Category: Miscellaneous
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Fort Mason
Every year, DIY audio enthusiasts gather to share their projects, learn about new things, and to develop what has become a worldwide community. It’s usually at Fort Mason in San Francisco – old buildings now repurposed into shops, restaurants, and small business offices.
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Lac Leman and Chateau de Chillon
The nice thing about being in Geneva for almost a week was that we had time for a couple of side trips. We took the train to Lausanne, and from there a boat to the east end of the lake, where we stopped for a tour of Chateau de Chillon, a beautiful castle set right…
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Upscale co-working space in San Francisco
I had the chance to see the Canopy co-working space in the Financial District today – very smart and not a typical office interior. An extensive barista-served coffee bar is right by the entry, along with large open workspaces, and a mix of smaller private offices of varying sizes. Phone rooms, meeting rooms, a pink…
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A Trip to Rhode Island
I haven’t spent much time on the East Coast, and was therefore very grateful for the opportunity to visit Spectrum Lighting, just north of Rhode Island. In addition to learning about a modern lighting company, and how products are designed and built, I had the chance to walk and moped around the town, which is…
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Instagram
I’ve started using Instagram to post some of my more interesting photos. I have over 26,000 pictures, but sadly most are not shareworthy, so it’s still only a few. More to come, however. https://www.timandmarina.com/my-instagram-feed
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How anyone can benefit from religion
This is a great talk from Alain de Botton. It reflects an idea I’ve struggled with for many years: how to make use of and participate in the great religious ideas without subscribing to all the doctrinal mumbo-jumbo. He insightfully shows the many virtues of religious practice, and suggests that rather than throwing out the…
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Gensler!
The environment is not great for finding a job, and I was pretty nervous after I graduated. But happily I found a home at Gensler in San Francisco. This is an amazing place, with a mix of architecture, urban planning, interiors, branding, strategy, graphics and more. An incredibly talented group of people, and an enlightened…
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The Art of Flows
It’s been a busy few months in the publishing business: I’ve co-written a technical book with the founder of Runtime Design Automation, Andrea Casotto. This book explains the key issues associated with managing complex sequences of programs, required for software and semiconductor development (among other disciplines). Modern computational environments require hundreds or thousands of machines,…