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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: October 2009
Philippines Trip to Bohol and Cebu
I went on vacation in the Philippines for a week. After landing in Manila, I booked a domestic flight to the island of Bohol, a quiet farming and tourism island. The whole island is beautiful. The government is serious about … Continue reading
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Zend PHP Conference 2009
The Zend PHP Conference was downtown at the San Jose Convention Center, so I went to that this week. It was a well-organized, fun-sized conference – just big enough to use half the convention center, which made it easy to … Continue reading
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Novafora-Transmeta Physical Assets Auction
Cowan-Alexander Auctions sold off most of the physical assets of Novafora today. Excepted were servers supporting the future IP asset auction. The Novafora items were very high quality, with most test equipment and servers less than 18 months old and … Continue reading
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