Category Archives: Art x Tech Pun-di-try

Musing on technology and how it may or may not be used with more practical things like the arts or real peoples lives

Pennies from Heaven ? Lets Begin to look for our own Angels

While not quite a bubble (usually, we don’t recognize it until after it has popped) we are seeing quite a boon of startup activity in some portions of the technology sector. Specifically social media, and/or mobile apps. All of this … Continue reading

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Well here we go

So this is an experiment, if it is successful you get to watch this cool playing for change video [HTML1] Trust me, in the preview mode of wordpress it works just fine, so please enjoy this video Peace

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Ahhhhh, yes, so this is what it is all about

It’s Friday, the day after tax day. Not that that is a big deal but it seems de-rigueur to say so…. I seem to be having more of these experiences where I do what I used to do; namely go … Continue reading

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iPads and 1 gigabit fiber (what do you do with it)

Within the last month, Apple announced the iPad and Google announced that it wants to deploy 1 gigabit (1 billion bits/per second or 125Mbytes/second) internet service to selected communities. In both press campaigns there were allusions to enabling new rich … Continue reading

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Yes, I will buy an iPad

So far, from what I have read/seen online , while not quite the second coming, I do see the iPad as something I will probably buy. I don’t think the iPad is a complete replacement for my MBP (or the … Continue reading

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Ahhhhh yes, the grind after the end of year holidays

It is without fail that the month or two after the end of the year is probably one of the tougher stretches, at least work wise, and also for me emotionally. The winter months have always been a tough. However, … Continue reading

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The Hurting

So, as I had mentioned in a previous post, I quit my gig at Caustic (ironic, the name of the company given its also a characteristic of my disposition) back in September. Since then I have had the honour (or … Continue reading

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Wither the Arts

So, about 2 weeks ago, dutiful parent (along with my wife) that I am, took our 5 year old daughter and a girlfriend to the Lawrence Hall of Science in the Berkeley hills. Now it is important to me, being … Continue reading

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Shows how far behind I have become

I haven’t posted in ages, new gig at caustic.com, yes we do fast ray tracing. My daughter turned 5 and we spent the day (yesterday) at Disneyland. It wasn’t all that painful given the locale…. 

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You’ve got to pay to play aka gas, grass, content or ass, no one should ride for free

Ok, so I have been meaning to write this for a while. As I am sure a lot of people are aware, there is tons of “free” content, meaning video, audio, and text available on the internet. My question to … Continue reading

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