Thought for the day
The tl;dr version: Arguably all interesting advances in computer science and software engineering occur when a resource that was previously scarce or expensive becomes cheap… Read More »Thought for the day
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A new home (for the box)
I’m composing this while surrounded by Ethernet cables, sitting on the (raised) floor of the Layer 42 colo in Mountain View. This is the new… Read More »A new home (for the box)
Cleaning up after a hack
I spent several hours today disinfecting my other website (Speaking of Clouds, also reachable as GeoffArnoldConsulting.com) after a WordPress hack attack. As is often the… Read More »Cleaning up after a hack
Live, learn, fix, repeat – my thoughts on the recent AWS outage.
On Monday, I had a conversation with Derrick Harriss of GigaOM, which he published here. I’ve followed up with a piece on my tech blog,… Read More »Live, learn, fix, repeat – my thoughts on the recent AWS outage.
Just published: "My Short Century" by Lorna Arnold
After years of work by many people, we’ve finally published my mother’s memoirs. “My Short Century” by Lorna Arnold is now available from Lulu. A… Read More »Just published: "My Short Century" by Lorna Arnold
Quick tip: if your Mac disk goes south…
Yesterday I had an unrecoverable file system error on my MacBook Air running 10.8 Preview 2. Disk Utility instructed me to back up what files… Read More »Quick tip: if your Mac disk goes south…
Back into the walled garden, with enthusiasm (and an emptier wallet)
Yesterday I finally had enough. I headed over to the local AT&T store, indulged myself in a mild rant about the POS (Samsung Infuse) that… Read More »Back into the walled garden, with enthusiasm (and an emptier wallet)
New year, new direction
I’ve just left Yahoo, mostly because it became clear that I wouldn’t be able to do what I was originally hired to do. Frustrating, but… Read More »New year, new direction
Time to root – or dump – my AT&T Samsung Infuse 4G phone
Well, 2011 has given way to the New Year, and AT&T have failed to fulfill their promise to upgrade the Android software on all of… Read More »Time to root – or dump – my AT&T Samsung Infuse 4G phone
Sunset
Just after sunset this evening. (Warning: full size image is 5.8MB.)