A friend is busy putting together a kick ass startup with a strong geographic component. He’s using Google Maps API version 3 which is a vast improvement (and total rewrite) from previous versions. But he needs to store and query his geographic data in a fast efficient way. There are many options out there, but […]
October 10, 2009 | mysql | 7 comments
Last night I logged on to NASA’s Mauna Kea observatory live video feed to watch LCROSS slam into the moon. After LCROSS was finished pancaking into the moon and not producing the expected 6 mile plume, I noticed an IP address flash on the top right of the video display. So I hit it with […]
October 10, 2009 | NASA | No comments
Update: My real-time traffic feed says it all. 🙂 Thanks for the mention and link-love M.G. and Techcrunch. Two people died and 19 passed out at an Arizona sweat lodge last night. The author who hosted the event is James Arthur Ray and is an avid Twitterer. He deleted his 10 most recent tweets after […]
October 9, 2009 | Startups | 1 comment
October 9, 2009 | Startups | No comments
I recently upgraded our router to the Linksys WRT320N router. I set the router to only transmit on 5GHz and the performance has been awesome because all our neighbors are still on 2.4 GHz, our 2.4 GHz cordless phones don’t interfere with our WiFi anymore and because 5GHz is better at getting around corners and […]
October 7, 2009 | Apple | No comments
Our 4 year old aussie cattle dog Joey just got skunked. My sister in law feeds left-over chicken to the local skunks and a big one arrived. We accidentally left Joey outside. Next thing the neighbor knocks on the door saying “Your dog is outside and he’s been skunked!” I’ve never smelled skunk before. It’s […]
October 3, 2009 | Aussie Cattle Dogs | No comments
Google Groups archive of the STS mailing list isn’t working reliably, so I’m archiving a few emails I’ve sent to the STS list here. One day when I have too much time I’ll create a reliable threaded archive of the whole list. I sent this as a reply to a “getting started” advice request from […]
June 7, 2009 | Startups | 1 comment
I posted this today to the Seattle tech startup mailing list. A few folks liked it, so I’m reposting it here. It’s in response to a NY Times article talking about VC’s not caring about a business plan. In my experience the most interesting things to a prospective valley based technology investor in descending order […]
May 15, 2009 | Startups | No comments
Congrats to Chris Rodde and Jay Goldstein, two fellow Seattle entrepreneurs and friends for launching http://seniorhomes.com/ today. If you’re looking for a great resource forassisted living, memory care, nursing homes and independent living homes for an elderly relative or friend, be sure to visit the site.
May 6, 2009 | Startups | No comments
Update: According to my live traffic feed, busted iphones are hip. My bro posted this to reddit. Update2: @chrisrodde Just reminded me that this will be my third iPhone – I drowned the last one on a fishing trip with him. Update3: Just visited AT&T. The conversation went like this: AT&T guy: Um yeah, so […]
April 11, 2009 | Apple | 3 comments