Monthly Archives: November 2007

Yellow Cab Toyota Prius Trip

Posted on November 30, 2007 by Administrator

Today I called a San Jose Yellow Cab taxi, and ended up with a new, yellow, shiny Toyota Prius. The driver said it was the first one in the fleet, and he loved it because he was only spending one-third … Continue reading →

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Twiki Meetup in Santa Clara

Posted on November 29, 2007 by Administrator

There was a meetup tonite for Twiki users from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm at the Plug and Play Tech Center, 440 North Wolfe Road, Sunnyvale, CA 94085. I attended most of it, though 5:30 pm is pretty early for … Continue reading →

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IMUG: OpenOffice.org Internationalization (I18N) Framework

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Administrator

Karl Hong, from Sun., gave a talk on the OpenOffice.org Internationalization (I18N) Framework at IMUG. Although ICU is a comprehensive i18n API today, it was not mature enough for most of OpenOffice’s development history. So at this point OpenOffice is … Continue reading →

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Corporate Governance Meltdown at Citibank

Posted on November 13, 2007 by Administrator

I worked on an IT SoX project for a famous Silicon Valley networking company a couple years ago. Each publicly-traded company ended up spending millions on SoX-compliance – more than anybody realized – for technical measures. The aim was to … Continue reading →

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A Little Competition at the Gym

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Administrator

I was impressed to see a young 5′ tallish Asian woman doing bent-over rows at the gym … with a 45-pound dumbbell. Way to go, girl! Just leave some weights for me though. (It ends up she was a former … Continue reading →

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