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Spain.js and people
This weekend I was invited to Madrid to give a talk at Spain.js.Thanks to all of the organizers for putting on a great conference at Spain.js 2013.The JavaScript discussion was great – Stuart Memo...
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Nodebots Day
Today was Nodebots Day all over the world.David and I spent the day hacking together. It was fun and inspiring to work with the Arduino, Tinker Kit and then tie it all together with Johnny Five.After...
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siphotos: Immediately following the release of Madden NFL 2004,...
siphotos:Immediately following the release of Madden NFL 2004, Michael Vick broke his leg in a preseason game and didn’t return until there were just five games left in the season. The injury spurred a...
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The job hunt ramped up pretty quickly as Hacker School finished.I am planning to contract for some time, so the intensity to find a job is lessened considerably and provides me with some clarity seeing...
View ArticleImpression & click-throughs: Why we report and how
Online advertising’s promise is its challenge: measurementThe great advantage of digital advertising versus its traditional media siblings boils down to one simple factor: data.Prior to the emergence...
View ArticleYou must be used to this
As a Minnesotan, it never ends.Not the cold.Not the comments about the cold.Over the past week I realized something: one is never really used to the cold, you just deal with it. You do the thing you...
View ArticleSmall modules for performance
I attended The Node Firm’s Performance Analysis Training two weeks ago.I got to spend a bit of time working with node-core developer Trevor Norris on a fabricated problem: what’s more performant –...
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This game is not available, due to NBA League Pass Broadband blackout rules.This weekend I did something bad. Because of the cold, I skipped going to a friend’s birthday party. As a Minnesotan, it was...
View ArticleTipping Point albums
I wish I was better as a music critic. I like to think about music. I like to talk about music. Not being a music critic makes penning these thoughts much harder…The upcoming Future Islands record,...
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Singapore airport It’s a shame that Snapchat is so much fun to...
Singapore airportIt’s a shame that Snapchat is so much fun to use.Liz and I have been snapping friends back home like madmen. Sending digital garbage to friends from New York through our Tokyo layover...
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Food Hanoi We land at the Hanoi airport and take a car into...
FoodHanoiWe land at the Hanoi airport and take a car into the city. The ride is 30 minutes and it doesn’t feel oh-so-foreign. Viewed through a car window acting as the flat screen, it’s as if we are...
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Hondas Saigon Upon arrival to Ho Chi Minh (Saigon), I am eager...
HondasSaigonUpon arrival to Ho Chi Minh (Saigon), I am eager to know: is it more intense than Hanoi?Friends and acquaintances say that the traffic – particularly the scooters, the Hondas – is mega...
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Hello, My. Along the Mekong River We leave the Saigon hotel at...
Hello, My.Along the Mekong RiverWe leave the Saigon hotel at 7:30 in the morning.We are supposed to leave at 7:30 – but because we are once again jamming the hotel breakfast, the shuttle waits for...
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Happy New Year Phnom Penh Crossing the border into Cambodia...
Happy New YearPhnom PenhCrossing the border into Cambodia takes us first into Chau Doc. We drive four (hundred-thousand) hours in scattered rain storms from Cai Be.We stop for lunch smack dab in a...
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Angkor Siem Reap airport Siem Reap is a much nicer city than...
AngkorSiem Reap airportSiem Reap is a much nicer city than Phnom Penh. It has a vibrant backpacker zone – called Pub Street – in the heart of its old town. The city is driven by tourism to Angkor Wat...
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Twenty hours of travel (plus six movies*!) and we are in...
Twenty hours of travel (plus six movies*!) and we are in Manila.We will not see any of Manila. Tomorrow is off to Cebu, which we also will not see. Then up to Malapascua, which we will see.We go to the...
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Day one of diving in Malapascua is a success! We pass our quiz...
Day one of diving in Malapascua is a success!We pass our quiz - proving we did, in fact, retain some knowledge from the PADI elearning - and complete the requisite five confide dive trainings.Diving is...
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Dyve Lyfe 👌🏻 Today we see a variety of sea creatures while...
Dyve Lyfe 👌🏻Today we see a variety of sea creatures while making open water dives one and two.Hashtag nudibranch.It turns out sea snakes are super frightening when spiraling towards you - but don’t...
View Article#lhtusa | We're riding across the USA!
#lhtusa | We're riding across the USA!: Follow along as we ride across the country on our bicycles.We’re using the hashtag #lhtusa– Long Haul Truckin’ USA* – on Instagram so you can see all of our...
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