Archive for January, 2004

Wednesday, January 7th, 2004

A week from Saturday, you have your chance to compete to represent North America in the World Go Oza in Japan. The tournament is at Seattle Go Center and sponsored by Toyota and Denso. You should register by Friday the 16th if you want to play.

Still Snowing

Tuesday, January 6th, 2004

MSN Traffic Alerts are cool. The accidents started around 5AM this morning, and you could track the progress of the storm as it made it through Redmond around midday. If anyone went to campus today, they sure aren’t making it home. Judging from the sluggishness of OWA and OMA, everyone is dialed in.I-405 near my […]

Offshore

Saturday, January 3rd, 2004

This article about Infosys humble beginnings in Pune is heartwarming. Many people today are concerned about the trends toward “offshore” outsourcing of development. I have a different perspective than most, and often find myself trying to explain. Here I’ll try to outline my thinking:
First, I have heard complaints about offshore programmers come equally from non-citizens […]

Radio Still the Best Outliner

Friday, January 2nd, 2004

For the last few weeks I have been trying out different outliners, since I wanted one that I could use on both the PC and the Pocket PC. I use an outliner for many reasons, including many of the scenarios for outliners listed here. Considering how long outliners have been around, it’s surprising how bad […]

Junk Science

Friday, January 2nd, 2004

I’ve heard the report multiple times, so apparently this is big news: Detroit is now the Fattest City. I even heard the Detroit mayor responding that “This is the motor city, and people drive a lot instead of walking.” Unfortunately, even if everyone gave up their cars and started walking, and became skin and bones, […]