Great weekend in Vancouver

15 years ago

This past weekend was all about exploring a city. Vancouver was the chosen destination, even though I've been there so…

Unix turns 40 years old – “Unix is the best screwdriver ever built”

15 years ago

My first exposure to Unix came around 1992-93 when a contractor at my department at the time gave me remote…

Olympic Peninsula – Shi Shi beach

15 years ago

I spent this past weekend at Shi Shi beach, over at the Olympic Peninsula. Cris and I have been discussing…

A great night at Seattle’s ACT

15 years ago

I don't often blog about many of the things I do in Seattle in the evenings (well, with the exception…

Beautiful video about Microsoft External Research

15 years ago

I just noticed a beautiful video about Microsoft's External Research (my previous group). A great view at very high-level of…

“What’s faster – A supercomputer or EC2?” – Great insight by Ian Foster

15 years ago

I enjoyed reading Ian's analysis on how to interpret "faster" when it comes to comparing infrastructure-as-a-service and a supercomputer. Snippet:…

Weekend of riding, camping, hiking, lake swimming, windsurfing, and book writing

15 years ago

... Phew... what a fun weekend that was! I had such a good time even though i am now suffering…

102F, 40C – Officially the hottest day in recorded history

15 years ago

I am amongst those who don't complain! I miss the hot weather (coupled with being on the beach of course).…

The author of the windows file copy dialog visits some friends…

15 years ago

This is indeed very funny (thanks to Lee for forwarding :-) (source xkcd)

Now, that’s a wedding entrance…

15 years ago

... worth blogging about :-) Well done to all involved for being creative and doing something different :-) YouTube video…