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A world travelling hacker-poet from San Francisco
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Food Delivery 2021
Posted Oct 26, 2021 at Aku Aku
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An Ode to Roblox as a Gathering Place
Posted Aug 25, 2021 at Aku Aku
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Fighting Date Rape With Nail Polish
Posted Jun 30, 2021 at Aku Aku
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Post Pandemic Predictions
I started compiling this list before George Floyd was murdered, and its triteness bothers me now so I'm just going to post it and move on. In no particular order: Masks largely stay culturally accepted in flu and allergy seasons from now on in the USA, but will always carry a political connotation so some groups will never wear them and mock those that do, but like punk rockers have always mocked people in suits. 15 years from now, a common trope will be determining how old some young adult is by what basic K-12 subject they seemed to have... Continue reading
Posted Jun 5, 2020 at Aku Aku
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Kirk's dik dik
Kirk's dik dik (which is not pronounced xylophone, nice one guys) is a new Bay Area band that just released the summer 2020 album jam: Bestiary. Bestiary by KIRK'S DIK DIK It consists of the guy I get my fish from, Kirk Lombard, and a guy that apparently used to be in the same band as Simon who built our bedroom shelves and dated our daughter's nanny a decade ago, Cary Kirk. That last sentence was terrible. Simon did the building and dating, not Cary. I don't actually know either of these two, but I've enjoyed both of their other... Continue reading
Posted May 20, 2020 at Aku Aku
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The Past Awakens
Like Mad Max rising from within the desert floor, a bit of the old San Francisco arts scene appeared unexpectedly the past week when I found an old forgotten camcorder tape in a box. It contained footage from June 2001 at Ace Junkyard featuring, among other entertainments, Survival Research Labs and the debut of their new pitching machine which fired two by four studs at 200 mph. Continue reading
Posted May 19, 2020 at Aku Aku
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Drone Driving Gigs?
Uber has announced intention to deliver meals via drones. Since Federal law requires drones to be operated by human pilots with clear line of sight, it makes me wonder if a new job role will call for gig workers that are stationed in strategic positions to form a mesh network to pilot these drones. One can imagine them handing off control of a particular drone from pilot to pilot. Since a pilot can presumably operate only one drone at a time, will it be necessary to rent space on flat rooftops in order for drones to "rest" as they wait... Continue reading
Posted Oct 29, 2018 at Aku Aku
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Eric Cheng's Googly Eyed Affectionate Sharks
Posted May 6, 2017 at Aku Aku
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I liove the café racer look, but I fear moving away from Japanese engineering for British.
New Ride
Back in November I got a new motorcycle, but between the rain and the holidays, there hasn't been a good weekend I haven't been busy when I could take a few pictures. This weekend I had some free time and the weather is great so here it is, my new 2005 Triumph Thruxton: Some might recognize ...
Singularity Summit 2011
Posted Oct 16, 2011 at Aku Aku
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Wong Kar-wai
I think I have a new favorite cinema trilogy. Lush and sensual visuals, soundtracks, imagery... Continue reading
Posted Oct 3, 2011 at Aku Aku
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dav added a favorite at Kokochi
Sep 26, 2011
Ha, that's great.
North Korea Party Rock Anthem feat. Kim Jong Il
North Korea Party Rock Anthem ft. Kim Jong Il - YouTube 'Ain't no party like a Pyongyang party, 'cause a Pyongyang party is ABSOLUTELY MANDATORY'
YACHT vs HOUSEBOAT
I made a music video thingy using footage from our recent houseboat weekend for Tripped and Fell in Love, my favorite YACHT song from their new album Shangri-La. Continue reading
Posted Aug 17, 2011 at Aku Aku
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You were like the hottest moblogger ever
August 2011
Tesla's first day!: Whew, time flies! Aila is almost 3 months old now, and along with T going to kindergarten, I will start back at work part-time. Gran Marie will be caring for Aila so this is a big shift for little Aila too. Today, Marie hung out at our house and cared for Aila, getting h...
Blue's Clues' Steve
Posted Jul 31, 2011 at Aku Aku
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dav is now following Kokochi
Jul 11, 2011
Ah cool, good points! I hadn't checked out any Chrome extensions yet, will look into that. And no I hadn't seen an FAQ yet, but just noticed it after you pointed it out. A lot of good info in there, such as "the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) says that we cannot play more than three songs from one album or four songs from one artist in a three hour period." For the most part it seems like social constructs have been enforcing that but I guess they must have some algorithm enforcements in place as well.
Great seeing you on there, you're one of my reconnected friends!
Thoughts on Turntable.fm
Turntable.fm may turn out to have pulled the most epic Odeo since Twitter. Despite serious problems with stability, the service has practically erupted in users with average engagement times that surely beat out even Facebook. I'm not going to bother typing up a description of the service as it ...
Thoughts on Turntable.fm
Turntable.fm may turn out to have pulled the most epic Odeo since Twitter. Despite serious problems with stability, the service has practically erupted in users with average engagement times that surely beat out even Facebook. I'm not going to bother typing up a description of the service as it is ably described here at Signal News, and I'm thinking of writing a more in depth analysis of their engagement mechanics (based on Amy Jo Kim's Smart Gamification patterns), but here is a brain dump: As my friend Todd Siegel pointed out, at a basic level SecondLife has been offering something... Continue reading
Posted Jul 9, 2011 at Aku Aku
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Ganbatte! Hope you're going to do something awesome. No pressure though :)
SAY goodbye
OK, so I have some news to share with you. Today, April 22nd, is my last day at SAY Media. Including 2 years at SAKK and 4 years at Six Apart headquarters in 548 4th street, this has been an incredible venture and terrific experience for me to work with all of smart people on numerous exciting p...
iOS 4 spidey-bug
Posted Apr 20, 2011 at Aku Aku
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Bummed to learn that they won't have an update before SXSW, so there will likely be a lot of password leakage to unsavory characters. Since there is no Change Password feature yet, I decided to just create a new account with a new email address and a throwaway password. If you used a password on Yobongo that you happen to use anywhere else, you might want to do the same.
Thoughts on Yobongo
A new group chatting app Yobongo launched recently, just in time for SXSW. It is an iOS app which uses your location to throw you into a simple chat room with other people in the same location. I've been semi-obsessed with it since it launched last week so I thought I'd note down some thoughts ...
Thoughts on Yobongo
A new group chatting app Yobongo launched recently, just in time for SXSW. It is an iOS app which uses your location to throw you into a simple chat room with other people in the same location. I've been semi-obsessed with it since it launched last week so I thought I'd note down some thoughts about it. Here's its well produced but nauseatingly-hipster intro video: The reason for my interest is that back in 1999 I was working an a product idea in a similar vein. Instead of pursuing that idea I instead co-founded a chemical informatics company and have... Continue reading
Posted Mar 6, 2011 at Aku Aku
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alt.music.chapel-hill
A little over 16 years ago I was living in the Durham/Chapel Hill area, surely a time and place that would rank highly in a list of the densest concentrations ever of rabid indie music hipsters. Being 1994, the Internet was just starting to transition from a mostly a college kid phenomena, and the vivacious online community dedicated to the local music scene had long been the alt.music.chapel-hill Usenet group. One of my favorite local bands of the time was Pine State, a country band with the punk ethos of doing just fine with more attitude than talent (aka Psychobilly,... Continue reading
Posted Feb 5, 2011 at Aku Aku
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It's the best! Hey, have you been going back to to Burning Man lately? We got our tix this year but not sure if we will attend as Mie is having another girl in early summer and may not be up for it.
Third Best Product of the Past Decade: HeatTech
My favorite new product of the past decade, after the iPad and the iPhone, is HeatTech from Japan. It's a new fabric that is comfortable, anti-static and most importantly unusually warm despite being very thin. I love it. Mie's mom introduced her to it back in December and she brought some back ...
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