Dec 25, 2003

Merry Christmas!


Allison, Drew and Jason wish you all a happy holiday season. - The Shellens

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Dec 22, 2003

Quake!

The lights in our office are still swinging but I didn't feel it. I was in the elevator. It looks like folks down south might not be so lucky, it's being reported as a 6.4 centered in San Simeon, CA. Folks in the office who aren't native Californians aren't taking it well. Goldman is lying down as we speak. The guy that wrote this article Oakland Tribune: Monster quake could hit Pacific Northwest must feel like a mini-Nostradomus this morning.

updates:

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Dec 19, 2003

Clean sweep


Button detail of the Toto Washlet - December 2003

I doubt the button depicted above is used in the mens room, but you never know. To those who ask 'Why are you taking pictures in the washroom', I say 'Do you have the toilet of the future in your office?'. I bet if you did you would want to capture it for all to see as well. You can always get a Bidet Ole or a Travel Washlet if you don't have the funds for the real deal.

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Dec 16, 2003

Ick

Only 24 more hours with this hideous Spider-Man template in place, however a deal is a deal and a buck is a buck. An odd side effect of this template change is a breakthrough in my months long bloggers block. I can feel my normal blogging self coming back to life. I think it might have something to do with figuring out what is bloggable within the confines of a much larger company than I was used to a year ago. Either way it feels better and I hope to keep it up. Quantity over quality may however prevail.

update: Ahh... much better. Archived for posterity, 48 hours of shellen.com in Spider-Man skin.

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Joi Ito Googles self


Jason Shellen, Eric Case, Joi Ito, Biz Stone, Steve Jenson, and Jason Goldman.

Joi Ito dropped in on the Blogger gang tonight mainly to talk about the Creative Commons, introduce us to the Gollum Rap, and keep his mind off of not drinking. Joi and I were name-badged because of a Google event in another part of the building, not because people were getting us confused with one another. Though I could see how that might happen in the future.

Cory Doctorow was there as well and we had a rousing discussion about standards bodies, civil rights, and the EFF. No one was injured.

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Blogger Brazil goes paid?

Alert reader, Luiz Eduardo writes in:
From today on, for new users, blogger.com.br is no longer free. It is part of the "Globo Media Center".
Interesting.

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Pyra goofball montage

Since Meg was reminiscing, I thought I would add a few mementos. These come from an old hard drive chock full of photos and graphics from the early days of Pyra.
Meg HourihanPaul Bausch
Matt HaugheyEv Williams

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Web site

It may appear that my blog was subject to a hostile takeover by a 14-year old comic book fan, but in fact the spidey makeover was voluntary. Co-worker Eric Case threw down the gauntlet; one American greenback for 48 hours of using the Spiderman template on shellen.com. I'm not sure I can make it but here's hoping. If you get the same craving, Sony Studios has made a few Spiderman Blogger and Live Journal blog templates available here. Go nuts.

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Dec 10, 2003

Blog Meetup SF - [b] there!

While we are usually busy writing code, dreaming up things to code, or generally making wacky faces on the bloggercam, the Blogger team is going to take a rare public appearance at the SF Blog Meetup. It's next Wednesday, December 17th at 7PM (location and details TBD) and we are hoping to meet a large throng of hoodie wearing Blogger users. Hope to see you there and please help spread the word!

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Dec 9, 2003

Loopholes for the masses

From Tech Law Advisor:
If congress bans net taxes then states "stand to lose billions in local telecommunications taxes on phone service. With voice service moving rapidly to the Internet, there is little to stop your local phone company from saying the $50 you are paying them each month is for Internet access and not phone service, and should thus be tax-free." [WSJ] Sounds like a gain for consumers though.

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Dec 5, 2003

Atom info proposal

Improving the human readability and understanding of Atom feeds

One of the problems associated with current feed formats is the lack of a unified URI handling for feed formats. Currently, clicking on a button or icon denoting 'XML' on a given page will usually result in the display of an XML file in the users browser. The resulting viewable text isn't very human readable and confusing for most users.

Continued here...

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Dec 4, 2003

Technology will either save us or kill us

Scene: I am working from home and instant messaging with my friend and colleague, software engineer Steve Jenson.
Steve: I wanted to talk to you about X.
Me: I could give you a call now. What's your extension?
Steve: talk about it with our voices? voices?
Me: yes, with our live actual voices.
Steve: well, it'll be going through a massive computer system so I guess that's ok.
...and scene.

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Dec 2, 2003

Bustle


Union Square in San Francisco - Day after Thanksgiving 2003

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