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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: April 2007
General Small Business USA Tax Tips
I had a morning meeting with my accountant, which meant she had plenty of time to talk with me about small business taxes. (She gets busier in the evening during tax season since people try to do it after work.) … Continue reading
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WebEx Deal Comments
I just got an email from WebEx promoting some kind of upgrade for April 23, so I checked out their site to see what’s new in the past few years. I guess the biggest changes are that the only free … Continue reading
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Don Ho Says Final Aloha
Don Ho died Saturday of heart problems at 76. I made a special point of seeing his show in Waikiki several years ago, because he was getting on in age and I wanted to see him perform while he was … Continue reading
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Small Business Tough in Campbell
I live on the San Jose-Campbell border in Silicon Valley near the House of Orient Restaurant. It must be a tough area for new small-business shop fronts, because there’s been a lot of store closures recently. In one strip mall, … Continue reading
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Linux Backup Tools
I’ve been looking around at ways to do online linux image backups. Not so easy to do a reliable backup while online (the system is running) because processes will have uncommitted data in memory and open files. Avoiding Restore Sysadmins … Continue reading
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