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William Kamkwamba
Peter & I just finished reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. It’s the story of William Kamkwamba , a boy who grew up in poverty and famine in rural Malawi. When he had...
How I Manage my Digital Images
A number of people of have asked me for details about how I manage my collection of digital imagery. I assume that they’re asking because they know that the collection is large (~30,000 images)...
Peter’s New Computer
Peter’s been building a new computer recently. It’s built around an i5-2500K and a Z68 motherboard, and a case with a lot of blue fans. For the most part, it went together very quickly....
Cory Doctorow’s Keynote @ SIGGRAPH
Cory Doctorow, one of our favorite people, gave the keynote speech at SIGGRAPH today. He really rocked the joint. His talk was structured around his 3 eponymous laws. He said that as an author,...
Summer and Winter
The boys are back from their trips, can you guess which one went to the Virgin Islands, and which one to New Zealand where it’s winter. Yes, I thought you could. From From Here...
Photoshopping Fireworks
Grumping about what the national TV broadcast has done the the 4th of July Pops concert has become a family hobby in recent years. This year they really outdid themselves by cutting away to...
Extreme Sailing
The Extreme Sailing Series is racing in Boston this weekend. We went down to watch them yesterday. There were three types of boats racing. Courageous Sailing had a bunch of kids out there in...
Time’s Money, Except When It’s Not
I spent many years working at a series of startups. One of the common features of many startups is a regular meeting to keep everyone up to date on the state of the company....
