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Bay Area dot coms

So today I spent the afternoon driving around Mountain View. After going to the Computer History Museum (which was awesome mind you) I stopped by Google, Apple and Facebook world headquarters. Food for thought, all of the campuses were non-descript. Nothing like the amazing and older IBM, Oracle or Microsoft campuses. [...]

f my life…

I’ve found a new pass time.
http://www.fmylife.com/
“Today, my friend drove me me to catch the 8 pm train. Running late, we screeched into the parking lot at 7:57, stopped the car in a ‘no stop’ zone. I said goodbye to my friend, sprinted to my train and barely made it. Then, with the train in motion, [...]

The death of physical media

It was odd today. I ran into a friend who just purchased a collection of CDs from a record store and I was kind of taken back. I mean, not that she bought CDs, but that you still could. I haven’t stepped foot into a store or purchased a CD in years [...]

om nom nom nom nom….

Over the past few days I’ve run across of few random blog entries with the words “om nom nom nom”. So today I was like “ok, WTF am I missing out on here.” So I do a google so search and low and behold, yet another internet meme gets yet another victim.

http://omnomnomnom.com/
Cute, [...]

Please, no more fucking social networking sites

Nope, I don’t care if all you’re best photos are on the site. No, I don’t care to try the latest facebook application. I get enough spam already. I get enough calls from recruiters already. I really don’t care to get in touch with former classmates. I already removed myself from [...]

The next slum: slumburbia

For 60 years, Americans have pushed steadily into the suburbs, transforming the landscape and (until recently) leaving cities behind. But today the pendulum is swinging back toward urban living, and there are many reasons to believe this swing will continue. As it does, many low-density suburbs and McMansion subdivisions, including some that are lovely and [...]

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