Creative Geek

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(Untitled) - December 28, 2002

Star Wars Origami "Step-by-step instructions for folding a wide range of Star Wars vehicles -- and R2D2! -- from simple paper. Use the folds, Luke." via Dodoskido, via Boing Boing Blog, via The Shifted Librarian I used to really be into origami about 6 years before my son was born. I made him a pair of little Origami booties. We still have them somewhere. I started to get into Origami so Ethan and I could do something together. I don't remember why I stopped. I'm not very patient and.
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(Untitled) - December 28, 2002

I'm in a reading mood right now. During our forced time off, I've had more time to just chill instead of baby-sitting servers. Yesterday, I finished reading Interface co-written by Neal Stephenson and Stephen Bury. The premise of the story is that there is a device that can be implanted in your brain that can provide immediate feedback on how people are reacting to you. You can then instantly tailor your actions and speech to each person. Imagine if you could implant that in a politician's.
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(Untitled) - December 20, 2002

HP Board Creates Tech Committees. In a surprising move, it seems that Hewlett Packard's board has created a special technology subcommittee and a technology advisory board who have the job of making sure the company doesn't miss out on any important technology trends. I think this is a great idea in theory, but I wonder how well it will work in practice. I think too many companies don't have anyone looking at larger trends and how it will effect their business (witness the entertainment...
http://radio.weblogs.com/0105334/2002/12/20.html#a371

(Untitled) - December 18, 2002

Oooops. Apparently 6 years Enron made a tape to roast the departure of one of its execs. It seems that it had a few... ahem... references to accounting playfulness. All in jest of course. Yup. Oops.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0105334/2002/12/17.html#a370