Google Going Public

tom | April 29, 2004

Yes, I know, most of you know this already. But for posterity’s sake… Google announced its plans to file an IPO and intends on using an “auction style” offering. They continue to make the right decisions in my view. Perhaps they’re not always right but they make more good decisions than the [...]

Snake Sighting

tom | April 27, 2004

I just hung up the phone and was pacing while I pondered my next task for the day and I wandered outside. To my surprise there was a large snake in the grass (literally) about 5 feet away from me. Large is relative for this type of snake which I suspect was a [...]

AOL Journal Adds Email Notification

tom | April 27, 2004

ZD Net is reporting that AOL Journal has updated its feature set. The email notification of new entries is one of the nicest features but they have also added a rich text editor when creating new entries.

Stopping Gum Disease

tom | April 24, 2004

My various habits make me hopeful that cures will be discovered before I’m afflicted by the resulting potential problems. In a sense, it’s a great time to be alive because of the simple things we can do today which were unheard of 50 or more years ago. In this case we have the [...]

More Gmail Action

tom | April 24, 2004

Interview with Brin on eWeek about some of the future of Gmail and privacy issues. Apparently you *can* delete your messages. [via /.]

Google RSS?

tom | April 23, 2004

Ev gives some hints.

Grandpa and Ben

tom | April 19, 2004

We don’t get many pictures with Grandpa and the kids but here they are, hanging on the couch watching the race.

What a weekend

tom | April 19, 2004

I took some much needed time off last week, starting my weekend on Wednesday night. This was one of the busiest yet relaxing weekends I can remember. It went kinda like this:
Thursday Morning to Cayucos. My neighbor Matt has a house at the beach on the central coast of California and he [...]

Drawbridge

tom | April 19, 2004

Grandma assists with the closing of the drawbridge. We need to keep invaders out, apparently.

Queeen Abs

tom | April 19, 2004

I finally got this little castle put together after having it for a week. I wish they had this sort of thing when I was a kid.