all posts from December 2008


Babes of the Year

As some of you may know, as part of my “Letters of the Month” over at IPOM, I have a “Babes of the Month” list. It started as a lark but has become quite the tradition. As 2008 draws to a close, I decided I needed to pick the top 5 ladies from this year’s […]

Greatest. Christmas. Tree. Ever.

Courtesy of Slashdot’s Idle section, comes the greatest Christmas tree ever. EVER! It’s so beautiful, I want to cry.

Snow rules!

It doesn’t snow much in the city… usually. However, this year we’ve had a lot of snow: yesterday there was a foot of snow on the ground. I’ve posted pictures of the awesomeness!

Texting. Is. Evil.

Miranda recently pointed me at Foamy – an entertaining online animation series that more often than not is ranting about the stupidity of those around us. I recommend it. But it got me thinking… this is the Blog of Doom. A blog born out of a deep hatred for stupidity, ignorance, and people in my […]

Happy Holidays!

I’m a few weeks late, but I’ve finally gotten my tree up. Usually I do this the weekend of Thanksgiving as a way of celebrating that Thanksgiving is over and getting into the Christmas spirit. This Thanksgiving I was down in LA – a short side-trip from my business trip in Mountain View, CA. I […]

Colored bits

Intellectual property has been a growing topic in the IT industry for a long time. But it’s long been considered “not a computer science problem” but instead “a legal problem.” The truth is that it’s both. Moreover, trying to explain the reality of how bits work in a way lawyers understand or how intellectual property […]