http://blog.greggman.com Gadgets, Gregg and stuff about Japan en-us http://greggman.com/pageparts/rss_banners/banner-012.jpg http://blog.greggman.com http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2008-09-25.htm I'm sure this is going to come off to many as something to do about nothing and it certainly didn't offend me personally but.... I was at a food court the other day. Different sections of the food court had labels. There was the "Green" section which was the salad area, there was a "Drinks" section and a "Vegetarian" section for vegetarian friendly prepared foods. There was one area labeled "Home Cooking" and another labeled "International". The "home cooking" area had various chicken and beef dishes and things like string beans, zucchini, mashed potatoes. The international section had Chinese and Indian foods. http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2008-09-11.htm As of May 5th I started a job at Google in Mountain View. I can't say what I am working on as it is still top secret but I can say it REALLY REALLY wanted to work on it which is why I took the job. http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2008-04-14.htm I’m not sure this is really an “adult” story and the names have been changed even though anyone who this story might affect already knows this story Once upon a time, I think in February 2003 I was living in Tokyo. http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2008-03-16.htm Just hoping to get some other points of view. The Slashdot crowd and similar people like to call IP Imaginary Property to try to point out that there is no such thing and therefore it shouldn't be treated like property. They like to point out that copying some music or a movie or software isn't like stealing because the person who it was copied from has not lost their original Well, playing devil's advocate... Money is effectively a fiction. It's just a number in a computer database. When your employer pays you they don't send physical money to the bank. They just tell the bank to subtract from their account number and add to your account number. It's all virtual. http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2008-01-22.htm I started reading a new book, the Mind of the Market, and so far I've only read the first chapter but during that time the parable of the talents came up. http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2007-11-08.htm In the beginning of October I spent 10 days in Tokyo.