Archive for May, 2008
Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Went to see the Giants play the Padres on Friday. The game had it all and a perfect chance for our visiting work ambassadors (from India, China, and Dublin), to experience our American past-time. Here's the significance of Friday's game:
Omar Viszquel was honored for having played the most games at ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Lucky me got to be paid to talk to developers on Thursday at the Google I/O conference. I demoed Google Webmaster Tools for a fair number of developers, who seemed genuinely interested in trying it out and using it to make better websites. Moscone Center, where the conference was held ...
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Happy to report that after I took my bike into the shop to repair a stripped bottom bracket, I picked it up today with not only a new bottom bracket, but a new crank set! Woohoo - free hardware upgrade to a TruVatic Elita GXP crankset. Work is keeping me ...
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
Excellent three-day weekend. Relaxed, caught up on sleep, went to a fun BBQ today. Did a bit of cleaning, as well.
I did a few marathon sessions of GTA IV, finally finishing it on Monday night. It was a damn good game, with an excellent storyline, character development, and graphics. The ...
Posted in Food, Photography, Travel | 2 Comments »
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Today was an interesting day. Some of our tools were scheduled to go under maintenance today, but I did some checking throughout the day and found that they weren't. The office was surprisingly empty throughout the day (where did everyone go??) and I don't think anyone wanted to tell our ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Ever heard of this guy? I've seen his advertisements on low-quality in-flight magazines, for starters, where he proudly announces his SSN, daring identity thieves to steal it. He's so confident in his company, Lifelock, which, to be honest, does some pretty useless things - like alert credit card bureaus to ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Yup, it's finally that moment. The moment where I stop posting about American Idol! But damn, the last two nights were some amazing performances. The David vs. David finals were incredible to watch. Both finalists are amazingly nice and real people, and I can assure you that I would have ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
What kind of crap ads are you running?
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Today was Bike to Work day and of course, yours truly participated. I'm glad I got up early, because as soon as I got on my bike...PFFFFT! My rear tire went flat! Blahhh - I spent the next 15 minutes replacing my tube and finally got on ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Pete and I were the only one's who went for a ride today. Since we only had an hour, we did a quick loops around the Baymeadows Nature Preserve, which is north-west of Google and between East Palo Alto and Mountain View. It's slightly rock at some points, but has ...
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