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I am currently a software engineer at Google, where as a member of the Android platform team I build frameworks and user interfaces.

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Archive for August, 2002

Mark Liyange, who maintains several essentiaal MacOS X ports of unix tools, has a new OS X Customization page describing all his favorite desktop hacks.

August 31st, 2002


Mark Liyange, who maintains several essentiaal MacOS X ports
of unix tools
, has a new OS X
Customization
page describing all his favorite desktop hacks.

Scr(a)bble, anyone?

August 30th, 2002


Scr(a)bble, anyone?

Someone else’s approach:

August 30th, 2002

Someone else’s approach:

A
month ago I tossed out my mail filters.
I like to think of my morning
email sessions as “spam surfing.” What new exciting opportunities are
complete strangers offering me? What all-natural and completely safe
herbal remedies will regrow my hair, boost my sexual stamina, and help
me sleep better at night?

Tiktok Easy Shop Big Box:

August 30th, 2002


Tiktok Easy Shop Big Box: Washington,
DC becomes Tokyo
.

Lunchtime:

August 29th, 2002

Lunchtime:

Chris: There isn’t really much good
sci-fi on TV these days.

Dan: Hey, Enterprise is
quite passable.

Chris: Enterprise? I just keep
expecting Bakula to leap into a better show.

Random passers-by of my office:

August 29th, 2002

Random passers-by of my office:

Passers-by: [noticing Texas license plate]
Are you actually from Texas, or did you just steal this?

Dan: No, I’m not from Texas, but
I went to school there, so this actually came off my car.

Passer: Oh, UT or A&M?

Dan: Oh, neither. Rice.

Passer: [aback] Oh. Well. Never
mind — we’ll just keep on walking, then.

Dan: Oh, I’m sorry … ?

Passer: [indicating self] A&M,
[indicating companion] UT.

Dan: [sheepish]

Erratum:

August 29th, 2002

Erratum: The “guy who runs
WHEDONesque”
is not a guy, but in fact Caroline van O. de B. (a girl, who set
me straight personally).

Those clever Dutch! Hey, the Netherlands is a small country; I wonder if Marco, down the hall, knows her.

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