I'm going to be in Africa for the next three weeks. SuperShuttle insisted on getting me to the airport three hours before my flight even though the first flight is domestic, so I have some time to think (sleepily) about what I might find there, and to worry about whether I've forgotten to pack anything essential ( Read more... )

I spent last Sunday at the NTC Day of Service in San Francisco, helping install wireless Internet access in the St. Anthony's building in the Tenderloin. Mostly this involved plugging in a wireless access point and getting it affixed to the ceiling. There were 20 volunteers and only 6 APs to install, so we were just a little overstaffed ( Read more... )

There's nothing like running around getting soaked and covered in bright colours to celebrate the arrival of spring.


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Oops.


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A few months ago, I heard that San Francisco was establishing a Voting Systems Task Force, and a few friends suggested that I might be a good person for it. I looked into it at the time, but thought they would only take residents of San Francisco ( Read more... )

Algorithm A hasn't been working out so well for me the past two weeks, so I'm switching to Algorithm B.


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I'm working on the PowerMeter project, which aims to get you feedback on your home energy consumption. If you have a smart meter in your home, we'd like you to be able to tell your utility to send the data to your iGoogle page, where it will show up in the PowerMeter gadget. Today Google put out a blog entry mentioning PowerMeter and how it fits ( Read more... )

claypoole just had a most delightful ideaThe first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me ( Read more... )

Alas, despite another year having passed, i have still not fixed all the world's problems.
In fact, i appear to be quite poor at keeping resolutions. Therefore, for 2009, i resolve:

• Not to learn anything!
• Not to launch any products!
• To become uglier and less happy!
• To remain in the U. S. for the whole year.
• Not to produce anything of noticeable ( Read more... )

I got to ride this yesterday. It's like a Segway, but with only one wheel. No pedals: it's just you, a motorized wheel, and your sense of balance. That's Trevor on the right.


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