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Archive for December, 2007

User authentication in a world with no free will

Thursday, December 13th, 2007 Posted under other, tech. | 6 Comments »

I have a little background in user authentication. I wrote my undergrad CS honors thesis on Secrecy and Authentication. If you search Google hard enough you can even find mentions ... Read more..

Carrying a knife onto a plane

Thursday, December 13th, 2007 Posted under travel. | 3 Comments »

Tonight I carried a pocketknife with a 5cm blade onto a plane in Paris. At the Le Web conference, the bag they handed out to attendees had a really nice pocketknife ... Read more..

Conference panels – self-indulgent, elitist, and smug

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 Posted under tech. | Comments Off on Conference panels – self-indulgent, elitist, and smug

I've been to too many conferences recently. FOWA in London, Web 2.0 in Berlin, and tonight I got back from Le Web in Paris. Among various other dislikes, one thing I ... Read more..

As I please: pizza margarita & 2 beers

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 Posted under books, me, tech, travel. | 2 Comments »

I'm in Paris for the Le Web conference. Tonight is the party, at La Scala, which looks like exactly the kind of place I hate. I never understand why people ... Read more..

Random travel thoughts

Sunday, December 9th, 2007 Posted under barcelona, travel. | 10 Comments »

Here are some random thoughts on air travel from my last few weeks. US travel is much much easier than it used to be. In the years immediately post-9/11, it was ... Read more..

Free wifi, with blacklisted IP, in Vegas McCarran airport

Monday, December 3rd, 2007 Posted under travel. | Comments Off on Free wifi, with blacklisted IP, in Vegas McCarran airport

I'm sitting next to about 70 poker machines at gate B15 at the Los Vegas McCarran airport. They have free wifi, which is great. But the IP address I picked up ... Read more..

Pushing back on the elevator pitch

Saturday, December 1st, 2007 Posted under companies, me. | 8 Comments »

I've been out talking to people about raising money for Fluidinfo. Over the last 7 years I've read literally thousands of articles on talking to potential investors, pitching, raising money, angels, ... Read more..