Monthly Archives: May 2004

SNUG

Posted on May 25, 2004 by Adam Tow

Lunatic bought a lightly used Newton the other day. Its backlight was really bright compared to our well-traveled Newtons. I wonder how many Newtons were manufactured? 40,000? 80,000? If you haven’t picked one up yet, now’s a good time. They … Continue reading →

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Mission Street with Eric and Vienna

Posted on May 24, 2004 by Adam Tow

Despite their schedules being a click away, Eric and Vienna are hard people to keep track of. Eric recently returned from a trip to Fiji, where he continued to demonstrate his growing mastery of underwater photography. Vienna was getting ready … Continue reading →

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Bike Thief

Posted on May 17, 2004 by Adam Tow

The dry cleaning lady said to me this afternoon, “It’s a beautiful day, isn’t it?” I could only nod and laugh half-heartedly. Yes, it was a lovely day, if not for some !%^$#@ bike thief who stole my rear wheel … Continue reading →

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How Bollywood Can You Be?

Posted on May 15, 2004 by Adam Tow

My colleague in the Digital Vision Fellowship, Brij Kothari, kicked off his Planet Read project with a Bollywood-inspired party in Piedmont. Planet Read’s goal is to improve literacy in India by combining same-language subtitling (think Karaoke) technology with movies, books, … Continue reading →

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Rick Smolan Seminar

Posted on May 13, 2004 by Adam Tow

Chances are you haven’t heard of Rick Smolan, but you’ve probably seen his work in the bookstores or on your coffee tables. Rick is the creator of the popular Day in the Life photography series, America 24/7, From Alice To … Continue reading →

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COBA May 2004

Posted on May 12, 2004 by Adam Tow

The May 2004 COBA meeting was held last night at the usual place and the usual time. The main focus of the meeting was taking a look at prints from various digital cameras. We wanted to see how much difference … Continue reading →

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Flora and Eric

Posted on May 8, 2004 by Adam Tow

The wedding train continues to pick up new passengers! Last week, Rae and I attended the wedding of Eric and Flora at the Chardonnay Golf Club in Napa, California. The Rotten Tomatoes and Cal Wushu crew were all there for … Continue reading →

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Genny Lim at SomARTS

Posted on May 7, 2004 by Adam Tow

Last night, Rae, Susan, and I went to somArts Cultural Center to see Genny Lim and Melody Takata perform their respective pieces, Child At War and Quest. These pieces and many others are part of the larger 7th Annual United … Continue reading →

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Trevor’s Going Away Lunch

Posted on May 5, 2004 by Adam Tow

After several years of living in sunny California, Trevor and his family are returning to Ottawa, Canada. I first met Trevor when I joined Palm back in 2000. We were all in the same Palm.Net group (a.k.a Content and Access). … Continue reading →

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Server Migration

Posted on May 2, 2004 by Adam Tow

This past weekend, I installed two 2U servers from King Star Computer (ask for John, he’s a great salesperson at King Star!) at my new co-location facility at United Layer. Matt and Sean were very helpful getting everyting configured and … Continue reading →

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