June 2009
34 posts
Cafestol should be a Starbucks drink not a diterpene molecule causing my cholesterol to spike from French Press coffee http://bit.ly/HyOB3
Pleasant and slightly cathartic evening catching up with colleagues from Isis Innovation.
Pleasant and slightly cathartic evening catching up with collegues from Isis Innovation.
My boss just threatened to break my kneecaps…that’s just how they roll in Ireland! ;)
FYI here is a link to the files that enable iPhone tethering for your network: 3, AT&T, Fido, O2, T-Mobile, Virgin http://bit.ly/1QZQk7
I’m in heaven…free tethering on Three Ireland (Hutchinson) with a few 3.0 tweaks…decent speed as well!
Cool…Ultrasn0w is out…can finally upgrade to some iPhone 3.0 goodness!
“Dana: (in response to a crying baby)
I have a feeling at some point we are...”
– Conversation between the wife and myself tonight…
I love how my car repair goes from €500 to €350 with a few minutes of negotiation! Never realized the Irish were wheelers & dealers!
Guess the US Gov’t/CIA doesn’t have concerns with Open Source: RT @peHUB: NEWS In-Q-Tel Backs Lucid Imagination http://tinyurl.com/l9732w
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A worthwhile webinar on Intellectual Ventures new patent securitization products http://bit.ly/4t7I5P though the whiff of CDS is troublesome
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Alright…TweetDeck for iPhone just crashed…Twittelator doesn’t need to get too worried yet!
Cool….TweetDeck for the iPhone….I think Twittelator Pro finally has some competition!
Some light reading: Sequential Innovation, Patents, and Imitation by Bessen & Maskin http://bit.ly/c5ocW (PDF) argues against software pats.
No need to pay someone to help formulate an Open Source policy…just use the OS Policy Builder @ FOSSBazaar http://bit.ly/9eMDN
I am not an Open Source hippy but I take issue with “contamination”&”open source” being used in the same sentence-It frames the issue poorly
If you use the term “illustrious career” in your bio I better be frickin’ amazed when I read it otherwise I have to think you’re full of it!
I am amazed by my son’s capacity for remaining in the here and now!
Cool I am now a TechCrunch Europe contributor for Ireland! Send all your breaking news and juicy gossip to Steve at nonconformingmind.com
At Denver International Airport Bit.ly is blocked on the Free Public Wifi because it is classified as porn! http://twitpic.com/6sih3
Fantasic talk by Dan Jurafsky on food linguistics: “Ketchup, ceviche & chocolate chip cookies” Was surprised by appearance of “authenticity”
Watching US politicians respond to high-level figures (Sotomayor) who don’t fit the model minority, is an education in social theory.
WatchHey Ireland…help me convince Dave Cohen that TechStars’ (see video) first foray into Europe should be via the Emerald Isle! Besides a progressive tax rate, significant investments in science & technology, being home to the European HQ’s of virtually all of the major technology companies, what else can we offer…feel free to comment or shoot me an email?
“11,001 New Features for Statictical Machine Translation”…very lucid presentation by the LanguageWeaver folks on MIRA vs. MERT scoring.
Based on some presentations @ conf in Boulder I propose a new CNGL tutorial: how to embrace your inner geek while presenting effectively!
So much for six sigma events!!! @ParaicS: Three of the largest bankruptcies in history…have occurred in the last nine months.
Sorry Dick! Too little, too late! Cheney disavows Iraq & al-Qaeda http://bit.ly/3cPSCq
Loaned $75 to Nidal Msharqh on Kiva.org http://bit.ly/e1sVl