Tahoe Blog

This is going to be controversial, but I’m starting to have an opinion that literacy will become...

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:55:14 -0400

This is going to be controversial, but I’m starting to have an opinion that literacy will become less important as technology continues to advance. Currently there is a seemingly unquestionable belief that increased literacy is vital to advances in society. But the printed word itself was a technological advance. The invention of the printing press drastically improved the ability to transfer information, and was no doubt important in the advancement of society, but what if the ability to…

Xtreme Snowshoeing

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 09:39:49 -0500

Xtreme Snowshoeing

Blowing snow on Highway 88 Near Kirkwood

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:33:57 -0500

Blowing snow on Highway 88 Near Kirkwood

This snow report from Stowe during a huge East Coast storm reminds me why I moved out west.

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 07:15:12 -0500

This snow report from Stowe during a huge East Coast storm reminds me why I moved out west.

Some thoughts on the delicious situation from a former Y! employee who worked on the delicious...

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:57:16 -0500

Some thoughts on the delicious situation from a former Y! employee who worked on the delicious product team.

new entry

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 23:01:29 -0500

This is a new entry.

This is a test number 2

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 23:00:42 -0500

Hello world. This is a test.

http://baus.net/

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 22:51:00 -0500

http://baus.net/:

Testing out how tumblr implements links to compare to GrandUnifier.

Test title

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:12:00 -0400

It is K’s birthday this week, so we spent some time dining in SF to celebrate. At times it is difficult to get out of our typical middle Richmond routine. We’ve had pretty good luck with the recommendations of Marcia Gagliardi who seems to have dined at every restaurant in the City — no simple task. So I went down her list of “places to eat now” picked number 2 alphabetically for our meal on Saturday night - Bar Tartine. Bar Tartine is not a new spot, but it was new to us.

By almost…

This Volvo 122 pulled up next to me at the 76 on Geary and Park Presido. I see a lot of strange,...

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:57:06 -0400

This Volvo 122 pulled up next to me at the 76 on Geary and Park Presido. I see a lot of strange, vintage cars out in the Avenues in SF — many of which appear to have been in constant service. This one was piloted by a young man, Handy Grant, who put it back on the street. Grant has a handyman service in SF: Check it out.

Gary Vaynerchuk brought his show on the road to Tahoe, hosting his own Tahoe Tech Talk conference....

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 21:09:21 -0400

Gary Vaynerchuk brought his show on the road to Tahoe, hosting his own Tahoe Tech Talk conference. I was stoked that a conference of this caliber was being held within a mile of house. The Tahoe “tech” scene is pretty much non-existent, so it was fun to talk to so many people about the the cool projects they are working on.

Also now that Chris Sacca is working out of Truckee, bringing some cred to the region, it is probably time that those of us working in technology in Tahoe start…

Optimo | The Quality

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:32:54 -0400

Optimo | The Quality

Taken at f/2.0 in quickly receding light

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:32:54 -0400

Taken at f/2.0 in quickly receding light

I added a page to the wiki last night: Baus’s classic wet shave kit Everything you need for...

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 22:03:56 -0400

I added a page to the wiki last night:

Baus’s classic wet shave kit

Everything you need for a classic wet shave - your face will appreciate it.

Here’s the run down:

Merkur HD Razor
Omega Stripey Brush
Feather Razor Blades
Tabac Soap
Musgo Real Cream
Thayer’s Witches Hazel

Over Labor Day I spent some time ranting about how the quality of jeans and many consumer goods has...

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:39:28 -0400

Over Labor Day I spent some time ranting about how the quality of jeans and many consumer goods has been on a steep decline as U.S. companies have aggressively outsourced production. It would be easy to write the discussion off as an abnormal geek obsession. Ok that’s true. But I do believe that the recognition of quality and craftsmanship is important if you, yourself, want to produce a high quality product.

Joel recently released a talk he gave at last year’s Business of Software…

10 years ago, when home internet access was limited to dial-up modems, many discussions in the...

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:33:46 -0400

10 years ago, when home internet access was limited to dial-up modems, many discussions in the industry centered on the last mile problem. Completing the last leg of the high speed internet to residences was going to cost far more and be a much bigger technical problem than the commercial backbone. At the time I didn’t own a computer because the access I had at home was dwarfed by what we had at the office. In college I had a glimpse of the future when 10meg Ethernet was run through…

A few months ago I wrote how I was humbled trying to record screen capture demos of our product for...

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:42:29 -0400

A few months ago I wrote how I was humbled trying to record screen capture demos of our product for internal training. My original attempt wasn’t too productive. I probably was overly ambitious and set my standards too high. But recently I decided to give it another shot, with the opposite expectations. I lowered my standands and decided to release what ever I created in one take. Well, I was late for dinner, so I had to do it one take.

This was more successful and I was able to…

It has been awhile since I’ve updated my website regularly. In retrospect, I regret this. 15...

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:34:57 -0400

It has been awhile since I’ve updated my website regularly. In retrospect, I regret this. 15 years after logging onto the internet, I still believe in the democratization of information that it once promised. Before it was almost impossible to distribute content with any scale, and the media was firmly controlled by the few. If you think the media controls opinion now, remember what it was like before the net.

These days to gain any recognition or influence as a content producer…

Some American made goods for Labor day… Today, while perusing the web site of one of the few...

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:57:17 -0400

Some American made goods for Labor day…
Today, while perusing the web site of one of the few companies in the U.S. which sell the Japanese jeans I wear, I saw a product by the Japanese apparel company, Sugar Cane, jeans made in the U.S., that caused me to pause. I had just documented some of my U.S. made goods, and high quality U.S. made jeans are something I’ve been seeking for years, but they are almost unobtainable in the U.S.

In these days of economic turmoil, huge…

In the last couple years I’ve been entrenched in a project management role which I have...

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:42:33 -0400

In the last couple years I’ve been entrenched in a project management role which I have enjoyed, but for better or worse, I’ve probably spent more time in meetings, than writing code. But recently, I’ve become more involved in development process again, and I’m enjoying my work more than I have in a long time.

To be honest, the guys on my team, which I’m fortunate enough to say are damn brilliant developers, are a lot more in tuned to the intricacies of our current platform. Linq…