Monthly Archives: December 2006

The ethics of an Internet-ready oven. Ultimate Edition.

Posted on December 28, 2006 by Grant

So I’m typing away on a design document today when I see the following story crawl through the RSS reader: Bribing Bloggers by Joel Spolsky It was basically a post bashing another one at Robert Scoble’s blog. Which lead to … Continue reading →

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Saying “Elmo wants wifi networking” in sign language

Posted on December 21, 2006 by Grant

So I have a daughter who is just over two years old. I know, not really germane information for a corporate tech blog but bear with me. In order to get the real story I have to tell a story … Continue reading →

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The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man and server room computing

Posted on December 5, 2006 by Grant

I remember walking out of the theater after seeing Ghostbusters for the first time and thinking ( age 8 ): 1. OhmygodthatwasawesomewhenIcangoseeitagain? 2. I’ll trade anything, including by little brother, for just five minutes with a real proton pack. A … Continue reading →

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Calligraphy of a plist

Posted on December 1, 2006 by Grant

A while back Steve Jobs gave a commencement address at Stanford University telling the students how he had become a multi-bazillionaire by dropping out of college. Just the sort of thing that you want to tell a crowd of parents … Continue reading →

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