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Trying out IPFS — it was easy
Sitting at the decentralized web summit today, there’s lots of talk about IPFS. So I played with it while they were talking. It was much simpler to set up than I thought. Here are my steps: I run Arch Linux (in VirtualBox, on my Mac) pacman -S ipfs-go ipfs daemon & Created a file called…
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An e/immigrant’s reflections on Memorial Day
If you grew up in one country, and live in another, both of which repeatedly went to war against each other, Memorial Day is even more depressing. Every country has its own version of why its young and most promising had to die, or were maimed for their lifetimes. Americans have a noble narrative: “to…
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Two standing desks, programmable lights, bamboo floor and a Raspberry Pi — my remodeled home office
In January I posted pictures of my gutted home office. Remodeling always take a while, in particular when doing unusual things, but I’m close to being done. So it’s time for some pictures. What unusual things, you say? Let me get to that in a minute and walk you through my new office: 1. Bamboo…
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Bragging Time
I’m trying to get fit to hike Mt Whitney in August. Glad to report that my chances are improving: this Sunday, I ran and finished my first-ever half-marathon. Yay! My goals had been to 1) finish, and 2) not finish last. Surprisingly, I did quite a bit better than that: although I am older than…
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“World After Capital” Summary
When a Venture Capitalist writes a book “World after Capital“, it might be worth paying attention. If he happens to be a partner at Union Square Ventures in New York, you know it’s going to be good. Here are my notes about his draft book which is available for under a Creative Commons License in…