Since I don't use bookmarks anymore, I've gotta put this stuff somewhere.
That's it for now.
This is too funny:
A man described by authorities as a known sexual predator was chased through the streets of South Philadelphia by an angry crowd of Catholic high school girls, who kicked and punched him after he was tackled by neighbors, police said Friday.
Or, as Brandt said:
...the girls at the school were sick of his act so when he tried again yesterday twenty of them chased him down and with the help of two neighbors kicked the shit out of him.
Heh.
According to TheStreet.com:
The enormously successful Google recently indicated that it hoped to go public sometime early next year. People familiar with the talks said the IPO could be worth between $15 billion and $25 billion, making it one of the biggest in history, with a 10% to 15% stake in the company up for sale.
Okay, if 10%-15% of Google is worth between $15-$25 billion, that makes the market cap range anywhere from $100-$250 billion.
Riiiiiight.
According to my figures, Microsoft is worth $283 billion today. And they don't even have $100 billion in the bank, so they'd have to bust out some serious stock to buy Google if they think that's a reasonable valuation.
Does anyone else get the feeling that the mini-bubble is inflating more and more?
It's funny, in a way. Imagine how much Microsoft would be paying for a whole bunch of Linux machines.
Heh.
Well, I'm back in California and mostly unpacked and the cats are very happy to see me. Now I get to figure out how my body will adapt to the home time zone again.
The first rule of Murphy's Law is that you do not blog about Murphy's Law while out of the country.
Let me repeat that.
The first rule of Murphy's Law is that you do not blog about Murphy's Law while out of the country.
It's sort of like the most important rule of Happy Fun Ball: Do Not Taunt Happy Fun Ball
I apparently taunted Murphy.
Here's what happened...
Three of us headed out a bit before lunch time to do some electronics shopping. I got a cool little video camera and some Compact Flash memory. Arturo did the same and more.
But part way through our journey, I stepped down off a curb only to find that the curb was twice as high as I thought. Needless to say, the outcome was not pleasant. My right ankle and foot are not royally pissed off.
The kicker is that this is the same injury I've had three times before on the same ankle and foot.
Fuck.
The only good part (aside from the cool new toys) is that my body is way more focused on my injury. So the runny nose (cold/SARS/whatever) is much less of an issue.
Yippie. :-(
I'm tempted to add a "murphy" category to my weblog. Why? Because
he strikes so frequently. Take, for example, now. I'm giving two
back-to-back talks this afternoon at Y! Taiwan. There's nothing wrong
with that except for the fact that I have a runny nose from the
SARS cold I caught in either Japan or Korea.
Grr.
The good news is that we fly home tonight. The bad news is that it means spending 11 hours on a plane with a runny nose. But it'll be good to be back home anyway.
Looking out a window in the Y! Taiwan office, there's a sign that says exactly that. I have to wonder what they really think about business persons.
Heh.
I'm sitting in a conference room in the Yahoo! Taiwan office in Taipei. It took a bit of futzing, but we managed to get on the network. The flight from Korea was just over 2 hours and a bit bumpy.
Presentations start soon. I'm giving mine tomorrow, after Rasmus. It's gonna be a busy 1.5 days, but hopefully we'll get a chance to sneak out at night and go RAM shopping. :-)
Anyone need some cheap memory?
A novelty dog toy which breaks wind as it bends over has sparked a major security alert at a US airport. Page designer Dave Rogerson said he could not believe what was happening to him when the life-size mechanical terrier set off an explosives detector at Norfolk airport in Virginia.
I don't know what's more amusing:
Man, I need a way to run polls on my blog. That'd be cool.
Got in last night after a 2 hour flight from Japan. Now (Monday morning) I'm in the first half of our all-day session. My talks are after lunch. Early tomorrow morning we'll head to Taiwan for two days.