar useful again: Where the breadcrumb should have been all along http://bit.ly/aGYbLq - Awesome idea.
Beautiful view, beautiful night — at Pier 26 / Under the Bay Bridge http://gowal.la/c/2wm79?137
So many things on my mind at once. Need to simplify my life. Taking tonight off for some relaxation.
Classical music helps put me in my zen space.
RT @joindiaspora: DIASPORA IS REAL! blog: http://bit.ly/9vbQoE; code: http://bit.ly/cJVIIN #diaspora
Mushroom themed food night! — at Tuesday Night Tables @jdavid and @zacwitte’s http://gowal.la/c/2vaQh?137
.@jdavid @benparr I don’t know. For a non-product company, yahoo sure has a lot of products http://everything.yahoo.com
Just noticed I passed 1,000 tweets! There shall be CAKE.
RT @M_Ahmadinejad: Reading fascinating article on link between Jewish princesses, hair dryers and the melting ice caps.
Excited to play around with Diaspora. Source code open-sourced today http://github.com/diaspora @joindiaspora
.@mathiasx http://e1.eksdyne.com looks interesting. Not big advancement, but its furthering the commoditization of intelligent devices
I’m at Castlight Health in San Francisco, CA http://gowal.la/c/2px9d?137
#TNT http://yfrog.com/jvabwnj
RT @hackerdojo: Only 48 hours left till the application deadline for Startup Fair at Hacker Dojo. Entrepreneurs meet investors! http://c …
August 2010
40 posts
I want this classic range rover http://yfrog.com/5cynvj
shit my 60GB mongodb database was corrupted when the server lost power. repair will take a while. #needreplication
#plan TECH cocktail San Francisco 2010 Startup Mixer (ROE) Tue, Sep 14, 2010, 6:30-9:30pm http://planca.st/8ir
I’m at Fireseed HQ in San Francisco, CA http://gowal.la/c/2pk9r?137
OH: “We’re schizophrenic and so are we. We’d love to hear our suggestions.” (via @ryanhasabeard)
Hopefully getting an iPhone 4 on my lunch break — at Apple Flagship Store http://gowal.la/c/2pdkL?137
Working on checkin.to — at Haus http://gowal.la/c/2piNA?137
finally got an iPhone 4. so much faster than my 2 gen old 3G. yay productivity, yay gadgets.
Getting Wikipedia Summary from the Page ID →
While working on my forthcoming checkin.to project, I needed to use the MediaWiki API to get the summary paragraph of wikipedia articles pertaining to places. Checkin.to relies on the Yahoo
New blog post on using the MediaWiki API: Getting Wikipedia Summary from the Page ID - http://clicky.me/1PDF
I’m not usually a white wine drinker but gewurztraminer feels so right for summer.
There has got to be some kind of API for ordering pizza…
Howfuckedismydatabase.com http://t.co/aQFVMg6 via @lozzd
This song is dope. Oh Land - Sun Of A Gun (Yuksek Remix) http://t.co/bIOGuw5
I’m at Philz Coffee in San Francisco, CA http://gowal.la/r/24cGT
So many people! Such beautiful weather. — at Dolores Park http://gowal.la/r/24fMQ
We’re having a picnic! (@ Mission Dolores Park w/ 111 others) http://4sq.com/1d20xZ
Can anyone tell me why apple doesn’t do wireless sync with any of its devices? Why must I use wires?????
#dogsgowest #dogsontour — at Tuesday Night Tables @jdavid and @zacwitte’s http://gowal.la/r/23bJ5
build a web app in 10k or less and win from $10k in prizes http://10k.aneventapart.com/
I’m obsessed with real-time data
I’m at Castlight Health in San Francisco, CA http://gowal.la/r/2386C
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/dogs-on-tour-in-san-francisco
I’m at Chili Lemon Garlic in San Francisco, CA http://gowal.la/r/23bre
Setting up for #dogsgowest show #TNT http://yfrog.com/5iu5owj
I’m at Castlight Health in San Francisco, CA http://gowal.la/r/21Y9w