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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.
This blog talks about events, places and things in my life.
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Monthly Archives: December 2008
IMUG meeting: Annual IMUG Holiday Bash & Potluck Featuring the Algorithmic Art of Paul Max Payton
Once again, IMUG had its annual holiday season potluck dinner, with a variety of international dishes and a relaxing opportunity to catch up with other members. We were lucky to have a fascinating lecture and slide show by Paul Max … Continue reading
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Mac Filmmakers: Joint Meeting with the Digital Cinema Society
The Mac Filmmakers user group meeting this month was a joint meeting about digital cinematography with the Digital Cinema Society, resulting in about 100 attendees. Sony reps did a presentation on the Sony EX3 Pro video camera, list price about … Continue reading
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The Real World: Amazon EC2 (Linux)
It was all the rage a while ago to spend 10 cents on an Amazon EC2 instance for an hour, blog about it, and deactivate the instance without doing any actual work. Not very useful. Recently I had the chance … Continue reading
SVLUG: Wireless Mesh Networking with Tom Belote
Tom gave a rather technical talk on wireless mesh networking. At roughly 30 minutes it was the shortest SVLUG talk I’ve been to. Thanks to Symantec for hosting the event.
Posted in Linux, Open Source, Tech, User Groups
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