Author Archives: Silicon Valley Dazed
Ask Me
Ask Me I was reading the Economist the other day, and I saw this Blackberry ad with a guy holding a bicycle. I checked out the bike first (bike nut that I am), and then I realized it was Rob Vandermark of Seven Cycles holding the bike. I wonder how many people have used a … Continue reading
Nightmare at Reagan National Airport: A Security Story to End all Security Stories | The News is NowPublic.com
Nightmare at Reagan National Airport: A Security Story to End all Security Stories | The News is NowPublic.com “I demanded to speak to a TSA [Transportation Security Administration] supervisor who asked me if the water in the sippy cup was ‘nursery water or other bottled water.’ I explained that the sippy cup water was filtered … Continue reading
Converter FAQs – VMware
Converter FAQs – VMware Convert Physical Machines to Virtual Machines – Free!Use the intuitive wizard-driven interface of VMware Converter to convert your physical machines to virtual machines. VMware Converter quickly converts Microsoft Windows based physical machines and third party image formats to VMware virtual machines. This is exactly what I’ve been looking for to convert … Continue reading
Twiki
I just set up Twiki for our company intranet: http://twiki.org/ Using a VMware VM using a Twiki install on Debian Stable: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev.TWikiVMDebianStable This was the first time I set up a VM, and it was very cool to see a Linux boot up screen within a VM on VMware server for Windows. It also saved … Continue reading
Sequoia Century 100km ride report
I decided to ride the Sequoia Century 100km on Sunday, June 3, 2007 on my new Merlin Works CR 3/2.5 although its lowest gear is a 39×25 vs. the 34×25 on my Trek Madone 5.2 SL. The Merlin seemed to be a very good climber in a test ride on the Los Altos Hills loop, … Continue reading
Cutting brake and derailleur cable and housing
Since I put in a shorter stem and narrower handlebars on my Merlin CR 3/2.5, I had to get rid of the excess cable and housing for the brakes and derailleurs. I stayed up till 1:30 AM cutting brake and derailleur cables and housings wearing my Oakley M-Frames for eye protection. I could have probably … Continue reading
Al Gore’s American Life | Photo Essays | TIME
Al Gore’s American Life | Photo Essays | TIME The thing that strikes me about this photo isn’t that Al Gore’s desk is overflowing with books and papers, but how close his three monitors are to the edge of his desk. The monitors appear to be cramming his keyboard and mouse space, and if he … Continue reading
Mountainbikes — The Company
Mountainbikes — The Company Once upon a time, if you said you owned a Mountain Bike, it meant only one thing. You owned a bicycle built on a Tom Ritchey frame, assembled and sold to you by Charlie Kelly and Gary Fisher out of their little shop in a rented garage at 1501 San Anselmo … Continue reading
New “Terminator” Trilogy Planned
New “Terminator” Trilogy Planned (May 10th 2007) After much talk and posturing over the future of “The Terminator” franchise in recent years, something surprising has happened – producers Mario Kassar and Andy Vajna have given up their baby. The Halcyon Co. has acquired the franchise rights to the popular “The Terminator” movie series and intend … Continue reading
Mountain View Voice: Squirrel attack sparks lawsuit
Mountain View Voice: Squirrel attack sparks lawsuit I need some extra spending money. I think I’m going to slather my body with honey and pine nuts and head down to Cuesta Park. In other parts of this country, those squirrels would have been shot and eaten before they mutated into killer rodents.