I want to believe. SVG as an image format.After finding some time to go through and mass-delete spam comments on this blog, I realized that it's time to turn on the "Automatically close comments on post older than XX days" checkbox in WordPress. This means that posts older than 90 days will no longer be able to be commented on.

In case it's not obvious, I haven't been writing that much here these days. I've been too busy at my day job as a Google+ engineer and at my night job being a husband and father. If you really want to "follow me" these days, the best bet is Google+ for now. Let me know if you need an invite.

I'm not saying I won't pick up the ol' blogging pen from time to time. In fact, writing this very post has made me realize how much the UI has improved in WordPress. Also, I might have a couple new things to talk about in a little while, which I'll likely post here and reference on Google+.

And yes, I've obviously been fully absorbed into the collective at this point 🙂

§1021 · September 11, 2011 · Uncategorized · 3 comments ·


I want to believe. SVG as an image format.Boo. I ordered some fruit arrangement from "Edible Arrangements" in Los Gatos this the morning. I got home in the evening and it hadn't been delivered all day. So much for surprise...

I called, they said the driver had the order and was delivering it now. It arrived 45 minutes later with no apology.

I won't be using them again.

§1018 · September 2, 2011 · Life · 2 comments ·


I want to believe. SVG as an image format.Oh, I forgot to mention a cool thing that happened at the beginning of the year while I was so busy: Wikipedia inched a step closer to having an in-browser editing experience for its impressive collection of vector image files via an experimental MediaWiki Extension. The extension was put together by Brion Vibber of StatusNet and WikiMedia fame. Fingers crossed for this to one day appear in Wikipedia! 🙂

§1013 · February 24, 2011 · Software, Technology, Web · 2 comments ·


I want to believe. SVG as an image format.I've been busy at my day job not launching code, but over the weekend I had some fun converting kthoom's unzip/inflate algorithm from using binary strings to using Typed Arrays. Typed Arrays mean native binary data that is accessible to JavaScript in the browser, making operations like unzip much much faster (like 4x). Read the rest of this entry ...

§1005 · February 23, 2011 · Firefox, Google, Software, Technology, Web · Comments Off on TypedArrays make me theoretically happy ·


I want to believe. SVG as an image format.It appears that comments on my blog have been screwed up now for probably at least a month. When you try to post a comment it 404s. You can no longer see comments on a post. I simply don't have the time to look into this at the moment, so my apologies up front. I don't know if I've been hacked or if something in my theme broke in an automatic update of WP.

If you need to get ahold of me there's always email, Google Chat, Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz. Least those don't get hacked... much.

§1000 · January 21, 2011 · Life, Technology · 1 comment ·