For the record

This post is here to certify that I said, in a meeting with somebody that shall remain unnamed and April, something like the following: “Give her data and servers and she will find patterns. I don’t know how she does it” (referring to April). There is no (and there will be no) audio recording of [...]

If it works, it’s obsolete (or a Mac)

I think I’ve become a Machead. I’ve been using my Powerbook G4 for about 4 months now, and I really like it. So much, that I’m going to get a Mac desktop at home (probably an iMac, not sure yet).
Sure, there’s quite a few people that like to run around insisting that OS X is [...]

Surprising fact about the US Copyright office

One of the really nice things about Google is that we have a lof of internal “tech talks” — either by our engineers or by various guests (you can see most of the non-confidential ones on Google Video – just search for “google engedu“).
So anyway, yesterday we had some nice folks from the US Copyright [...]

Week summary

Ok, I’ve been lazy and haven’t posted much lately. So sue me.
Lots of things happened this week. Most notable:
April arrived in the area for the MAAWG conference. I finally met her after working together for almost 5 years. Went together to a couple meetings and met a bunch of interesting people working on interesting (mostly [...]

Computer history museum

Went to visit the Computer History Museum today (it turns out that it’s within walking distance from where I’m staying). Free entrance, and fascinating content — almost everything from an abacus to one of the first Google server racks. Highly recommended to visit if you ever come near the Bay Area.