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Twitter Answers

In Geeky on 9 May 2007 with no comments

In response to danah’s survey on Twitter (if you don’t know what Twitter is, go check it out - it’s in a nutshell a way to send micro updates to anyone that cares to listen by phone, web or IM):

First, the practical question. Can i quote you? [x] Yes, and you must use my real name [...]

Open Hack Day, UK

In Geeky, Man at Work on 1 May 2007 tagged hack, yahoo! with no comments

Beck at Yahoo! Open Hack Day by Laughing Squid / Scott Beale

Last October, Yahoo! held an Open Hack Day where we brought in developers and designers in the Bay Area to work on whatever they wanted to, and invited them to utilize Yahoo! APIs to make cool hacks … and that’s what people did. From [...]

Overheard on TV

In Geeky on 31 January 2007 tagged blogs with 2 comments

Marge Simpson says, “I’ve never heard anything on the gossip news … or the blogosphere.”

Also, unrelated, I got a jury summons. Among the check boxes to choose from for reason not to go:

not a US citizen (check) not 18 convicted of a felony

Does this mean they’re incapable of telling the age, citizenship, and … criminal record of [...]

Why I’m Not Getting an iPhone nor ModBook

In Geeky, Thoughts and Rants on 17 January 2007 tagged apple, axiotron, iphone, macworld, macworld2007, modbook with 2 comments

The iPhone was announced amidst much hoo-hah last week at MacWorld. Those who know me know that I’m a gadget person but have been surprised to find I’m still using a Nokia 6100 phone - the same phone I’ve had for three years. Make no mistake, I’ve been shopping for a good integrated phone for [...]

Handwaving Hack on the Wii

In Geeky on 28 December 2006 tagged hack, Man at Work, maps, nintendo, nintendowii, wii, yahoo! with no comments

About a month ago, Yahoo! had our quarterly internal Hack Day. Now that I work in the group that organizes Hack Day, I felt compelled to contribute a hack. For those that don’t know, Hack Day is when Yahoos spend 24hrs (or a portion thereof) to build some pet projects, typically utilizing Yahoo! APIs. The [...]

Halloween and Flickr

In Geeky on 31 October 2006 tagged flickr, halloween with no comments

I’d just like to say, Halloween is an awesome time to look through my friends’ contact streams. They are all freaking hilarious. That is all.

Internet Child

In Geeky, I've Journal on 13 July 2006 tagged ebay, internet, netflix, overheard with no comments

Overheard at a bookstore a conversation between a mom and her child, who couldn’t be older than 7:

Mom: Just look for it on eBay when you get home, ok?

Kid: Ok.

(Kid starts looking at DVD movies on their way out)

Mom: Don’t get any movies here. If you see any movies you want to watch, tell Dad [...]

Ninjas, Awesome They Are, Yes?

In Geeky, I've Journal on 27 June 2006 tagged agendacide, buzz andersen, cameron walters, cee-dub, ceedub25, ninjas, Unfiled, yoda with 2 comments

Approximate progression of conversation which started at Cam’s birthday at Golden Gate park and continued through until early evening at Glenda’s:

Glenda: We should take Cam and Buzz’s visiting brother, Bobby to the Yoda Fountain!

Buzz: Ok, but I want to take Bobby to this pizza place for dinner first so we’ll meet later

Glenda: Dude, so we’re [...]

Rapid WiFi

In Geeky, Road Warrior on 29 May 2006 tagged south dakota, wifi with no comments

I gotta say, I’m surprised there’s free WiFi at the Rapid City, South Dakota Regional Airport. So surprised, I figure I should blog on the plane before the doors close. Yes … I’m bored.

The Power of My Phone

In Geeky, Road Warrior on 22 May 2006 tagged humour, jamie, san francisco with no comments

I’m in Vancouver and my phone rings. I look at it and reject the call. You see, it’s my San Francisco phone and it’s roaming so I’m not about to answer just any call - especially this one. It was a call from the front door of my apartment complex in SF. My brother is [...]