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Google Chrome OS
Google Chrome OS: The Web as the platform. Now, that’s interesting!!! Microsoft has been very slow in embracing the Web. It’d be interesting to see if there is any reaction to this.
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eScience Workshop 2009
This is an event I used to really enjoy. Many smart people from various fields of science getting together. Highly recommended. Here’s the announcement and call for papers for the 2009 one. The 2009 eScience Workshop will be held at the Gates Center for Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, October 15-17,…
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July 4th: A beautiful day
I woke up early and decided to go for a road trip with my bike. I decided to head towards the Bainbridge island. My friends Sophie and David also had a similar idea but 2 hours later than me 🙂 So, while they were driving towards Port Townsend (north of the island and part of…
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An expensive day: MacBook, iPhone, GPS and communications system for the bike
Today was one of those days… I’ve been planning to make these purchases for a while and I just took the time to do them at the same time. My 2-years old Windows Mobile phone was showing its age. Since Microsoft hasn’t released anything compelling yet in the user experience front (I am hearing that…
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48h film project – “Marco Polo”, the movie
For a first attempt at making a short film, I think it has turned out really really well. The entire team did an amazing job. Even the music is original, which I think is rare for the 48 hour film project competition. Check out my previous posts for background and photos: “48h film project –…
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Glastonbury 2009 – It was another great one
I am back in London now. Glastonbury was another amazing experience. I arrived in London on Thursday evening with a plan on how to reach the festival fields but without having booked anything. BIG MISTAKE. I knew it was going to be an adventure getting there given my late arrival into Heathrow. Unfortunately, the coaches…
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Help wanted… Choosing bands for Glastonbury
How could one possibly choose between all these bands in the concurrent stages? If you have any recommendations from the line up, I’d love to hear it (either a comment or drop me a line). I am going into “digital silence” from Thursday evening (UK time). Glastonbury 2009 lineup.
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Glastonbury weather 🙁
I guess it wouldn’t be a Glastonbury festival if it didn’t rain 🙁 It appears that showers are forecast for the weekend, even though it’s beautiful and clear now. I just hope that we won’t have to fight through the mud again (camera got wet in 2008, 2007 photos 1, 2007 photos 2, I didn’t…
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Zentity @ the “Repository Systems” workshop and Glastonbury
I am writing this while on a plane to London and then to Frankfurt. I am going to Germany to visit relatives for a day, close to Manheim, before heading to Munich to give a talk about Zentity at the “Repository Systems” workshop. Then, on Thursday I am going to flight back to London and…
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48h film project – Filming on location
The shooting of our 48h film project entry was amazing (check out my previous post). On Friday, David (the director) and Arthur (the script writer) met with the rest of the teams to find out (through a draw) the genre of the film that we had to shoot plus the name of a character, a…