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Hi, I'm James Briggs, an Internet computer programmer/DBA in Silicon Valley. I've been programming for 20 years for companies like eBay, Cisco, Yahoo!, Apple, Amazon and startups.In my spare time I do Open Source programming and like flying airplanes, karate and studying Asian languages.
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Monthly Archives: May 2005
Creative MuVo TX MP3 Player
Bought a Creative MuVo TX 1 GB from Fry’s Electronics today for $108. Sounds great, supports MP3 and WMA formats, has an LCD display unlike the over-hyped iPod Shuffle at double the price, has an FM tuner (which is useless … Continue reading
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Framefree Meeting in SF
Took the Caltrain to San Francisco for the Framefree Technologies productization engineering conference at the Nikko Hotel. Mostly talked about online billing ideas for downloadable-only software products. I don’t get down to SF much, but I like the vibe of … Continue reading
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Framefree Launch Dinner in SF
Went to the Framefree Technologies global engineering launch party at the Harbourview Chinese Restaurant on Embarcadero in San Francisco. Pretty good food. Was really great to see the whole gang, most of whom I’ve known for 5 years.
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Bought a Cobalt Raq4 for $38.00
Bought a Cobalt Raq4 1U server for $38.00 at the local thrift store today. Looks brand new in the original box. Apparently it’s a PIII-450 with 256MB memory and a 20GB hard drive. The Sun website still has operating system … Continue reading
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