Tag: Technology
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My weekend of pure Americana continued, when we stumbled upon the annual Pinball Expo at the Marin County Civic Center. There was obviously no choice – we had to go. Bringing together machines from over fifty years, a one-time charge at the door allowed us to play on machines dating as far back as the 1950s,…
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I have been pretty quiet on here recently, but I have some good excuses; a new road bike, an iPad 2 and a PS3 has meant virtually no time writing or sorting photos. Hopefully, things will return to some semblance of balance (though probably not). First and foremost, is a heart-breakingly beautiful new road bike…
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Our friend Dave, who is an engineer at Microsoft in Seattle, paid us a visit last week. Reports had been circulating that he had assembled his own Sous Vide; a device that enables highly-accurate temperature control for cooking, in the manner of Heston Blumenthal. By first vacuuming the food into sealed bags, then immersing it…
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The penny dropped when my own Father announced that his company was ordering them for their employees; the heat was really on! Rewind; the Vostro brand, specifically established to provide Small Business owners with IT solutions. Until this point, the products were good value and worthy, but the brand had a pretty low profile. We…
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The Taiwanese government’s HiRecruit campaign aims to attract professional talent to the island. This year, they asked me to talk about what brought me here, and why other people should do the same thing. Check out the video below: Obviously what I really cared about was that I looked good on the bike … 🙂
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Well it only took SIX YEARS. Skype has finally added group video calling to its (all-be-it Beta) services, and we just gave it a test drive for the first time. It took a few seconds to get going, but once in … it was a resounding success. Apparently they will be adding it to their…
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Things get exciting at about 1:35 in …
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