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Moishe Lettvin › Comments
Love that @google matches employee charitable donations. Love++ their end of year reminder if u still have matching $ left
Bruce Johnson, Roberto Bonini, Alex Scoble and 4 other people liked this
I just wish the match were more. Microsoft will match 4x as much. One of the few perks that were better at MS.
- Joe Beda ()
from iPhone
The reminder is cool, reminded me to give more.
- Moishe Lettvin
from Android
Something else Google did that nobody mentioned. They paid their Adsense providers EARLY so we would have it for Christmas....at least the ones on auto-draft. I thought that was a very sweet thing to do. Nobody brags when they do us favors, but everybody complains all the time....
- Jan Chilton
Hey Bicyclists -- I'll start sharing the road when you start respecting the law. A stop sign is still a stop sign dumbass!
Jennifer Dittrich, VAL D. Zone, Rochelle and Alex Scoble liked this
I saw a motorist do something illegal once, ergo I don't have to obey traffic laws either?
- Sean O'Connor
+1 to Sean :(
- Katya Rogers
I apply this on a case by case basis based on the actions of that bicyclist. Volations are met by frustration on my part and perhaps some unwanted advice given through a rolled down window. I haven't run anyone over -- yet.
- Joe Beda ()
from iPhone
Why can't we all just get along!?
- Moishe Lettvin
IIRC there is one state in the US where a Stop sign is not a Stop sign for cyclists. I can't remember which one it is now. I'll have a search and edit this comment when I find it. IIRC, for cyclists, the Stop sign was more of a Yield sign i.e. if there is nothing coming then no need to come to a complete stop [losing momentum etc]
- 1x29
Idaho - http://bicycling.com/blogs...
- 1x29
I see a lot more bicyclists cruise through stop signs than I see cars run stop signs. In my neighborhood, it's a rare day that I see a bicyclist ever stop at a stop sign, in fact
- Rochelle
Don't get me wrong, I think traffic laws should be enforced on all users of the road. But I am amused at how people become incensed when they notice (after the fact – typically they are unaffected) that a cyclist, previously invisible to the motorist, has squeaked through an intersection, split the lane, or done something else that the motorist wasn't able to do. I'm not attributing that to Joe's situation, and I'm not advocating obnoxious behavior by cyclists.
- Sean O'Connor
This particular stop sign was on the Burke-Gilman trail. It is a stop sign actually *on* a bike trail. Here is the intersection: http://maps.google.com/maps...
- Joe Beda ()
Is a Stop sign as enforceable (by law) on a bike trail as it would be a public highway? [being UK based, I have no knowledge of the local laws].
- 1x29
The Stop sign on the google map also looks to be positioned for traffic on the road as opposed to the trail crossing the road (if indeed I'm interpreting the image correctly) [although, I have now spotted one further ahead on the right hand side too].
- 1x29
There is a stop sign on the trail and another on the road. I stopped on the road and was starting to go when the bicyclist blew the stop sign on the trail and darted out in front of me. Ah well, at least no one got hurt by his asshatery.
- Joe Beda ()
An Amazing Lightning Story - http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2009...
bob liked this
That's much more exciting than my 520 story.
- Gary Burd
What's your 520 story?
- Moishe Lettvin
Sleeping driver caused 5 car accident. My car and another car were wedged between the barriers. Police cars tried to push the cars out of the way, but just crushed more of my car because of the wedge. Tow truck had to come from opposite direction to pull cars apart. 520 bridge W was blocked for a couple of hours during evening commute. 520 bridge E was down to one lane for most of that time.
- Gary Burd
Yikes!
- Moishe Lettvin
from email
Just ordered a quad-core i7 iMac. Finally!
Sean O'Connor, Steve Lacey and Scott Ludwig liked this
Am planning on doing the same thing. How much memory did you get?
- Steve Lacey
We need one too.
- Scott Ludwig
I got 8G. I'll see how it does with RAW photos and maybe go 16 in the future. I'm really looking forward to the display.
- Moishe Lettvin
from email
Trying to decide if I should order an iMac i7 from apple.com and pay sales tax to get it now, or get it through macmall, avoid tax, but wait
Drive to Bellevue and get it now :)
- Gary Burd
I almost did it, but decided the sales-tax savings are worth waiting a couple of weeks.
- Moishe Lettvin
from email
Tic Tac Toe bot with AppEngine/XMPP and gadgets.sharedstate - http://moishelettvin.blogspot.com/2009...
Steve Lacey, Gary Burd and Scott Ludwig liked this
It works!
- Scott Ludwig
Sweet! It is *really* bad at TicTacToe, though.
- Moishe Lettvin
That's ok. It's cool that it is all working.
- Scott Ludwig
Lesson for myself: eschew political motivations
The secret to longevity.
- Scott Ludwig
Yes. Also the secret to getting cool shit done.
- Moishe Lettvin
+1 to that!
- Michael Davidson
The best part about going to Redmond is the taco truck in the gas station parking lot.
Chris Bentzel, Rodfather and Gary Burd liked this
On 148th and 24th? There's one in Kirkland now too, at the Chevron across from Peter Kirk park.
- Moishe Lettvin
The best taco truck in western WA is the one on 45th in the parking lot of the old Henry's Donuts in Seattle!
- Rochelle
Yeah. The one on 148th is better than the one on 45th I think. :)
- Joe Beda ()
from iPhone
The one on 45th near Dicks is good for sure. Also had good stuff from the new place in the old KFC in Pike/Pine.
- Hayes Haugen
Joe, you should try the "taco bus" on Rainier & MLK in Seattle. The carnitas tacos are so good that I no longer crave SoCal tacos. http://www.deliciousbaby.com/journal...
- Peyman
Why mainstream journalism is dying: "The release of Closure Tools by Google under an open source license is all about putting more muscle behind Javascript, whose underlying Java language is under a cloud due to the Oracle-Sun merger."
Bret Taylor, Nick Lothian, Scott Ludwig and Joe Beda () liked this
Missing link: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-so...
- Moishe Lettvin
Picasaweb's iPhoto uploader with RAW images leaves a lot to be desired :(
- Moishe Lettvin
Guilty pleasure: reading mini-msft. Oh the Schadenfreude.
Same here. Don't know why I'm so drawn to it.
- Moishe Lettvin
Kinda want to watch the World Series but I'm having too much fun with GWT, AppEngine and XMPP.
Wow, it's unexpected to see "fun" and "xmpp" in the same sentence.
- Gary Burd
When the only stanza you deal with is "<message>" it's totally fine.
- Moishe Lettvin
What are you making?
- Scott Ludwig
A mediator bot for gadgets.realtime endpoints. I'll send you a link when it's working.
- Moishe Lettvin
I'm at Espresso Vivace - Brix (532 Broadway Ave E, E Republican St, Seattle). http://foursquare.com/venue...
Sean O'Connor liked this
We order whole espresso beans from them. Really good!
- Scott Ludwig
from iPhone
Yeah, I love Vivace. In addition to excellent beans, the baristas are artists.
- Moishe Lettvin
@fabien_pichard the funny part was the flight attendant said it crashed, "you know, like Microsoft"
Really?
- Scott Ludwig
from iPhone
yeah, he didn't say "blue-screen" but I thought he was gonna. funny that he didn't say "like Windows" or (insert other app) but "like Microsoft."
- Moishe Lettvin
from BuddyFeed
Are you going to enter this event?
- Scott Ludwig
from iPhone
Yep, flying to Boston tomorrow, running on Sunday! I'm doing the 50K, not the 50 miler.
- Moishe Lettvin
I'm impressed!
- Scott Ludwig
David aaaaand I'm out!
congrats!!!
- Moishe Lettvin
from BuddyFeed
Thanks Mo! It feels wonderful to officially complete!
- David Matlock
Bellevue School District: We Didn't Ban Obama's Speech Because We're Right-Wing, Teabagging, Evangelical Racists; We Did It Because We Did Zero Research and We're Beholden to Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories - http://slog.thestranger.com/slog...
F'ing Bellevue.
- Moishe Lettvin
Wow. What an embarrassment.
- Sean O'Connor
Incredible.
- Scott Ludwig
from iPhone
Now I own two motorcycles. I believe this means Lindsey needs to learn to ride.
Sean O'Connor liked this
what did you get?
- Sean O'Connor
F800GS!
- Moishe Lettvin
from email
OMFG! You are killing me here!
- Sean O'Connor
It's really nice. Let me know if you want to take it for a spin (maybe Monday?)
- Moishe Lettvin
from email
I don't know if I can afford to take that test ride right now $$$ :)
- Sean O'Connor
Our fig tree is bearing fruit
Jannifer @wordsforliving, Iván Abrego, Todd Hoff and 7 other people liked this
We have way more than we need. If you live in Seattle and want to pick some, let me know.
- Joe Beda ()
from email
I want to, but I live on the other side of the lake. Is that OK :-)
- Gary Burd
Sure. For you Gary I'll make an exception. :)
- Joe Beda ()
from iPhone
I'd like some! I can stop by after work some evening.
- Sean O'Connor
Damn, wish I still lived in Seattle!
- Robert Scoble
That's awesome!
- Andru Edwards
Thank you for reminding me of the time I killed both of my fig trees. :-( Cool you're getting fruit, though.
- Darren Landrum
I guess I should point out that I live in Michigan, where it's a special challenge to keep fig trees alive through the winter, even the Chicago Hardys that I had.
- Darren Landrum
I think these are desert kings. They stay green on the outside and have a watermellon colored inside.
- Joe Beda ()
from iPhone
Someday, I will live somewhere I can grow figs and mangoes.
- Darren Landrum
Though the way this climate change stuff is going, that place just might be right here in Michigan in five years or so.
- Darren Landrum
Joe we'd like some too. Thanks for offering! I'll drive over.
- Scott Ludwig
Sure Scott. We'll be around later. Give a call.
- Joe Beda ()
from iPhone
Yum!
- Moishe Lettvin
Sean O'Connor, Shakeel Mahate, Gary Burd and Chris Prince liked this
Excellent post. Completely agree.
- Scott Ludwig
"One reason programmers dislike meetings so much is that they're on a different type of schedule from other people. Meetings cost them more."
- Moishe Lettvin
Lots of good points here. I like how he distills these ideas to a dead simple mental model.
- Chris Prince
from iPod
Joe Beda () liked this
A machine that sells itself on ebay
- Moishe Lettvin
motivation at an ebb. Need caffeine maybe? Also need the crappy hip-hop spilling out of the headphones on the person next to me to stop, ASAP.
Gary Burd liked this
You want that office door that closes.
- Scott Ludwig
"For extreme noise situations or when your concentration must not be broken by outside noise." http://www.peltor.se/int...
- Katya Rogers
Nice product. Bonus - available in military green!
- Scott Ludwig
Want one - all those noise cancelling headphones don't help because they cancel all the background noise allowing me to perfectly hear everyone talking. About stuff they are going to do at some point.
- Hayes Haugen
Where's the connector for the iPod?
- Gary Burd
I dunno, showing up at work with pistol-shooting headphones on might send the wrong message.
- Moishe Lettvin
Maybe it will send them the right message (to be more quiet).
- Scott Ludwig
Some days, the noise gets to be a bit much. Maybe work from the Seattle Eng office for a couple days… More coffee options, and some quiet places.
- Sean O'Connor
Image - TinyPic - Free Image Hosting, Photo Sharing - http://imgfave.com/view/90506
By mike koss?
- Scott Ludwig
imgfave? is it bluedot redux? I didn't even realize that, just liked the picture!
- Moishe Lettvin
from BuddyFeed
I don't see a connection to Mike on the website.
- Gary Burd
The picture reminded me of this movie: http://vimeo.com/3013257
- Gary Burd
Bikes and Guns - http://slog.thestranger.com/slog...
Wow.
- Sean O'Connor
Seriously, wow. Previously the thing I found scariest about STP was people who couldn't hold their line.
- Moishe Lettvin
I'm more comfortable assuming all this will be going on far behind me.
- Sean O'Connor
A new gadgets API for realtime communication - http://googletalk.blogspot.com/2009...
Bogdan Costea, Ali Sohani, Nimaa and 13 other people liked this
"...we're now ready to show off -- and get feedback on -- the gadgets.realtime set of APIs. These APIs will let Google gadgets hosted in different user's browsers communicate with each other. The first API, gadgets.sharedstate, is available on the new Talk Developer Sandbox. With this API, you can share an object between instances of a gadget, and be notified in realtime when the other instance modifies it. More APIs and UI improvements to allow gadgets.realtime gadgets to be used on orkut and iGoogle are in the works and coming soon."
- Ivan Zuzak
from Bookmarklet
This reminds me, Google gets extra points in my book for using a sample chess gadget in Wave :)
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
Chess FTW! : )
- vijay
I don't think it's available for me to use yet, am I right?
- vijay
hehe; dunno, I'll stick to FICS until Google Wave let's me 'wave' moves ;)
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
this is not google wave, it's a new api for google gadgets. but since gadgets will be a part of wave, it's all good :)
- Ivan Zuzak
Of course, we were digressing ;)
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
Vijay, you can use the chess app now but both parties need to be running on the Talk sandbox. See the blog post for more info. And, yeah, the same gadgets that run in the Talk sandbox will run in Wave.
- Moishe Lettvin
Thanks Lettvin! How about a game then? =P
- vijay
Yeah, me too. I wanna play too ! :D
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
I'm dying to try Google Wave. Gosh, it's *months* away still, isn't it? :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
Hold on, Kol ;-)
- Stanislas Jourdan
Hehe, trying my best. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Vijay, my chess skills are weak, I'm sure you'd make short work of me :) I'm happy just giving people another way to play!
- Moishe Lettvin
Just registered for Bridle Trails 30K
Scott Ludwig liked this
Do they cleanup the horse poop before the race?
- Gary Burd
Since there is so much horse poop that the trails are basically made of it, probably not.
- Moishe Lettvin
Sean O'Connor and Jonas Lindberg liked this
No geotag! :) where is it?
- Sean O'Connor
John Day fossil beds in Eastern Oregon.
- Moishe Lettvin
from BuddyFeed
Cyclist on Southwest Pkwy Becomes Victim of a Prius Drive-By Shooting - http://austinist.com/2009...
Yuck.
- Scott Ludwig
wtf.
- Sean O'Connor
I rode this weekend in a huge, annoying crowd (like any popular Cascade club ride) and saw really irritating behavior from both cyclists and motorists. One guy threatening packs of riders with a horse trailer in tow - but no prius drive-by.
- Sean O'Connor
My father in law was running on the side of the road in San Diego when a passing bicyclist kicked him. I hate to say it, but bicyclists can be some of the rudest people on the road.
- Joe Beda ()
No apologies for idiot cyclists; there are plenty of morons piloting every vehicle. Can't believe someone *kicked* your dad, Joe, that is weird.
- Moishe Lettvin
Attention Nerds! A new gadgets API for communication - http://googletalk.blogspot.com/2009...
Jonas Lindberg, Scott Ludwig and Gary Burd liked this
I would of made Chess using the api. I'll think of something else.
- Scott Ludwig
Yeah, the chess gadget is pretty sweet. Let me know what you think of the API; I've got some improvements in the pipeline (notably partial updating of the state object).
- Moishe Lettvin
Sunn O))): Monoliths & Dimensions - http://pitchfork.com/reviews...
Moishe Lettvin liked this
"You'd better like your music dark and relentless, and contextual understandings of Sunn O))) and black metal and drone helped. Lacking those things, perhaps you suspended your disbelief enough to appreciate Malfeic's scorched voice or, unfortunately, dismissed it outright as two self-serious dudes and their fucked-up friends dicking around with darkness. Incorrect, I think, but understandable. Monoliths & Dimensions requires no such warnings. Per Sunn O)))'s long-standing dogma, "Maximum volume [still] yields maximum results." But this time, there's enough musical range and temperance to usher even the most resolute naysayer into this intricate wonderland."
- Gary Burd
from Bookmarklet
I tried.
- Hayes Haugen
I've missed them every time they've come to Seattle. I have to admit they scare me a little.
- Moishe Lettvin
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