Category: Zeros & Ones

  • Video Fu: Trade Show Trinkets

    Brian’s been to one to many tradeshows, and he’s focusing his wit on the crap that exhibitors give away at booths. Trade Show Trinkets (DiVX5, 15.5MB) Trade Show Trinkets (RealVideo9, 8.5MB) Note: the date in the ending credits has been corrected (changed from 2005 to 2003). Apparently this caused a rift in time and space,…

  • Handheld Blues

    The transfer of my cerebral cortex into my Sony Clie PDA is going well. But tragedy has struck … I have already broken the stylus. The Sony came with a nice stylus, metal body with a screw-on plastic tip. The tip broke today, breaking at the screw threads that attach the tip to the body…

  • Low Ceiling

    So I had one of those days in the air on Tuesday … both of my Delta flights were delayed due to “low ceiling”.

  • IDF: Just Another Day

    Wednesday, September 11, 2002. 4:30PM. IDF. San Jose Convention Center. So far today I’ve done two lab presentations plagued by technical issues, worked booth staff at a convention, had a marginal convention lunch, and am currently breaking down our display at Intel Developer Forum. It’s just another day in the life of Brian, traveling computer…

  • Conference Wind-Down

    IDF is coming to a close. I’m just hanging out in San Jose till my Friday AM flight. Today’s plan … ride the Segway, see Bill Shatner, have a nice dinner, steal bandwidth from the convention floor. Detailed trip updates coming soon …

  • Murphy 1, Brian 0

    So my first lab presentation went well … there weren’t any fires or locusts, nobody died, and Jerry and I didn’t get lynched. We had most every type of technical issue known to man, but nobody died … so call it a good session. [sigh] Murphy and I have a rematch after lunch. Let’s hope…