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Upgraded to WordPress 2.8

ad — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:08:11 +0000

Growing tired of the constant WordPress updating! Sigh…

See the changelog for details on what is new in this release. Honestly I didn’t even read it. Instead I chose to fall asleep while watching the jazzy intro video.

Roadtrip Redux

ad — Sat, 23 May 2009 13:58:01 +0000

Rejoice, Governator: I will be paying the state tax after all. Job prospects here in Texas are not all that great for Anne. In contrast, she has a number of opportunities in California. So, since it don’t matter where I work from now that I’m officially a telecommuting Yahoo!, we will be heading back west next week, after my uncle and aunt return from their trip to Europe.

This time, we intend to take the northern route, via Oklahoma and Salt Lake City. As usual, stay tuned to the Twitter for updates!

Moving back to Austin

ad — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:06:36 +0000

We have decided to move back to Austin, TX. Our appartement lease is up, all the stuff is in boxes, and I’m getting ready for the transition from too much Sushi to too much Mexican food.

I’ll still be working (remotely) for Yahoo!.

The dot in the middle of the map is Roswell, NM – where we will obviously stop for some dorky tourist trap. For realtime updates during the roadtrip follow the Twitter.

Re-tweaked h2o theme

webmaster — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:24:24 +0000

The theme used here, h2o, is becoming somewhat of a monstruosity. I really should write a completely new one. But for now, iterating already allows a little refresh, so behold a new hackishly re-tweaked theme!

Because of Twitter, I rarely post anything anymore… so I went from two-posts on the homepage to just one. The header was also changed, hiding the description so that focus is now completely on the latest tweet block and it’s awesomely mind-blowing font-size animation.

Let me know what you think in the comments!

Upgraded to WordPress 2.7

webmaster — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:55:12 +0000

Wordpress‘ new admin interface is very nice.

The upgrade process was smooth as usual.

Growing tired of H20. I think I’m going to tweak a theme again. This time I’ll base it on YUI AutoGrid minimal and have support for widgets.

Then again, why mess with what works already ?

Bloodbath Redux

ad — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:10:29 +0000

I was not laid off today, but another set of co-workers were, including my immediate counterpart. Bits Blog (NYTimes.com) thinks that the Yahoo Layoffs Today May Not Be Last…

Yahoo began laying off 1,500 workers on Wednesday as part of a plan, announced in October, to slash expenses by $400 million a year. The cost cutting, however, may have to go deeper in the coming year.

“There could be additional staff reductions next year,” said Brad Williams, a Yahoo spokesman. “It depends on the decisions we make about prioritization, and on things we can’t predict in the economy.” Mr. Williams added: “We are trying to instill a culture of cost-discipline in our business.” [He] also said that the job cuts today will affect most parts of the company, but that Yahoo executives are still evaluating which projects will be de-emphasized or cut altogether. “This is more of a cost reduction rather than business prioritization,” he said about the layoffs. “Business prioritization will continue going forward. We are looking at businesses we may put into maintenance mode.”

Yahoo’s chief executive, Jerry Yang, penned a farewell note to laid-off employees on the company’s blog. If you want to know how managers are supposed to notify employees whose jobs are being cut, check out Valleywag.

Sad day.

Yahoo! CEO Plans to Step Down

ad — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:08:50 +0000

Yahoo! said Monday evening that Jerry Yang, its chief executive, would step down from that role after the company finds a replacement.

Mr. Yang, a co-founder of Yahoo!, assumed control of the company a year and a half ago from Terry Semel, a Hollywood studio boss that he hand-picked for the job. His tenure has been a tumultuous period during which Yahoo! rejected a $47.5 billion takeover offer from Microsoft and failed to cement an advertising partnership with Google.

Obama & Scientific Innovation

digg — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:09:47 +0000

Yesterday, the American people chose Barack Obama as the country’s 44th president, promising a sea change in US policy that could affect not just the US, but the whole world.

Take a look at what Obama has pledged over the lengthy presidential campaign, to see what his administration will mean for science and technology.

Google Earth Comes to the iPhone

digg — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:01:14 +0000

Amidst the launch of Google’s own Android mobile operating system, the company is bringing its Google Earth software to the iPhone App Store. The iPhone version replicates much of the desktop application’s core experience, downloading imagery from Google’s servers as the perspective shifts and dotting the map with landmarks, photos, and other information.

An Engineer’s Guide to Cats

ad — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:07:14 +0000

I miss having cats around…

via bonvga to moderncat