Oracle v. Google
Google finished May on a high note, didn’t they? Groklaw has all of the details, of course, but it all comes down to this: So long as the specific code used to implement a...
Author: Mike Garrity
The Value of Failure
I really like Ken Perlin’s blog post from last Saturday about the algorithms you never published because they didn’t work. At this point, an awful lot of my value as a graphics programmer is...
Minuteman Bikeway
I went for a ride out the Minuteman Bikeway today. It’s a wonderful bike path which follows the old train tracks from Cambridge through Arlington, Lexington, and Bedford. You can still see reminders of...
Alfa Miata
I have a first generation Miata (aka NA). I was never really tempted by the next two (NB and NC) because each one got a bit fatter and flabbier. There’s been a rumor going...
FB vs. AFP
It’s been an interesting week in the VC market, hasn’t it? I think that it’s kind of interesting to contrast all of the chaos which ensued when a certain company tried the Wall Street...
Chameau d’acier
This story has been trending on Reddit recently. Emile Leray was traveling through the desert near Tan-Tan Morocco, when his Citroën 2CV broke. Rather than giving up, he took the parts and made this:...
How can we fight back?
Epipheo recently talked to Daniel H. Wilson, the author of Robopocalypse and put together this video. You should watch it because it contains a lot of information which you might find useful sometime in...
Stellar Memories
I was cleaning out a closet today, and I ran across this old picture. It’s from one of my first days at Stellar Computer. Like a lot of small companies, we had a bulletin...
Snow Plant
When we were in Yosemite a couple of years ago, we encountered this curious looking plant on the McGurk Meadow trail. At the time, we couldn’t figure out what it was. Today, I found...
