Monday, April 30, 2012

Cal Alumni Panel

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I'll be one of the Alumni on the panel in Berkeley on Friday. If you'll be in Berkeley, please feel free to drop by! I won't be...
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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Google shows that Moore's Law can go backwards

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I used to pay $5/year for 20GB of additional Google storage. With the launch of Google Drive, however, Google has changed the prices on stor...
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Excellent Customer Service from HP

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I bought a HP ZR2740w late last year, and I'd been happily operating on it since then. Until yesterday noon, when the monitor suddenly ...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Review: InterGalactic Medicine Show Awards Anthology, Vol. I

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I picked up InterGalactic Medicine Show Awards Anthology, Vol. I when it was a giveaway on the Kindle store for free. The cover price is $5...
Saturday, April 21, 2012

Review: I am Legend

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I picked up I am Legend during a Kindle sale after seeing the hugely positive reviews on Amazon. This is the risk with buying so called cla...
Friday, April 20, 2012

My Next PC Will Be Home Built

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My 3 year-old HP m9600t is now starting to be flakey. 3 years is about the usual amount of time it takes for a desktop to die, but the nice...
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Review: Box.net

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I'm an unabashed fan of Dropbox . In fact, when I wear my Dropbox sweat-shirt, I get random people walking up to me telling me how great...
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Monday, April 16, 2012

Long Term Review: Canon S100

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It's been 4 months since I wrote my first impressions review of the Canon S100 . Since then, the camera has been to Hawaii and the Bri...
Saturday, April 14, 2012

Long Term Review: Battery Geek 222 Battery

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As many of you know, I rely on a CPAP machine so I can breath at night. The Battery Geek C222 is sufficient to run the machine for 1.5 nigh...
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Friday, April 13, 2012

Conclusions and Thoughts

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The BVIs had haunted me for years and this trip proved that it wasn't just nostalgia: it was every bit as good as I wanted it to be, and...
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Epilogue

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Unfortunately, returning the boat left us with a surprise. Tony's racks were rusty and left rust stains on the deck. Amy scrubbed and sc...

April 8th: White Bay (Jost Van Dyke) to Nanny Cay Marina (Tortola)

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From Screen Captures We got up at 6:00am to find the moon still up. We had no real plans for the day, as everything depended on the winds...

Review: The End of Illness

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To be honest, I don't know how I heard about The End of Illness , but somehow it made it to the top of my library queue, so I read it. T...

April 7th: Kelly's Cove (Norman Island) to White Bay (Jost Van Dyke)

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From Screen Captures When I originally set up the trip, I thought that charters were for 7 days (April 1 to April 7th). It turned out tha...

April 6th: Deadman's Bay (Peter Island) to Kelly's Cove (Norman Island)

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From Screen Captures We started the morning bright and early and went to look for the mooring buoys at Coral Garden. Steve was pushing fo...

April 5th: Leverick Bay (Virgin Gorda) to Deadman's Bay (Peter Island)

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From Screen Captures Our original plans for making it all the way up to Leverick Bay was to do some of the dives in the northern part of...
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Thursday, April 12, 2012

April 4th: Manchioneel Bay (Cooper Island) to Leverick Bay (Virgin Gorda)

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From Screen Captures The morning started with a conundrum. A couple of days ago, while swimming to the snorkel at cistern point, I had no...