eTech05: Flickr
Flickr: if you haven’t looked at flickr, and you have any interest in viewing and sharing photos on the internet you must check it out! Stewart Butterfield, founder of Flickr, gave a fascinating … Read more
Year: 2005
eTech05: O’Reilly Keynote
The opening session at eTech 2005 was a fascinating overview of a wide variety of technologies and intriguing applications of those technologies. Based heavily on open-source concepts, the talk by Tim and Rael … Read more
eTech05: Building Contentcentric Apps
My next etech tutorial finds Ben Hammersley giving an overview of building contentcentric (his term) apps using RSS and Atom. Ben’s as enjoyable to listen to in person as he is to read … Read more
eTech05: Web Services Mash-Up
My first tutorial at eTech is the Web Services mash-up. It’s an intro to the topic, with examples and an in-depth review of a variety of available web “APIs”. Among the sites that … Read more
We Get Around
It’s safe to say we had a blast visiting the SF bay area last week. As this image of our GPS tracks shows, we spent a lot of time driving on highway 1 … Read more
Greyhound Rock at Sunset
These two photos were taken on Highway 1 a few miles north of Santa Cruz. The long rock looks a bit like a reclining greyhound, hence the name Greyhound Rock.
Skyline Sunset
We went for a drive after work and ended up heading up old La Honda road to Skyline Drive. First time on that road, and what a neat, twisty, narrow road it was! … Read more
Golden Gate to Stinson Beach
Since we love to drive, and love the ocean, it seemed an obvious choice to drive up the coast on Sunday. We started in Half Moon Bay, worked our way up to San … Read more
Creekside to Pagemill to Skyline to 84
The Creekside is a pleasant place to stay, though the rooms show some signs of aging and are on the smallish side. I think I’ll stay at a residence inn type place next … Read more
Window Seat Photos
Inspired by Doc, who has published many nice aerial shots, and by the work of this pBase aerial photographer, I sat in the window seat for the first time in a long time. … Read more