Month: January 2012
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Big Day
Click to see all the pics on Flickr It has been a long 40 hour day. Today my second daughter Maya was born at 7:24 on 31 Jan 2012 at 3070g and 50.0cm. The birth took about 7 hours. My wife was amazingly brave. No meds, all natural, just like last time. I did the…
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b-mobile fail follow up
Following my post from a few days ago I was advised to contact the b-mobile Help Desk. The result can be capsulated in the following two tweets. I am considering my next move and any potential reaction from b-mobile. Re: sb1.tumblr.com/post/158687175… @bmobile_jci‘s service desk says: Yes, the speed is very slow. Consider switching to another…
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http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf mashable: “Because the biggest producers of content on the Internet are not Google and Yahoo — they’re us – we’re the ones getting policed. The real threat to the enactment of PIPA and SOPA is our ability to share things with one another.” -Clay Shirky, in his “emergency” TED talk about SOPA and why…
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b-mobile fail
I have a had a really tough time in Japan so far. Free WiFi in Kyoto is nearly non-existent. The choppy Shijo network is my only oasis, and it is pretty grimy. Being disconnected from the web tough as someone who is a trying to start a web business, does a podcast on the side,…
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Above: Obligatory shot of cloudscape from plane window. Well, I have made it to Kyoto. I will be here for the next three months. I have been here for three days and have almost gotten over my jetlag. It has been nice to be united with my wife and daughter after three months apart. Kyoto…
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Above: Obligatory shot of cloudscape from plane window. Well, I have made it to Kyoto. I will be here for the next three months. I have been here for three days and have almost gotten over my jetlag. It has been nice to be united with my wife and daughter after three months apart. Kyoto…
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After watching Tinker, Tailor last week, went back and started watching one of my fave TV series ever: The Sandbaggers (1978-1980). ★★★★★ Checkout some other “unflattering portraits” from Kyle Latino.
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After watching Tinker, Tailor last week, went back and started watching one of my fave TV series ever: The Sandbaggers (1978-1980). ★★★★★ Checkout some other “unflattering portraits” from Kyle Latino.
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My year in books, 2011
In 2011 I challenged myself on Goodreads to read 40 books. I had read 32 in 2010, so I set a stretch goal. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to achieve it. That was understandable considering that I read The Name of the Wind, Wise Man’s Fear and the first 2 and half books from the Song…